2015 African U-20 Championship

2015 African U-20 Championship
Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015
Tournament details
Host country Senegal
Dates 8–22 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (7th title)
Runners-up  Senegal
Third place  Ghana
Fourth place  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 53 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Musa Muhammed
(4 goals)
Best player Ghana Yaw Yeboah
Fair play award  Nigeria

The 2015 African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place in Senegal between 8–22 March 2015.[1][2]

The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[3] Nigeria won the tournament, and were joined by hosts Senegal, Ghana, and Mali as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

The qualifiers were played between April and August 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Senegal.

Qualified teams

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Dakar Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor 60,000
M'Bour Stade Caroline Faye 5,000

Match officials

The referees were:[4]

Referees
  • Botswana Joshua Bondo
  • Burkina Faso Juste Ephrem Zio
  • Burundi Thierry Nkurunziza
  • Cameroon Aurélien Juenkou Wandji
  • Egypt Ibrahim Nour El Din
  • Ivory Coast Bienvenu Sinko
  • Kenya Davies Ogenche Omweno
  • Libya Mohamed Ragab Omar
  • Mali Mahamadou Keita
  • Morocco Rédouane Jiyed
  • Senegal Daouda Gueye
  • Somalia Hagi Yabarow Wiish
  • Sudan Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla
Assistant referees
  • Algeria Mokrane Gourari
  • Cameroon Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
  • Chad Issa Yaya
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Olivier Safari Kabene
  • Eritrea Berhe O'Michael
  • Ethiopia Kindie Mussie
  • Ghana David Laryea
  • Guinea Sidiki Sidibe
  • Mauritania Abderahmane Warr
  • Nigeria Abel Baba
  • Senegal Ababacar Sene
  • Seychelles Hensley Danny Petrousse
  • South Africa Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
  • Tunisia Faouzi Jridi
  • Uganda Mark Ssonko

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 21 December 2014, 11:00 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[5] Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.[6]

Squads

Each team can register a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[3]

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[3]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all games;
  5. Goals scored in all games;
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times UTC±00:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Senegal (H) 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
3  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
4  Congo 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source: CAF
(H) Host.

8 March 2015
16:30
Senegal  1–3  Nigeria
Sarr  27' Report Awoniyi  9', 12'
Matthew  43'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

8 March 2015
19:30
Congo  1–1  Ivory Coast
Ganvoula  75' Report Meite  37'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya)

11 March 2015
16:30
Nigeria  4–1  Congo
Matthew  4'
Muhammed  35' (pen.), 56' (pen.)
Awoniyi  87'		 Report Ganvoula  61'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

11 March 2015
19:30
Ivory Coast  2–2  Senegal
Angban  8'
Bedia  89'		 Report Wadji  51', 56'

14 March 2015
17:00
Senegal  4–3  Congo
Niang  15'
Wadji  36'
Sarr  87', 90'		 Report Nkounkou  20'
Ganvoula  55'
Bakaki  66'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

14 March 2015
17:00
Nigeria  2–2  Ivory Coast
Pyagbara  27'
Muhammed  68' (pen.)		 Report Niangbo  5'
Bedia  32'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Ghana 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Zambia 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: CAF

9 March 2015
16:30
Ghana  2–0  South Africa
Masiya  9' (o.g.)
B. Tetteh  44'		 Report

9 March 2015
19:30
Mali  1–0  Zambia
Diallo  75' Report
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Hagi Yabarow Wiish (Somalia)

12 March 2015
16:30
South Africa  1–2  Mali
Madisha  71' (pen.) Report H. Traoré  77', 86'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya)

12 March 2015
19:30
Zambia  1–2  Ghana
D. Daka  2' Report Attobrah  26'
Afful  85'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

15 March 2015
17:00
Ghana  0–1  Mali
Report I. Diarra  18'
Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)

15 March 2015
17:00
South Africa  5–2  Zambia
Zuma  22', 63'
Sandows  57', 66', 87'		 Report Seriba  30' (o.g.)
Zulu  90'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time shall be played.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
 Nigeria2
 
22 March
 
 Ghana0
 
 Nigeria1
 
19 March
 
 Senegal0
 
 Mali1
 
 
 Senegal2
 
Third Place
 
 
22 March
 
 
 Ghana3
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

18 March 2015
17:00
Nigeria  2–0  Ghana
Nwobodo  23'
Muhammed  71' (pen.)		 Report
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

19 March 2015
17:00
Mali  1–2  Senegal
Diallo  5' Report Koné  2', 81'

Third place match

22 March 2015
16:30
Ghana  3–1  Mali
Yeboah  24', 65'
Aboagye  70'		 Report Touré  84'
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Referee: Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan)

Final

22 March 2015
19:30
Nigeria  1–0  Senegal
Bulbwa  17' Report

Awards

Team of the tournament

Starting Eleven[8]
Substitutes[8]

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release" (PDF). CAF. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions". CAF. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the African Youth Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. ↑ "Referees". CAFOnline.com. March 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "U-17 & U-20 draw set for Dec. 21". CAF. 15 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "COSAFA duo, South Africa, Zambia draw each other". CAF. 21 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 19th African U20 Championship, Senegal-2015" (PDF). CAF.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015". CAF. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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