The 2015 African Games men's football tournament was the 11th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's

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tournament was held in

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, the

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between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the

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. 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

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(CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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,

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, was built for the 2015 African Games. The

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat (formally named Stade de la Revolution) in Brazzaville is one of the two national stadiums of the Congo national football team, along with the Stade Municipal de Kintélé. It is used for football matches and ...

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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Goalscorers

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Kader Bidimbou Kader Bidimbou is a Congolese professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Hafia FC. Bidimbou signed for Hafia on 1 June 2019. International career In January 2014, coach Claude Leroy, invited him to be a part of the Congo squad for t ...

;1 goal * Omar Kaboré * Ziem Somda * Junior Makiessé *

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* Mustapha Abdullahi *

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* Cheikhou Dieng * Moussa Seydi *

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* Tafadzwa Kutinyu ;Own goal * Ziem Somda (playing against Congo)

References

External links

Official Website of the African Games, Brazzaville 2015African Games Men Brazzville 2015
CAFonline.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2015 African Games - Men's tournament Men's