| Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015 | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Senegal |
| Dates | 8–22 March |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 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) | Musa Muhammed (4 goals) |
| Best player | Yaw Yeboah |
| Fair play award | Nigeria |
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The2015African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youthfootball tournament organized by theConfederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place inSenegal between 8–22 March 2015.[1][2]
The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[3]Nigeria won the tournament, and were joined by hostsSenegal,Ghana, andMali as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The qualifiers were played between April and August 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Senegal.
Congo Ghana
Ivory Coast Mali Nigeria Senegal (hosts)
South Africa
Zambia| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Dakar | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor | 60,000 |
| M'Bour | Stade Caroline Faye | 5,000 |
The referees were:[4]
Joshua Bondo
Juste Ephrem Zio
Thierry Nkurunziza
Aurélien Juenkou Wandji
Ibrahim Nour El Din Bienvenu Sinko
Davies Ogenche Omweno
Mohamed Ragab Omar Mahamadou Keita
Rédouane Jiyed Daouda Gueye
Hagi Yabarow Wiish
Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla
Mokrane Gourari Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
Issa Yaya
Olivier Safari Kabene
Berhe O'Michael
Kindie Mussie David Laryea
Sidiki Sidibe
Abderahmane Warr Abel Baba Ababacar Sene
Hensley Danny Petrousse Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo
Faouzi Jridi
Mark SsonkoThe draw for the final tournament was held on 21 December 2014, 11:00UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[5] Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.[6]
Each team could register a squad of 21 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers).[3]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to thesemi-finals and qualified for the2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]
The teams were ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[3]
All times areUTC±00:00.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage and2015 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 |
| Nigeria | 4–1 | Congo |
|---|---|---|
Matthew 4'Muhammed 35' (pen.),56' (pen.)Awoniyi 87' | Report | Ganvoula 61' |
| Senegal | 4–3 | Congo |
|---|---|---|
| Niang 15' Wadji 36'Sarr 87',90' | Report | Nkounkou 20' Ganvoula 55'Bakaki 66' |
| Nigeria | 2–2 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Pyagbara 27' Muhammed 68' (pen.) | Report | Niangbo 5' Bedia 32' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage and2015 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 |
| South Africa | 5–2 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| Zuma 22',63' Sandows 57',66',87' | Report | Seriba 30' (o.g.) Zulu 90' |
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time,extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by apenalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time was played.[3]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 March | ||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 22 March | ||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| 19 March | ||||||
| Senegal | 0 | |||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||
| Senegal | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 22 March | ||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||
Yaw Yeboah[8]Bernard Bulbwa against Senegal in the final[8]
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Musa MuhammedThamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana)Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia)