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2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations U-23
Tournament details
Host country Senegal
Dates28 November – 12 December 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Etebo Oghenekaro (5 goals)
← 2011
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2015.
Not to be confused with Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament.

The 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations is the 2nd edition of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national teams of Africa. The tournament started on 28 November and scheduled to end on 12 December 2015.[1] A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament.

The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 5–19 December 2015.[2][3] However, CAF changed the hosts and requested Senegal to host the tournament instead,[4] and the tournament dates were also changed.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

Same as the previous edition, the tournament acts as the CAF qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.[6]

Qualification

Main article: 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Senegal qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from April to August 2015.[7]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Gabon failed to qualify after they lost to Mali.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Algeria 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Egypt 2nd Third place (2011)
 Mali 1st Debut
 Nigeria 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Senegal (hosts) 2nd Fourth place (2011)
 South Africa 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Tunisia 1st Debut
 Zambia 1st Debut

Venues

The tournament will be held in two venues.[1]

Dakar
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Locations of the 2015 U-23 Afcon venues
 M'Bour
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Stade Caroline Faye
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 5,000

Squads

Main article: 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations squads

As required by the regulations, teams must be exclusively composed of players born on or after 1 January 1993. Each squad can contain a maximum of 21 players.[8]

Match officials

A total of 10 referees and 13 assistant referees were selected.[9]

Group stage

The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 14 September 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[10] For the draw, the hosts Senegal were seeded in position A1 and the previous tournament's best-placed qualified team Egypt were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[11]

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

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:[8]

  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. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).[12]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  South Africa 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Zambia 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Senegal 3–1 South Africa
Keita 15' (pen.), 20'
Sarr 87'		 Report Ntshangase 27' (pen.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Zambia 1–2 Tunisia
Kampamba 15' Report Jouini 3', 83'
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
South Africa 3–2 Zambia
Masuku 46'
Motupa 51', 58'		 Report Luchanga 34'
Mutale 72'
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Tunisia 0–2 Senegal
Report Diédhiou 8'
Diallo 84'
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Senegal 1–0 Zambia
Diallo 3' Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
South Africa 1–0 Tunisia
Masuku 85' Report
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Mali 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Egypt 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Egypt 1–1 Algeria
Kahraba 54' Report Ferhat 68'
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Mali 2–3 Nigeria
Niane 55' (pen.)
A. Diarra 64'		 Report Ajayi 15', 45'
Mohammed 33'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)
Algeria 2–0 Mali
Ferhat 72'
Y. Traoré 83' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Nigeria 2–2 Egypt
Oghenekaro 21' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Report Sobhi 47'
Amaefule 54' (o.g.)
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
Egypt 0–1 Mali
Report Coulibaly 18'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Algeria 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.[8]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 December – Dakar
 
 
 Senegal0
 
12 December – Dakar
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Nigeria2
 
9 December – Dakar
 
 Algeria1
 
 Algeria2
 
 
 South Africa0
 
Third place
 
 
12 December – Dakar
 
 
 Senegal0 (1)
 
 
 South Africa (p)0 (3)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Senegal 0–1 Nigeria
Report Oghenekaro 76' (pen.)
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Algeria 2–0 South Africa
Darfalou 8'
Benkhemassa 49'		 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Third place play-off

Winner qualifies for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Senegal 0–0 South Africa
Report
Penalties
Badji soccer ball with red X
Diaw soccer ball with red X
I. Sarr soccer ball with check mark
S. Sarr soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Motupa
soccer ball with red X Mngonyama
soccer ball with check mark Masuku
soccer ball with red X Dolly
soccer ball with check mark Mahlambi
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final

Nigeria 2–1 Algeria
Oghenekaro 13' (pen.), 39' Report Tope 30' (o.g.)
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)


 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations winners 

Nigeria
First title

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ a b "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ "CAF Media Tweet". CAF. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Macky Sall accepts to host U-23 Championship in December". CAF. 14 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (pdf). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Regulations U23 AFCON English" (PDF). CAF.
  9. ^ "Referees for U-23 AFCON Senegal 2015 announced". CAF. 16 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Results of draw for Final Tournament". CAF. 14 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Procedure for AFCON U-23 Senegal 2015 Final Tournament Draw". CAF. 13 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 2nd U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2015" (PDF). CAF.

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