African U-20 Championship 2015

Senegal (hosts final tournament) automatically qualified

First Round [Apr 4-27; 2014]
Mozambique                2–1  2-1 Namibia
Malawi                    1–1  2-1 Botswana
Swaziland                 0-3  2-1 Lesotho
Kenya                     0–0  0-0 Tanzania           [3-4 pen]
Seychelles                0–2  0-3 Ethiopia
Djibouti                  1–1  0-1 Burundi
South Sudan                  w/o   Rwanda             [South Sudan withdrew]
Sierra Leone              1–0  1-0 Guinea
Somalia                        0–6 Sudan              [only one leg in Sudan]
Niger                     2–0  0-2 Congo              [5-6 pen]
Liberia                   0-1  w/o Gambia             [Gambia disqualified]
Ivory Coast                  w/o   Guinea-Bissau      [Guinea Bissau withdrew]
Chad                      0–1  0-3 Libya
Tunisia                   3-0  3-1 Mauritania
Togo                         w/o   Equatorial Guinea  [Equatorial Guinea withdrew]

Second Round [May 9-25]

Mozambique                0–2  0-2 Zambia
Malawi                    1–1  2-0 DR Congo 
Lesotho                   3-1  1-0 Angola 
Tanzania                  0-2  1-4 Nigeria
Ethiopia                  0–2  0-1 South Africa
Burundi                   0-1  1–1 Cameroon
Rwanda                    0-0  0–1 Gabon
Sierra Leone              0-2  1–2 Ghana
Sudan                     0–3  0-2 Egypt
Congo                     2-1  1-2 Benin              [3-2 pen] 
Liberia                   1–0  0-2 Ivory Coast
Libya                     1-1  3-1 Tunisia 
Togo                      0-2  4-2 Morocco
Burkina Faso              0-3  2-0 Mali

Third Round [Aug 15-31]

Malawi                    1–2  0-1 Zambia
Nigeria                      w/o   Lesotho            [Lesotho refused to play]
Cameroon                  1-1  1–2 South Africa
Ghana                     0-0  4–1 Gabon
Congo                     2-0  1-2 Egypt
Libya                     2-1  1-3 Ivory Coast 
Mali                      2–0  0-1 Togo

 
FINAL TOURNAMENT

Senegal, March 8-22, 2015

Group A

08 Mar 2015 Senegal       1–3 Nigeria
             [Sarr 27; Awoniyi 9, 12, Matthew 43]
08 Mar 2015 Congo         1–1 Ivory Coast
             [Ganvoula 75; Meite 37]
11 Mar 2015 Nigeria       4–1 Congo
             [Matthew 4, Muhammed 35pen, 56pen, Awoniyi 87; Ganvoula 61]
11 Mar 2015 Ivory Coast   2–2 Senegal
             [Angban 8, Bedia 89; Wadji 51, 56]
14 Mar 2015 Senegal       4–3 Congo
             [Niang 15, Wadji 36, Sarr 87, 90; Nkounkou 20, Ganvoula 55, Bakaki 66]
14 Mar 2015 Nigeria       2–2 Ivory Coast
             [Pyagbara 27, Muhammed 68pen; Niangbo 5, Bedia 32]

1.NIGERIA        3  2 1 0  9- 4  7
2.SENEGAL        3  1 1 1  7- 8  4
3.Ivory Coast    3  0 3 0  5- 5  3 
4.Congo          3  0 1 2  5- 9  1

Group B

09 Mar 2015 Ghana         2–0 South Africa
             [Masiya 9og, B. Tetteh 44] 
09 Mar 2015 Mali          1–0 Zambia
             [Diallo 75]
12 Mar 2015 South Africa  1–2 Mali
             [Modjeka 71pen; H. Traoré 77, 86]
12 Mar 2015 Zambia        1–2 Ghana
             [D. Daka 2; Attobrah 26, Afful 85]
15 Mar 2015 Ghana         0–1 Mali
             [I. Diarra 18]
15 Mar 2015 South Africa  5–2 Zambia
             [Zuma 22, 63, Sandows 57, 66, 87; Seriba 30og, Zulu 90]

1.MALI           3  3 0 0  4- 1  9
2.GHANA          3  2 0 1  4- 2  6
3.South Africa   3  1 0 2  6- 6  3 
4.Zambia         3  0 0 3  3- 8  0

Semifinals
18 Mar 2015 Nigeria       2–0 Ghana
             [Nwobodo 23, Muhammed 71pen] 
19 Mar 2015 Mali          1–2 Senegal
             [Diallo 5; Koné 2, 81]

Third Place Match
22 Mar 2015 Ghana         3–1 Mali
             [Yeboah 24, 65, Aboagye 70; Touré 84]

Final
22 Mar 2015 Nigeria       1-0 Senegal
             [Bulbwa 17]


Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Mali qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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Prepared and maintained by Roberto Di Maggio for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Roberto Di Maggio (dimrob@libero.it)
Last updated: 23 Mar 2017