2015 African U-17 Championship qualification

2015 African U-17 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates 14 June – 28 September 2014
Teams 38 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 43
Goals scored 111 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s) Zambia Patson Daka
(5 goals)

The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-17 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Niger.

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Player eligibility

During CAF Executive Committee meetings held on 21 and 22 September 2013, the CAF Medical Committee was instructed to continue the use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to determine the ages of players and consequently their eligibility to participate in the qualifying stages of the tournament. It was also directed to ensure the authenticity of the process as well as the identity of the players involved.[2]

Teams

A total of 38 teams entered the qualification phase.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Did not enter
  •  Algeria
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Chad
  •  Comoros
  •  Djibouti
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Eritrea
  •  Lesotho
  •  Madagascar
  •  Malawi
  •  Mauritius
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Somalia
  •  Swaziland
  •  Zimbabwe
 15
First round
20
Second round
18
Final tournament 1

First round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 June 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 27–29 June 2014.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burundi  w/o[nb 1]  DR Congo — —
Guinea-Bissau  w/o[nb 2]  Togo — —
Gambia  awd.[nb 3][4]  Guinea — —
Cameroon  w/o[nb 4]  Central African Republic — —
Mozambique  2–1  Namibia 1–1 1–0
Seychelles  1–5  Uganda 1–2 0–3
Egypt  7–3  Sudan 4–2 3–1
Libya  w/o[nb 5]  Mauritania — —
Kenya  w/o[nb 6]  South Sudan — —
Liberia  w/o[nb 7]  Sierra Leone — —
Notes
  1. ↑ Burundi withdrew.
  2. ↑ Guinea Bissau withdrew.
  3. ↑ Gambia were disqualified after fielding five over-age players in 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification.
  4. ↑ Central African Republic withdrew.
  5. ↑ Mauritania withdrew.
  6. ↑ Kenya withdrew.
  7. ↑ Liberia withdrew.

13 June 2014
Burundi  Cancelled  DR Congo
Report

27 June 2014
DR Congo  Cancelled  Burundi
Report

DR Congo won on default.

13 June 2014
Guinea-Bissau  Cancelled  Togo
Report

27 June 2014
Togo  Cancelled  Guinea-Bissau
Report

Togo won on default.

13 June 2014
Gambia  Cancelled  Guinea
Report

27 June 2014
Guinea  Cancelled  Gambia
Report

Guinea won on default.

13 June 2014
Cameroon  Cancelled  Central African Republic
Report

27 June 2014
Central African Republic  Cancelled  Cameroon
Report

Cameroon won on default.

14 June 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  1–1  Namibia
Adriano H Dos Santos  90' Report Tuhafeni Ndaheke Khitago Leonard  21'
Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana, Matola
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

28 June 2014
15:00 UTC+1
Namibia  0–1  Mozambique
Report Edmilson Xavier Mucavele  53'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)

Mozambique won 2–1 on aggregate.

14 June 2014
16:30 UTC+4
Seychelles  1–2  Uganda
Hoareau Darian  71' Report Sebutinde Charles  20'
Obuya Pius  72'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Andofetra Avombitana Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

28 June 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Uganda  3–0  Seychelles
Sebutinde Charles  2'
Obuya Pius  22'
Olinga Emmanuel  35' 		Report
Lugogo Stadium, Kampala
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel

Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
19:00 UTC+3
Egypt  4–2  Sudan
Adel Mohamed Houssem Adel  33' (pen.)
Karim Yahia Abderahman  44'
Walid Atia Mourad  55'
Mohamed Alaeddine Mohamed  74' 		Report Eid Mogadam Abacar  6'
Mohamed Salaheddine  88'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Nasrallah Jaouadi (Tunisia)

27 June 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Sudan  1–3  Egypt
Anas Adam Moussa  38' Report Walid Atia Mourad  50'
Alfiel Amin Alfiel  67' (o.g.)
Ahmed Hamdi Houssain  77'

Egypt won 7–3 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
19:00 UTC+3
Libya  Cancelled  Mauritania
Report

27 June 2014
Mauritania  Cancelled  Libya
Report

Libya won on default.

13 June 2014
Kenya  Cancelled  South Sudan
Report

27 June 2014
South Sudan  Cancelled  Kenya
Report

South Sudan won on default.

13 June 2014
Liberia  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

27 June 2014
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Liberia
Report

Sierra Leone won on default.

Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 18–20 July 2014 (DR Congo vs Nigeria postponed to 26 July due to FIFA's suspension of Nigerian FA),[5] and the second legs were scheduled for 1–3 August 2014.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DR Congo  0–5  Nigeria 0–1 0–4
Ethiopia  0–3  Gabon 0–0 0–3
Togo  1–1 (a)  Senegal 0–0 1–1
Guinea  3–1  Morocco 1–0 2–1
South Sudan  w/o[nb 1]  Ghana — —
Cameroon  2–0  Burkina Faso 2–0 0–0
Libya  w/o[nb 2]  Ivory Coast 0–4 —
Mozambique  2–3  Angola 2–1 0–2
Uganda  7–2  Rwanda 4–0 3–2
Zambia  6–0  Botswana 1–0 5–0
Sierra Leone  w/o[nb 3]  Tunisia — —
Benin  awd.[nb 4][6]  Mali 1–0 0–0
Egypt  1–1 (6–5 p)  Congo 1–0 0–1
Tanzania  0–4  South Africa 0–0 0–4
Notes
  1. ↑ South Sudan withdrew
  2. ↑ Libya withdrew
  3. ↑ Sierra Leone withdrew
  4. ↑ Benin were disqualified for fielding four ineligible players.

26 July 2014
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  0–1  Nigeria
Report Osihmen Victor James  13'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

3 August 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  4–0  DR Congo
Suleiman Abdullahi  30'
Osihmen Victor James  42'
Ayinde Kehinde  66'
Chukwueze Samuel  90' 		Report
MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 5–0 on aggregate.

20 July 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  0–0  Gabon
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Alex Muhabi Nsulumbi (Uganda)

2 August 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  3–0  Ethiopia
Ngouba Hoily  63' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Mayoulou.M Maitin Ch.  89' 		Report
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Gabon won 3–0 on aggregate.

20 July 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Togo  0–0  Senegal
Report
Stade Municipal, Lomé
Referee: Akintoye Germain Koole (Benin)

2 August 2014
17:00 UTC±0
Senegal  1–1  Togo
Ousseynou Ndiaye  79' Report Raoul Adangba  54'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)

1–1 on aggregate. Togo won on away goals.

20 July 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Guinea  1–0  Morocco
Naby Banoura  57' Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Antonio Manuel Fortes Rodrigues (Cape Verde)

3 August 2014
17:00 UTC±0
Morocco  1–2  Guinea
Omar Boustan  53' Report Naby Banoura  12', 89'
Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
Referee: Abderahmane Kelly (Mauritania)

Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate.

18 July 2014
South Sudan  Cancelled  Ghana
Report

Referee: Farah Aden Ali (Djibouti)

1 August 2014
Ghana  Cancelled  South Sudan
Report

Referee: Daouda Kebe

Ghana won on default.

19 July 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Cameroon  2–0  Burkina Faso
Armel Nguene Ii  3'
Thomas Olivier Amang A Kegueni  76' 		Report
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

2 August 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  0–0  Cameroon
Report
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh Anietie (Nigeria)

Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate.

20 July 2014
22:00 UTC+1
Libya  0–4  Ivory Coast
Report Wily Braciano Ta Bi  30'
Baba Lamine Traore  58', 65'
Nguessan Jonas Kouadio  90'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

1 August 2014
Ivory Coast  Cancelled  Libya
Report

Ivory Coast won on default.

19 July 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  2–1  Angola
Edmilson Xavier Mucavele  80'
Hermengildo Mario Capena  84' 		Report Zinadine Zidane Moises Catraio  9'
Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana, Matola
Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)

2 August 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Angola  2–0  Mozambique
Nelson Coquenao Da Luz  12'
Zinadine Zidane Moises Catraio  75' 		Report
Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Matheola Phillip Makhobalo (Lesotho)

Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.

19 July 2014
14:00 UTC+3
Uganda  4–0  Rwanda
Muhammad Shaban  9', 87'
Obuya Pius  61'
Poloto Julius  66' 		Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Jean Claude Kinamvuidi Fuengi (DR Congo)

1 August 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Rwanda  2–3  Uganda
Bigiraneza Rachid  49', 62' Report Sebutinde Charles  32'
Poloto Julius  44'
Muhammad Shaban  71'

Uganda won 7–2 on aggregate.

20 July 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  1–0  Botswana
Enock Mwepu  52' Report
Sunset Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Jonas Shongedi (Namibia)

1 August 2014
18:00 UTC+2
Botswana  0–5  Zambia
Report Enock Mwepu  20' (pen.)
Pumulo Siwanga  37'
Patson Daka  84', 90+4'
Garry Mwelwa  90+5'
University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Zambia won 6–0 on aggregate.

18 July 2014
Sierra Leone  Cancelled  Tunisia
Report

Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

1 August 2014
Tunisia  Cancelled  Sierra Leone
Report

Referee: Badr El Din Abdel Gadir

Tunisia won on default.

19 July 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Benin  1–0  Mali
Ibilola Aron  50' Report
Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo
Referee: Prosper Adii (Ghana)

2 August 2014
16:30 UTC±0
Mali  0–0  Benin
Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Gomno Daouda (Niger)

Mali won on default.

