The 2015 African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth

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tournament organized by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

between 8–22 March 2015. The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the

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in New Zealand.

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

won the tournament, and were joined by hosts

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

, and

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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

* * * * * * (hosts) * *

Venues

Match officials

The referees were: ;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 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.

Squads

Each team could register a squad of 21 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers).

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the

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and qualified for the

. ;Tiebreakers The 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: #Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; #

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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 UTC±00:00.

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,

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was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a

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to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time was played.

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

*Fair play trophy: Nigeria *Orange Man of the tournament: Yaw Yeboah *Best goal of the tournament: Bernard Bulbwa against Senegal in the final

Team of the tournament

;Starting Eleven * Enaholo Joshua * Musa Muhammed * Souleymane Diarra * Mouhameth Sané *

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* Alassane Diallo * Ibrahima Wadji * Yaw Yeboah * Idowu Elijah * Clifford Aboagye *

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;Substitutes * Sory Ibrahim Traore * Joseph Aidoo * Ifeanyi Matthew * Omego Prince * Tyroane Joe Sandows * Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy * Malick Toure * Prosper Kassim

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Musa Muhammed ;3 goals * Silvère Ganvoula *

* Ibrahima Wadji * Tyroane Sandows ;2 goals * Chris Bedia * Yaw Yeboah * Alassane Diallo * Hamidou Traoré * Ifeanyi Matthew * Dumisani Zuma * Moussa Koné ;1 goal * Constantin Bakaki * Moise Nkounkou * Clifford Aboagye * Samuel Afful * Asiedu Attobrah * Benjamin Tetteh *

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* Yakou Meite * Dogbole Niangbo * Ichaka Diarra * Malick Touré * Bernard Bulbwa * Obinna Nwobodo * Christian Pyagbara * El Hadji Malick Niang * Motjeka Madisha * Dave Daka * Charles Zulu ;Own goal * Thamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana) * Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia)

References

External links

19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:African U-20 Championship 2015

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