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2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

Tournament details
Dates	24 April – 2 August
Teams	26 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	69 (2.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kahraba Adama Niane (4 goals each)
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The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Senegal who qualified automatically as hosts.

The top three teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil.

Teams

A total of 26 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.

Notes

• The final tournament was originally to be hosted by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After Senegal replaced them as hosts, the CAF released an updated version of the draw. In the initial draw, Zimbabwe and Swaziland were to play each other in the first round, where the winner would play South Africa in the second round, where the winner would play Senegal in the third round. In the updated draw, Zimbabwe and Swaziland play each other in the second round, where the winner play South Africa in the third round.
• Namibia's U23 team manager Jakes Amaning said the Namibia Football Association did apply to take part in the tournament, but due to unforeseen circumstances its name did not appear in the CAF draw. The Confederation of African Football have said the Namibian application may not have been received due to a "technical error". Although the draw took place on 20 September 2014, FIFA have set a deadline of 25 October for applicants.

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

The seven winners of the third round qualified for the final tournament.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	7–1	Liberia	2–0	5–1
Guinea-Bissau	w/o	Sierra Leone	—	—
Libya	w/o	Mauritania	—	—
Botswana	4–4 (a)	Kenya	3–0	1–4
Rwanda	3–1	Somalia	2–0	1–1

Note: Guinea-Bissau and Libya withdrew. Liberia played their home match in Ghana due to Ebola outbreak. Somalia played their home match in Djibouti (originally in Kenya) due to security concerns.

Ghana	2–0	Liberia
Mohammed 28' Ashia 65'	Report

Liberia	1–5	Ghana
Harmon 34'	Report	Gadze 20' Mensah 25' Mohammed 39', 60' Montari 77'

Ghana won 7–1 on aggregate.

Guinea-Bissau	Cancelled	Sierra Leone
	Report

Sierra Leone	Cancelled	Guinea-Bissau
	Report

Sierra Leone won on walkover.

Libya	Cancelled	Mauritania
	Report

Mauritania	Cancelled	Libya
	Report

Mauritania won on walkover.

Botswana	3–0	Kenya
Kebatho 66', 86' Makgantai 67'	Report

Kenya	4–1	Botswana
Olunga 19', 36', 90' Ndirangu 78'	Report	Kebatho 22'

4–4 on aggregate. Botswana won on away goals.

Rwanda	2–0	Somalia
Mukunzi 17' Muhire 90+2'	Report

Somalia	1–1	Rwanda
Mohammed 90'	Report	Songa 4'

Rwanda won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ghana	1–1 (4–5 p)	Congo	1–0	0–1
Sierra Leone	1–1 (a)	Cameroon	0–0	1–1
Mauritania	2–4	Mali	1–1	1–3
Botswana	1–3	Zambia	1–1	0–2
Rwanda	1–4	Uganda	1–2	0–2
Zimbabwe	2–2 (a)	Swaziland	0–0	2–2
Tunisia	3–0	Sudan	1–0	2–0

Note: Sierra Leone played their home match in Cameroon due to Ebola outbreak.

Ghana	1–0	Congo
Andoh 44'	Report

Congo	1–0	Ghana
Ganvoula 26'	Report
Penalties
	5–4

1–1 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.

Sierra Leone	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Cameroon	1–1	Sierra Leone
Minala 33'	Report	Barrie 90' (pen.)

1–1 on aggregate. Sierra Leone won on away goals.

Mauritania	1–1	Mali
Niass 63'	Report	Niane 88' (pen.)

Mali	3–1	Mauritania
Niane 3', 88' (pen.) Cissé 69'	Report	Bagili 53'

Mali won 4–2 on aggregate.

Botswana	1–1	Zambia
Mbaiwa 67'	Report	Chirwa 13'

Zambia	2–0	Botswana
Kampamba 47' Kampamba 55'	Report

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rwanda	1–2	Uganda
Nshuti 61'	Report	Miya 10' Mutyaba 70'

Uganda	2–0	Rwanda
Ssemazi 61' Miya 64'	Report

Uganda won 4–1 on aggregate.

Zimbabwe	0–0	Swaziland
	Report

Swaziland	2–2	Zimbabwe
Mkhontfo 40' (pen.) Dlamini 60'	Report	Kadewere 56' Pfumbidzai 80' (pen.)

2–2 on aggregate. Zimbabwe won on away goals.

