2015 African U-20 Championship Explained
Tourney Name: | African U-20 Championship |
Year: | 2015 |
Other Titles: | Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015 |
Size: | 150px |
Country: | Senegal |
Dates: | 8–22 March |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 2 |
Count: | 7 |
Matches: | 16 |
Goals: | 53 |
Top Scorer: | Musa Muhammed (4 goals) |
Player: | Yaw Yeboah |
Prevseason: | 2013 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
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
See main article: 2015 African U-20 Championship 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
Venues
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
- 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 Ssonko
Draw
The draw for the final tournament was held on 21 December 2014, 11:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[5] Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.[6]
Squads
See main article: 2015 African U-20 Championship squads.
Each team could register a squad of 21 players (three of whom had to 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]
- TiebreakersThe teams were ranked according to points (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]
- 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 were evaluated;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are .
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
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 a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time was played.[3]
Semi-finals
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Final
Awards
Team of the tournament
- Starting Eleven[8]
- Substitutes[8]
- Sory Ibrahim Traore
- Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy
- Malick Toure Prosper Kassim
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- Musa Muhammed
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Thamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana)
- Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia)
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release. CAF. 26 September 2013. pdf. 22 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927220552/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Amr%20El%20Sadek/Press%20Release%20Exco%2009-13.pdf. September 27, 2013.
- Web site: Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions. CAF. 11 November 2012. 27 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101122928/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html. January 1, 2012.
- Web site: Regulations of the African Youth Championship. Cafonline.com.
- Web site: Referees. CAFOnline.com. March 1, 2015.
- Web site: U-17 & U-20 draw set for Dec. 21. CAF. 15 December 2014.
- Web site: COSAFA duo, South Africa, Zambia draw each other. CAF. 21 December 2014.
- Web site: Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 19th African U20 Championship, Senegal-2015. CAF.
- Web site: General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015. CAF. 24 March 2015.