2015 African U-17 Championship

African U-17 Championship 2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations des moins de 17 ans 2015 2015 African U-17 Championship.png 150px 15 February – 1 March 8 1 2 1 17 MLI 1 17 RSA 17 GUI 17 NGA 16 45 NGA Victor Osimhen(4 goals) 2013 2017 The 2015 African U-17 Championship was the 11th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament took place in Niamey, Niger, and was originally scheduled to be held between 2 and 16 May.Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on hosting of Junior and Senior CAF Competitions http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html Confederation of African Football 11 November 2012 27 September 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120101122928/http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11521-decisions-of-caf-executive-committee-on-hosting-of-junior-and-senior-caf-competitions.html 1 January 2012 However, the date of the opening match was pushed forward to 15 February, with the tournament scheduled to conclude with the final on 1 March.http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/20110-gambia-suspended-from-all-competitions-for-two-years.html Gambia suspended from all competitions for two years Confederation of African Football 2014-05-03 2015-05-05 The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/new_REGULATION_U17_En.pdf Regulations of the African U-17 Championship Cafonline.com Mali won the tournament, and were joined by South Africa, Guinea, and Nigeria as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Qualification 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification The qualifiers were played between June and September 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Niger. Player eligibility During CAF Executive Committee meetings held on 21 and 22 September 2013, the CAF Medical Committee was instructed to continue the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to determine the ages of players and consequently their eligibility to participate in the qualifying stages of the tournament. It was also directed to ensure the authenticity of the process as well as the identity of the players involved.Confederation Africaine de Football Press Release http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Amr%20El%20Sadek/Press%20Release%20Exco%2009-13.pdf CAF 26 September 2013 pdf 22 September 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130927220552/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Amr%20El%20Sadek/Press%20Release%20Exco%2009-13.pdf 27 September 2013 Qualified teams 17 CMR 17 GUI 17 CIV 17 MLI 17 NIG (hosts) 17 NGA 17 RSA 17 ZAM Disqualified Team Ghana was disqualified on 26 October, after medical test provided by the African Confederation after their first leg play off victory against Cameroon found that one of their players failed age eligibility confirmations. Ghana appealed but failed.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=fH%2bXKZijU%2bb7QZPGNq8NKg%3d%3d Appeal Board upheld disqualification of Ghana U-17 team CAF 27 November 2014 Venues CitiesVenuesCapacityNiameyStade Général Seyni Kountché35,000Stade Municipal10,000 Match officials The referees were:http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/11theditionoftheafricanu-17championship/referees Referees CAFOnline.com February 8, 2015 Referees 22em ALG Mustapha Ghorbal ANG Helder Martins de Carvalho CMR Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma COM Ali Mohamed Adelaid CGO Lazard Tsiba Kamba COD Jean-Jacques Ndala EQG Joaquin Esono Eyang MAR Noureddine El Jaafari NIG Gomno Daouda NGA Ferdinand Anietie Udoh SEN Daouda Kebe TOG Kokou Hougnimon Fagla UGA Denis Batte Assistant referees 22em BEN Babadjide Bienvenu Dina COM Soulaimane Amaldine EGY Ahmed Hossam Taha ETH Temesgin Samuel Atango CIV Marius Donatien Tan GUI Abdoulaye Sylla KEN Gilbert Cheruiyot LES Souru Phatsoane MOZ Arsénio Chadreque Marengula NIG Abdourahamane Diarra Soumana SEN Ababacar Sene SEN Serigne Cheikh Toure SOM Hamza Hagi Abdi SDN Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim TUN Majed Rhouma ZIM Tapfumanei Mutengwa 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.