Tunisia	1–0	Sudan
Kchok 89'	Report

Sudan	0–2	Tunisia
	Report	Chaalali 23' Meriah 66'

Tunisia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Winners qualified for 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	2–1	Congo	2–1	0–0
Algeria	2–0	Sierra Leone	2–0	0–0
Gabon	0–3	Mali	0–1	0–2
Ivory Coast	0–0 (3–4 p)	Zambia	0–0	0–0
Egypt	6–1	Uganda	4–0	2–1
Zimbabwe	1–4	South Africa	1–1	0–3
Morocco	1–2	Tunisia	1–0	0–2

Note: Sierra Leone played their home match in Algeria due to Ebola outbreak (match also brought forward by a week).

Nigeria	2–1	Congo
Ajayi 48', 54'	Report	Nkounkou 66'

Congo	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Algeria	2–0	Sierra Leone
Amokrane 8', 21'	Report

Sierra Leone	0–0	Algeria
	Report

Algeria won 2–0 on aggregate.

Gabon	0–1	Mali
	Report	Niane 77'

Mali	2–0	Gabon
Mboudou 68' (o.g.) Traoré 89'	Report

Mali won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Zambia	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report
Penalties
Chirwa Kampamba Chepeshi B. Sakala Zulu S. Sakala Daka	4–3	Kessié Assalé Diarra Coulibaly Maiga Ahoulou N'Guessan

0–0 on aggregate. Zambia won on penalties.

Egypt	4–0	Uganda
Salem 7' Kahraba 68', 90+2' Sobhi 79'	Report

Uganda	1–2	Egypt
Miya 77'	Report	Kahraba 18', 56'

Egypt won 6–1 on aggregate.

Zimbabwe	1–1	South Africa
Musona 84' (pen.)	Report	Dolly 66'

South Africa	3–0	Zimbabwe
Dolly 2', 90' Motupa 9'	Report

South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Morocco	1–0	Tunisia
Bencharki 45' (pen.)	Report

Tunisia	2–0	Morocco
Rjaïbi 57' Jouini 63'	Report

Tunisia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Senegal (hosts)	14 March 2015	1 (2011)
Nigeria	2 August 2015	1 (2011)
Algeria	25 July 2015	1 (2011)
Mali	2 August 2015	0 (debut)
Zambia	1 August 2015	0 (debut)
Egypt	1 August 2015	1 (2011)
South Africa	1 August 2015	1 (2011)
Tunisia	1 August 2015	0 (debut)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Kahraba
• Adama Niane

3 goals

• Omaatla Kebatho
• Dauda Mohammed
• Michael Olunga
• Keagan Dolly
• Farouk Miya

2 goals

• Abdelhakim Amokrane
• Junior Ajayi

1 goal

• Onkabetse Makgantai
• Unobatsha Mbaiwa
• Joseph Minala
• Silvère Ganvoula
• Moise Nkounkou
• Mohamed Salem
• Ramadan Sobhi
• Kennedy Ashia
• Ebo Andoh
• Richard Gadze
• Baba Mensah
• Tamimu Montari
• John Ndirangu
• Van-Dave Harmon
• Moctar Cissé
• Adama Traoré
• Boubacar Bagili
• Mamadou Niass
• Achraf Bencharki
• Isaïe Songa
• Yannick Mukunzi
• Kevin Muhire
• Dominique Savio Nshuti
• Ibrahim Sorie Barrie
• Abbas Mohammed
• Gift Motupa
• Muzi Dlamini
• Mxolisi Mkhontfo
• Ghailene Chaalali
• Haythem Jouini
• Slimane Kchok
• Yassine Meriah
• Edem Rjaïbi
• Muzamir Mutyaba
• John Ssemazi
• Jackson Chirwa
• Kelvin Kampamba
• Ronald Kampamba
• Tino Kadewere
• Walter Musona
• Ronald Pfumbidzai

Own goal

• Karl Mboudou (playing against Mali)

References

1. ^ "Regulations U23 AFCON English" (PDF). CAF.
2. ^ "Macky Sall accepts to host U-23 Championship in December". CAF. 14 March 2015.
3. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
4. ^ "Fixtures of the Qualifiers of U-23 African Championship" (PDF). CAF. 15 April 2015.
5. "Namibian U23 Side Not Drawn for Olympics Qualifiers". Windhoek: Namibian U23 Side Not Drawn for Olympics Qualifiers  – via AllAfrica (subscription required) . 27 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
6. "Zimbabwe: Pasuwa Welcomes CAF Under-23 Draw". NewZimbabwe  – via AllAfrica.com (subscription required) . 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
7. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
8. "African journey to Rio de Janeiro takes-off". CAF. 22 April 2015.
9. "Djibouti to host Somalia, Rwanda tie". SuperSport. 6 May 2015.

External links

• Africa U-23 Cup Of Nations,Senegal 2015 Qualifiers, CAFonline.com

• 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2015 in African football