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2015 African Games
men's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Republic of the Congo
City	Brazzaville
Dates	6–18 September
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	22 (1.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahima Keita Mohamed Sydney Sylla (3 goals each)
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The 2015 African Games men's football tournament was the 11th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.

Qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Burkina Faso	2nd	Group stage (1973)
Congo (hosts)	4th	Gold medal (1965)
Egypt	8th	Gold medal (1987, 1995)
Ghana	6th	Gold medal (2011)
Nigeria	6th	Gold medal (1973)
Senegal	4th	Fourth place (2011)
Sudan	1st	Debut
Zimbabwe	3rd	Silver medal (1995)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Burundi, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.

Venues

A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat was also used.

Squads

Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Ghana were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.

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

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo (H)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Sudan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3

1. ^ As Burkina Faso and Sudan were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group A, which was won by Burkina Faso.

Congo	2–1	Sudan
Bidimbou 1', 42'	Report	Yaqoub 17'

Zimbabwe	0–1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Sylla 63'

Sudan	1–0	Zimbabwe
Abuaagla 90'	Report

Burkina Faso	1–2	Congo
Somda 62'	Report	Makiessé 4' Somda 85' (o.g.)

Congo	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Kutinyu 71'

Sudan	0–0	Burkina Faso
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Knockout stage
2	Senegal	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
4	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Ghana	0–0	Senegal
	Report

Egypt	Cancelled	Nigeria
	Report

Senegal	Cancelled	Egypt
	Report

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana
Ajayi 55' Sokari 87'	Report

Ghana	Cancelled	Egypt
	Report

Senegal	1–1	Nigeria
Keita 82'	Report	Abdullahi 90'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 September – Brazzaville
	Congo	1
					17 September – Brazzaville
	Senegal	3
					Senegal	1
	15 September – Brazzaville
					Burkina Faso	0
	Nigeria	1
	Burkina Faso	3
					Bronze medal match
					18 September – Brazzaville
					Congo	0 (3)
					Nigeria (p)	0 (5)

Semi-finals

Congo	1–3	Senegal
Ndockyt 54'	Report	Dieng 16' Keita 36', 82'

Nigeria	1–3	Burkina Faso
Daniel 75'	Report	Sylla 12', 79' O. Kaboré 64'

Bronze medal match

Congo	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Bidimbou Babélé Ganvoula Boukama	3–5	Daniel Atanda Sokari Obanor Pyagbara

Gold medal match

Senegal	1–0	Burkina Faso
Seydi 2'	Report

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Senegal	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Gold Medal
	Burkina Faso	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7	Silver Medal
	Nigeria	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	Bronze Medal
4	Congo (H)	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	7	Fourth place
5	Sudan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
7	Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
8	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Mohamed Sydney Sylla
• Ibrahima Keita

2 goals

• Kader Bidimbou

1 goal

• Omar Kaboré
• Ziem Somda
• Junior Makiessé
• Merveil Ndockyt
• Mustapha Abdullahi
• Junior Ajayi
• Etor Daniel
• Kingsley Sokari
• Cheikhou Dieng
• Moussa Seydi
• Abuaagla Abdalla
• Walaa Eldin Yaqoub
• Tafadzwa Kutinyu

Own goal

• Ziem Somda (playing against Congo)

See also

• Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

References

1. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
3. "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
4. "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
5. "Holders Ghana handed tough draw". CAF. 9 July 2015.
6. "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
7. "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
8. "Draw to decide the fate of Burkina Faso and Sudan". CAF. 13 September 2015.
9. "Ghana – Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.

External links

• Official Website of the African Games, Brazzaville 2015
• African Games Men Brazzville 2015, CAFonline.com

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