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=2JGJWe09nYZORVfv3rSu6Q%3d%3d U-17 & U-20 draw set for Dec. 21 CAF 15 December 2014 Niger and Ivory Coast were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=ZurinyNwzSE0F5YEa%2ffviA%3d%3d Hosts Niger draw neighbours Nigeria in opener CAF 21 December 2014 Squads 2015 African U-17 Championship squads Each team can register a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Group stage The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/AWC%20Squadlist/Fixtures%20FT%20U17%20doc.pdf Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African U17 Championship, Niger 2015 CAFhttp://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=tiG51K8hOKRGAGqPWDA7gA%3d%3d Organising Committee adjusts Niger 2015 kick-off times CAF 15 February 2015 Tiebreakers Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are 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; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated; Drawing of lots. All times UTC+01:00. Group A main WDL complete CAF NGA GUI ZAM NIG WC WC 1 0 2 3 5 H 2 1 0 6 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 17 NIG 17 NGA 17 GUI 17 ZAM Q green1 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 15 February 2015 15:00 17 NIG 0–2 Report 17 NGA Osimhen 17Nwakali 28 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola) 15 February 2015 18:00 17 GUI 1–0 Report 17 ZAM A. Touré 25 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Ali Mohamed Adelaïd (Comoros) 18 February 2015 16:00 17 NGA 1–1 Report 17 GUI Nwakali 85 pen. Diallo 14 pen. Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo) 18 February 2015 19:00 17 ZAM 2–1 Report 17 NIG Daka 6Museba 17 Gonda 66 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Joaquin Esono Eyang (Equatorial Guinea) 21 February 2015 18:30 17 NIG 2–1 Report 17 GUI Boubabcar 3Lara 40 Bangoura 28 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Antoine Effa Essouma (Cameroon) 21 February 2015 18:30 17 NGA 3–1 Report 17 ZAM Osimhen 36 48Nwakali 45+1 Daka 61 Stade Municipal, Niamey Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) Group B main WDL complete CAF MLI RSA CIV CMR WC WC 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 6 3 0 0 3 3 8 17 CIV 17 RSA 17 MLI 17 CMR Q green1 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 16 February 2015 16:00 17 CIV 2–2 Report 17 RSA Kouao 75Doumbia 83 Mbatha 37Mayo 61 Stade Municipal, Niamey Denis Batte (Uganda) 16 February 2015 19:00 17 MLI 3–1 Report 17 CMR Sangaré 49Koita 79B. Traoré 89 Hongla 62 Stade Municipal, Niamey Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) 19 February 2015 16:00 17 RSA 2–2 Report 17 MLI Mkatshana 74Mohamme 81 Maiga 18B. Traoré 60 Stade Municipal, Niamey Kokou Fagla (Togo) 19 February 2015 19:00 17 CMR 1–2 Report 17 CIV Bayemi 3 Kouadio 79Doumbia 85 pen. Stade Municipal, Niamey Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco) 22 February 2015 16:30 17 CIV 0–1 Report 17 MLI B. Traoré 35 Stade Municipal, Niamey Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola) 22 February 2015 16:30 17 RSA 3–1 Report 17 CMR Achille 3 o.g. Maluleke 45 pen. 58 Bayemi 49 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Ferdinand Udoh Aniete (Nigeria) Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, kicks from the penalty mark are used to determine the winner (no extra time shall be played). N4 yes high 25 February 17 NGA 0 17 RSA 1 26 February 17 MLI 2 17 GUI 1 1 March 17 RSA 0 17 MLI 2 1 March 17 NGA 1 17 GUI 3 Semi-finals 25 February 2015 16:00 17 NGA 0–1 Report 17 RSA Mayo 27 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco) 26 February 2015 16:00 17 MLI 2–1 Report 17 GUI Koita 25Malle 53 A. Touré 51 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) Third place match 1 March 2015 16:00 17 NGA 1–3 Report 17 GUI Osimhen 30 A. Touré 35Keita 40 53 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Gomno Daouda (Niger) Final 1 March 2015 19:00 17 RSA 0–2 Report 17 MLI Bagayoko 67Malle 79 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco) Goalscorers 4 goals NGA Victor Osimhen 3 goals 22em GUI Aboubacar Touré MLI Boubacar Traoré NGA Kelechi Nwakali 2 goals 22em CMR Christian Bayemi GUI Abdoulaye Jules Keita CIV Idrissa Doumbia MLI Sekou Koita MLI Aly Malle RSA Nelson Maluleke RSA Eric Mayo ZAM Patson Daka 1 goal 22em CMR Martin Hongla CIV N'guessan Jonas Kouadio CIV Koffi Kouao GUI Naby Bangoura GUI Sam Diallo MLI Siaka Bagayoko MLI Sidiki Maiga MLI Mamadou Sangaré NIG Issoufou Boubabcar NIG Malick Saidou Gonda NIG Ismael Rabiou Lara RSA Sibongakonke Mbatha RSA Luvuyo Katlego Mkatshana RSA Katlego Mohamme ZAM Wayne Museba Own goal 22em CMR Fokem Achille (against South Africa) See also 2015 African U-20 Championship References External links 11th Edition of the African U-17 Championship, CAFonline.com 2015 U-17 Championship U-17 Championship 2015 Category:February 2015 sports events in Africa Category:March 2015 sports events in Africa