20 July 2014
22:00 UTC+2
Egypt  1–0  Congo
Walid Atia Mourad  81' Report
Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Yemane A.Gebremedhin (Eritrea)

3 August 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Congo  1–0  Egypt
Vindou Image Gilson  8' Report
  Penalties  
6–5
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Referee: Diosdado Nzibi Nie (Equatorial Guinea)

1–1 on aggregate. Egypt won penalties.

18 July 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Tanzania  0–0  South Africa
Report
Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Allaister Barra (Seychelles)

2 August 2014
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  4–0  Tanzania
Edwin Sekhwama  2'
Khanyiso Mayo  71', 80'
Thendo Mukumela  90' 		Report
Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Mbongiseni Elliot Fakudze (Swaziland)

South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate.

Third round

The first legs were scheduled for 12–14 September 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 26–28 September 2014.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon  2–6  Nigeria 2–1 0–5
Guinea  4–0  Togo 1–0 3–0
Cameroon  awd.[nb 1][7]  Ghana 1–2 3–4
Angola  1–4  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–3
Zambia  4–1  Uganda 2–0 2–1
Mali  5–1  Tunisia 2–0 3–1
South Africa  4–3  Egypt 2–1 2–2
Notes
  1. ↑ Ghana were disqualified on 26 October 2014, after medical test provided by the African Confederation after their first leg play off victory against Cameroon found that one of their players failed age eligibility confirmations. Ghana appealed but failed.

14 September 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  2–1  Nigeria
Ngouba Hoily  25', 81' Report Osihmen Victor James  4'
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

27 September 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Nigeria  5–0  Gabon
Nwakali Kelechi  21' (pen.)
Ebere Osinachi Christian  30', 42'
Ayinde Kehinde  65', 89' 		Report
U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.

14 September 2014
17:00 UTC+1
Guinea  1–0  Togo
Yamodou Toure  69' Report
Stade El Abdi, El Jadida (Morocco)
Referee: Sheriff Njie (Gambia)

28 September 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Togo  0–3  Guinea
Report Yamodou Toure  69'
Morlaye Sylla  81'
Lansana Toure  90'
Stade Municipal, Lomé
Referee: Christopher Nde

Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.

13 September 2014
15:00 UTC+1
Cameroon  1–2  Ghana
Martin Hongla Yma Ii  45' Report Agyiri Ernest  30'
Issah Abass  40'
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ngambo Ndala (DR Congo)

28 September 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  4–3  Cameroon
Issah Abass  5'
Medarious Henry  17', 79'
Osabutey Jonah  36' 		Report Armel Nguene Ii  43'
Christian Emmanuel Nguidjol Bayemi  47'
Fokem Namekong Achille  87'
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

Cameroon won on default.

13 September 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Angola  1–1  Ivory Coast
Nelson Coquenao Da Luz  78' Report Koffi.Frank Kouao  77'
Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

27 September 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  3–0  Angola
Baba Lamine Traore  45', 56'
Nguessan Jonas Kouadio  77' 		Report
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Akintoye Germain Koole (Benin)

Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.

12 September 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  2–0  Uganda
Patson Daka  26'
Edwin Chipile  61' 		Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Gervais Munyanziza (Rwanda)

27 September 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Uganda  1–2  Zambia
Komakech Alex  71' (pen.) Report Patson Daka  21', 67'
Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Nelson Emile Fred (Seychelles)

Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.

14 September 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Mali  2–0  Tunisia
Sidiki Maiga  61'
Boubacar Traore  77' 		Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Daouda Kebe (Senegal)

28 September 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Tunisia  1–3  Mali
Wael Oueslati  45' Report Boubacar Traore  67'
Sidiki Maiga  77', 82'
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Mohamed Abd Elmenem El Hanafy (Egypt)

Mali won 5–1 on aggregate.

13 September 2014
18:00 UTC+2
South Africa  2–1  Egypt
Edwin Sekhwama  26'
Vuyo Mantjie  48' 		Report Walid Attia Mourad Attia Ali  45'
Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort
Referee: Sentso John Mohau (Lesotho)

27 September 2014
19:00 UTC+2
Egypt  2–2  South Africa
Ahmed Hamdi Hussein Ahmed Hafez  53'
Mokhtar Mohamed Soliman Mohamed  79' 		Report Khanyiso Mayo  17', 39'
Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

South Africa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

References

  1. ↑ "Regulations of the African U-17 Championship". Cafonline.com.
  2. ↑ "Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release" (pdf). CAF. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Decisions made by the CAF Executive Committee, convened January 24th 2014". CAF. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gambia suspended from all competitions for two years". Cafonline.com. 3 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Suspension: CAF postpones Nigeria Eaglets, DR Congo clash". Premium Times. July 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "U-17, U-20, U-23: Benin suspended for two years". CAF. 5 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Appeal Board upheld disqualification of Ghana U-17 team". CAF. 27 November 2014.

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