2015 African U-20 Championship
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(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) |
Musa Muhammed (4 goals) |
Best player | 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
- Congo
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal (hosts)
- South Africa
- Zambia
Venues
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Dakar | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor | 60,000 |
M'Bour | Stade Caroline Faye | 5,000 |
Match officials
The referees were:[4]
- Referees
- 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
- Assistant referees
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]
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
- Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated;
- Drawing of lots.
All times UTC±00:00.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
11 March 2015 16:30 |
Nigeria | 4–1 | Congo |
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Matthew 4' Muhammed 35' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Awoniyi 87' |
Report | Ganvoula 61' |
14 March 2015 17:00 |
Senegal | 4–3 | Congo |
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Niang 15' Wadji 36' Sarr 87', 90' |
Report | Nkounkou 20' Ganvoula 55' Bakaki 66' |
14 March 2015 17:00 |
Nigeria | 2–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Pyagbara 27' Muhammed 68' (pen.) |
Report | Niangbo 5' Bedia 32' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
15 March 2015 17:00 |
South Africa | 5–2 | Zambia |
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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-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 |
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards
- Fair play trophy: Nigeria [8]
- Orange Man of the tournament: Yaw Yeboah [8]
- Best goal of the tournament: Bernard Bulbwa against Senegal in the final[8]
Team of the tournament
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy
- Taiwo Awoniyi
- Sidy Sarr
- Ibrahima Wadji
- Tyroane Sandows
- 2 goals
- Chris Bedia
- Yaw Yeboah
- Alassane Diallo
- Hamidou Traoré
- Ifeanyi Matthew
- Dumisani Zuma
- Moussa Koné
- 1 goal
- Constantin Bakaki
- Moise Nkounkou
- Clifford Aboagye
- Samuel Afful
- Asiedu Attobrah
- Benjamin Tetteh
- Victorien Angban
- Yakou Meite
- Dogbole Niangbo
- Ichaka Diarra
- Malick Touré
- Bernard Bulbwa
- Obinna Nwobodo
- Christian Pyagbara
- El Hadji Malick Niang
- Madisha Modjeka
- Dave Daka
- Charles Zulu
- Own goal
See also
References
- ↑ "Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release" (PDF). CAF. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 "Regulations of the African Youth Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
- ↑ "Referees". CAFOnline.com. March 1, 2015.
- ↑ "U-17 & U-20 draw set for Dec. 21". CAF. 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "COSAFA duo, South Africa, Zambia draw each other". CAF. 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 19th African U20 Championship, Senegal-2015" (PDF). CAF.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015". CAF. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
External links
- 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship, CAFonline.com