2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2015 2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations U-23 2015 Afcon U-23 (logo).png 28 November – 12 December 8 1 2 2 23 NGA 1 23 ALG 23 RSA 23 SEN 16 36 NGA Etebo Oghenekaro (5 goals) NGA Azubuike Okechukwu ALG Abdelkader Salhi 23 RSA 2011 2019 The 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations was the 2nd edition of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national teams of Africa. The tournament started on 28 November and finished on 12 December 2015.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=btgj%2bUNTtQzq%2bFiwldvFPA%3d%3d CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015 CAF 27 May 2015 A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament. The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 5–19 December 2015.CAF Media Tweet https://twitter.com/CAF_Media/status/462586922561724416 CAF 3 May 2014CAF Full Calendar http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx CAFonline.com 28 February 2015 28 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161053/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx 14 February 2015 However, CAF changed the hosts and requested Senegal to host the tournament instead,http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=co1Z38a2O5t0KK2osQ0Y5w%3d%3d Macky Sall accepts to host U-23 Championship in December CAF 14 March 2015 and the tournament dates were also changed. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=KXDfhHRQfmo848MmjaimQA%3d%3d Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015 CAF 9 August 2015 Same as the previous edition, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf pdf Rio 2016 Official Website 22 January 2015 23 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150906102243/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/default/files/users/rio2016_files/fifa-football-en_0.pdf 6 September 2015 Nigeria won the tournament with a 1–0 final win over Algeria. Both finalists and third-placed South Africa qualified for the Olympics.https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2015/m=12/news=south-africa-grab-africa-s-final-rio-ticket-2743717.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151215021756/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2015/m=12/news=south-africa-grab-africa-s-final-rio-ticket-2743717.html dead December 15, 2015 South Africa grab Africa's final Rio ticket FIFA.com 12 December 2015 Qualification 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification Senegal qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from April to August 2015. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Gabon failed to qualify after they lost to Mali. Team Appearance Previous best performance 23 ALG 02 2nd 05 Group stage (2011) 23 EGY 02 2nd 03 Third place (2011) 23 MLI 01 1st 99 Debut 23 NGA 02 2nd 05 Group stage (2011) 23 SEN (hosts) 02 2nd 04 Fourth place (2011) 23 RSA 02 2nd 05 Group stage (2011) 23 TUN 01 1st 99 Debut 23 ZAM 01 1st 99 Debut Venues The tournament was held in two venues. Dakar Senegal right 350 Locations of the 2015 U-23 Afcon venues Senegal 14.692778 -17.446667 Dakar top Senegal 14.416667 -16.966667 M'Bour bottom M'Bour Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Stade Caroline Faye Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 5,000 180px Squads 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations squads Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each squad could contain a maximum of 21 players.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/Regulations%20U23%20AFCON%20English.pdf Regulations U23 AFCON English CAF Match officials A total of 10 referees and 13 assistant referees were selected.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=%2fB9bhucWhprTxHLwIbdZfQ%3d%3d Referees for U-23 AFCON Senegal 2015 announced CAF 16 November 2015 Referees Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso) Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda) Antoine Effa (Cameroon) Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar) Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast) Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) Assistant referees Jerson dos Santos (Angola) Arsenio Marengula (Mozambique) Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles) Drissa Kamory Niare (Mali) Berhe O. Michael (Eritrea) Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger) Mark Sonko (Uganda) Samba Malik (Senegal) Elmoiz Ali Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan) Mahmoud Ahmed Abo el Regal (Egypt) Issa Yaya (Chad) Oliver Safari (DR Congo) Sidiki Sidibe (Guinea) Group stage The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 14 September 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=5k60elgTM7HGIkRDUep%2bew%3d%3d Results of draw for Final Tournament CAF 14 September 2015 For the draw, the hosts Senegal were seeded in position A1 and the previous tournament's best-placed qualified team Egypt were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=VepGEnycddi17tE%2bGW2EgQ%3d%3d Procedure for AFCON U-23 Senegal 2015 Final Tournament Draw CAF 13 September 2015 The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Tiebreakers 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 would be applied in the following order: Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 7 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. All times were local, GMT (UTC±0).http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Updated%20Fixtures.pdf Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 2nd U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2015 CAF Group A main WDL CAF 23 SEN 23 RSA 23 ZAM 23 TUN complete 3 0 0 6 1 H 2 0 1 5 5 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 2 2 4 SEN RSA TUN ZAM Group stage tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 11 28 y 15:00 23 SEN 3–1 23 RSA Keita 15 pen. 20S. Sarr 87 Ntshangase 27 pen. Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) Report 2015 11 28 y 18:00 23 ZAM 1–2 23 TUN Kampamba 15 Jouini 3 83 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso) Report 2015 12 1 y 15:00 23 RSA 3–2 23 ZAM Masuku 46Motupa 51 58 Luchanga 34Katema 72 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Report 2015 12 1 y 18:00 23 TUN 0–2 23 SEN Diédhiou 8Diallo 84 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast) Report 2015 12 4 y 17:00 23 SEN 1–0 23 ZAM Diallo 3 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Report 2015 12 4 y 17:00 23 RSA 1–0 23 TUN Masuku 85 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Report Group B main WDL CAF 23 EGY 23 ALG 23 MLI 23 NGA complete 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 5 4 ALG NGA MLI EGY Group stage tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 11 29 y 15:00 23 EGY 1–1 23 ALG Kahraba 54 Chita 68 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Report 2015 11 29 y 18:00 23 MLI 2–3 23 NGA Niane 55 pen.A. Diarra 64 Ajayi 15 45Usman 33 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar) Report 2015 12 2 y 15:00 23 ALG 2–0 23 MLI Ferhat 72Y. Traoré 83 o.g. Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Report 2015 12 2 y 18:00 23 NGA 2–2 23 EGY Oghenekaro 20 pen. 30 pen. Sobhi 47Elsayed 51 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Antoine Effa (Cameroon) Report 2015 12 5 y 17:00 23 EGY 0–1 23 MLI Coulibaly 18 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda) Report 2015 12 5 y 17:00 23 ALG 0–0 23 NGA Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Report Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played. Bracket N4 yes high yes 9 December – Dakar 23 SEN 0 23 NGA 1 9 December – Dakar 23 ALG 2 23 RSA 0 12 December – Dakar 23 NGA 2 23 ALG 1 12 December – Dakar 23 SEN 0 (1) 23 RSA (p) 0 (3) Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. 2015 12 9 y 15:00 23 SEN 0–1 23 NGA Oghenekaro 76 pen. Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) Report 2015 12 9 y 18:30 23 ALG 2–0 23 RSA Darfalou 8Benkhemassa 49 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso) Report Third place play-off Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics. 2015 12 12 y 16:00 23 SEN 0–0 23 RSA Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda) Report Badji Diaw I. Sarr S. Sarr 1–3 Motupa Mngonyama Masuku Dolly Mahlambi Final 2015 12 12 y 19:00 23 NGA 2–1 23 ALG Oghenekaro 14 pen. 40 Tope 30 o.g. Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar) Report Winners fbu 23 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions NGA First Final ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL CAF complete 23 ALG 2 2 1 6 3 23 EGY 0 2 1 3 4 23 MLI 1 0 2 3 5 23 NGA 3 2 0 8 5 23 SEN 3 1 1 6 2 H 23 RSA 2 1 2 5 7 23 TUN 1 0 2 2 4 23 ZAM 0 0 3 3 6 NGA ALG RSA SEN MLI TUN EGY ZAM yes Final result 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated inGroup stage Qualified teams for Olympics The following three teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament. Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 NGA 01 9 December 2015 06 6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008) ALG 02 9 December 2015 01 1 (1980) RSA 03 12 December 2015 01 1 (2000) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992). Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=k5D7gFczIHxgFn1Iv2sfLA%3D%3D Azubuike named Most Valuable Player CAF 14 December 2015 Most Valuable Player: NGA Azubuike Okechukwu Top Scorer: NGA Etebo Oghenekaro – 5 goals Best Goalkeeper: ALG Abdelkader Salhi Fair Play: 23 South Africa Goalscorers 5 goals NGA Etebo Oghenekaro 2 goals 22em ALG Zinedine Ferhat NGA Junior Ajayi SEN Mouhamadou Diallo SEN Ibrahima Keita RSA Menzi Masuku RSA Gift Motupa TUN Haythem Jouini 1 goal 22em ALG Mohamed Benkhemassa ALG Oussama Chita ALG Oussama Darfalou EGY Mamdouh Elsayed EGY Kahraba EGY Ramadan Sobhi MLI Souleymane Coulibaly MLI Abdoulaye Diarra MLI Adama Niane NGA Mohammed Usman SEN Ibrahima Diédhiou SEN Sidy Sarr RSA Phumlani Ntshangase ZAM Ronald Kampamba ZAM Paul Katema ZAM Conlyde Luchanga 1 own goal 22em MLI Youssouf Traoré (playing against Algeria) NGA Oduduwa Segun Tope (playing against Algeria) References 2 External links U-23 Africa Cup Of Nations, CAFonline.com 2015 U-23 Cup of Nations U-23 Cup of Nations U-23 Cup of Nations Category:2015 in Senegalese sport Category:Men's football in Senegal Category:International association football competitions hosted by Senegal CAF Category:2010s in Dakar Category:Sports competitions in Dakar Category:Sport in Thiès region