| Tourney Name: | African Games men's football tournament qualification |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Dates: | 21 February – 12 April |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 45 |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
See main article: Football at the 2015 African Games.
The 2015 African Games men's football tournament qualification decided the participating teams of the 2015 African Games men's football tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the men's football tournament, including Congo who qualified automatically as hosts.[1] Both the qualifying rounds and the final tournament were age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.
A total of 24 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 20 | ||
| Second round | 4 | ||
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 24 | |
| Final tournament |
| 1 |
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 second round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.[3]
| Round | Leg | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First round | First leg | 20–22 February 2015 |
| Second leg | 6–8 March 2015 | |
| Second round | First leg | 20–22 March 2015 |
| Second leg | 10–12 April 2015 |
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Note: Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Tunisia and Swaziland withdrew.[4]
Burkina Faso won on walkover.----Ivory Coast won on walkover.----Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.----Egypt won 4–1 on aggregate.----Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.----Zambia won on walkover.----Mali won on walkover.----0–0 on aggregate. Mozambique won on penalties.----Zimbabwe won on walkover.----Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.
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Burkina Faso won 2–1 on aggregate.----Egypt won 4–0 on aggregate.----Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.----Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.----Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.----Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (hosts) | (1965, 1973, 1995) | ||
| (1973) | |||
| (1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007) | |||
| (1973, 1978, 1991, 1995, 2003) | |||
| (1987, 2003, 2011) | |||
| (1973, 1978, 2003, 2007, 2011) | |||
| (1991, 1995) | |||
| (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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 final tournament.[5]
Junior Ajayi
Maher Osman
Faïçal Ouédraogo Allassane Sango
Abbas Nshimirimana Fiston Abdul Razak
Brice Tchamabo
Katalay Ipumbu
Mostafa Fathi Ramy Rabia Mohamed Salem Trezeguet
Dawa Hotessa
Axel Méyé
Bright Adjei
Cédric Khaleb Kouadio
Vincent Omumbo
Alou Badra Sylla Abdramane Traoré Sidi Yaya Traoré
Salomão Segun Oduduwa Etebo Oghenekaro Peter Onyekachi
Elhadji Pape Diaw Moussa Koné Ousseynou Thiouné Athar El Tahir Ibrahim Gaafar Mohamed Mukhtar Salomão (playing against Ghana)