Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's qualification

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.

Not to be confused with 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification.
2015 African Games men's football tournament qualification
Tournament details
Dates21 February – 12 April 2015
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored45 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kahraba (4 goals)
Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games

Teams

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
  •  Congo (hosts)
 1

Format

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.

Schedule

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

Qualification rounds

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso  w/o  Libya — —
Ivory Coast  w/o  Guinea-Bissau — —
DR Congo  1–2  Burundi 0–1 1–1
Egypt  4–1  Kenya 3–0 1–1
Gabon  1–6  Nigeria 1–4 0–2
Zambia  w/o  Madagascar — —
Mali  w/o  Tunisia — —
Mozambique  0–0 (4–1 p)  Uganda 0–0 0–0
Swaziland  w/o  Zimbabwe — —
Ethiopia  1–4  Sudan 1–2 0–2

Note: Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Tunisia and Swaziland withdrew.[4]

Burkina Faso Cancelled Libya
Report
Libya Cancelled Burkina Faso
Report

Burkina Faso won on walkover.

Ivory Coast Cancelled Guinea-Bissau
Report
Guinea-Bissau Cancelled Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on walkover.

DR Congo 0–1 Burundi
Report Nshimirimana  50'
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon)
Burundi 1–1 DR Congo
Fiston  42' Report Ipumbu  36'
Referee: Zekarias Girma Fega (Ethiopia)

Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Egypt 3–0 Kenya
Rabia  45'
Kahraba  88', 90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)
Kenya 1–1 Egypt
Omumbo  22' (pen.) Report Kahraba  16' (pen.)
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Egypt won 4–1 on aggregate.

Gabon 1–4 Nigeria
Méyé  53' Report Ajayi  2', 47'
Oghenekaro  45+1' (pen.)
Onyekachi  90'
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
Nigeria 2–0 Gabon
Oduduwa  67'
Ajayi  87'		 Report
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Zambia Cancelled Madagascar
Report
Madagascar Cancelled Zambia
Report

Zambia won on walkover.

Mali Cancelled Tunisia
Report
Tunisia Cancelled Mali
Report

Mali won on walkover.

Mozambique 0–0 Uganda
Report
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)
Uganda 0–0 Mozambique
Report
Penalties
1–4
Referee: Jean Claude Kinamvuidi Fuengi (DR Congo)

0–0 on aggregate. Mozambique won on penalties.

Swaziland Cancelled Zimbabwe
Report
Zimbabwe Cancelled Swaziland
Report

Zimbabwe won on walkover.

Ethiopia 1–2 Sudan
Hotessa  89' (pen.) Report Osman  26'
Gaafar  38'
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Sudan 2–0 Ethiopia
Mukhtar  3'
Osman  56'		 Report
El Obeid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Burkina Faso  2–1  Ivory Coast 2–1 0–0
Burundi  0–4  Egypt 0–2 0–2
Nigeria  2–1  Zambia 0–0 2–1
Mali  3–3 (a)  Senegal 2–2 1–1
Mozambique  1–2  Ghana 1–0 0–2
Zimbabwe  2–1  Cameroon 1–0 1–1
Sudan  2–1  South Africa 2–0 0–1
Burkina Faso 2–1 Ivory Coast
Ouédraogo  54'
Sango  88'		 Report Kouadio  45+2'
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)
Ivory Coast 0–0 Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: El Fatih Wadeed Khaleel (Sudan)

Burkina Faso won 2–1 on aggregate.

Burundi 0–2 Egypt
Report Trezeguet  5'
Fathi  45'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Egypt 2–0 Burundi
Kahraba  21'
Salem  62'		 Report
Referee: Hicham Tiazi (Morocco)

Egypt won 4–0 on aggregate.

Nigeria 0–0 Zambia
Report
Referee: Med Said Kordi (Tunisia)
Zambia 1–2 Nigeria
Samu  76' Report Awoniyi  35', 87'
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mali 2–2 Senegal
Sylla  6'
A. Traoré  68'		 Report Diaw  15'
Thiouné  75'
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)
Senegal 1–1 Mali
Koné  54' Report S. Traoré  15'
Referee: Idriss Biani (Chad)

3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.

Mozambique 1–0 Ghana
Salomão  85' Report
Campo do Grupo Afrin, Maputo
Referee: Osiase William Koto (Lesotho)
Ghana 2–0 Mozambique
Salomão  73' (o.g.)
Adjei  83'		 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Zimbabwe 1–0 Cameroon
Mutasa  21' Report
Referee: Tinyiko Victor Hlungwani (South Africa)
Cameroon 1–1 Zimbabwe
Tchamabo  45' Report Moyo  57' (pen.)
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sudan 2–0 South Africa
Osman  21'
El Tahir  69'		 Report
El Obeid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: Bruno Andriamiharisoa (Madagascar)
South Africa 1–0 Sudan
Masuku  83' Report
Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Congo (hosts)14 September 2011[1]3 (1965, 1973, 1995)
 Burkina Faso11 April 20151 (1973)
 Egypt12 April 20157 (1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007)
 Nigeria12 April 20155 (1973, 1978, 1991, 1995, 2003)
 Senegal12 April 20153 (1987, 2003, 2011)
 Ghana12 April 20155 (1973, 1978, 2003, 2007, 2011)
 Zimbabwe12 April 20152 (1991, 1995)
 Sudan11 April 20150 (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]

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References
  1. "Congo to host 2015 All Africa Games". 2011-09-14.
  2. "AAG Congo 2015: Men, Women qualifiers set for start". CAFonline.com. 20 February 2015.
  3. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. "Jeux Africains : La RD Congo et le Gabon à la trappe" (in French). Afrik.com. 9 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
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