2015 African U-20 Championship

African U-20 Championship 2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations junior 2015 2015 African U-20 Championship.png 150px Senegal 8–22 March 8 1 2 2 20 NGA 7 20 SEN 20 GHA 20 MLI 16 53 NGA Musa Muhammed (4 goals) GHA Yaw Yeboah 20 NGA 2013 2017 The 2015 African U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. The tournament took place in Senegal between 8–22 March 2015.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 September 27, 2013Decisions 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 CAF 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 January 1, 2012 The semi-finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/REGULATION_U20_Eng.pdf Regulations of the African Youth Championship Cafonline.com Nigeria won the tournament, and were joined by hosts Senegal, Ghana, and Mali as CAF qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification The qualifiers were played between April and August 2014. At the end of the qualification phase, seven teams joined the hosts Senegal. Qualified teams 20 CGO 20 GHA 20 CIV 20 MLI 20 NGA 20 SEN (hosts) 20 RSA 20 ZAM Venues CitiesVenuesCapacityDakarStade Léopold Sédar Senghor60,000M'BourStade Caroline Faye5,000 Match officials The referees were:http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/19theditionoftheafricanunder20championship/referees Referees CAFOnline.com March 1, 2015 Referees 22em BOT Joshua Bondo BFA Juste Ephrem Zio BDI Thierry Nkurunziza CMR Aurélien Juenkou Wandji EGY Ibrahim Nour El Din CIV Bienvenu Sinko KEN Davies Ogenche Omweno LBY Mohamed Ragab Omar MLI Mahamadou Keita MAR Rédouane Jiyed SEN Daouda Gueye SOM Hagi Yabarow Wiish SDN Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla Assistant referees 22em ALG Mokrane Gourari CMR Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue CHA Issa Yaya COD Olivier Safari Kabene ERI Berhe O'Michael ETH Kindie Mussie GHA David Laryea GUI Sidiki Sidibe MTN Abderahmane Warr NGA Abel Baba SEN Ababacar Sene SEY Hensley Danny Petrousse RSA Mothibidi Stevens Khumalo TUN Faouzi Jridi UGA Mark Ssonko 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 Senegal and Ghana were seeded and placed into Groups A and B respectively.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=hpUWCNg0fQz3P%2bK4223%2b0A%3d%3d COSAFA duo, South Africa, Zambia draw each other CAF 21 December 2014 Squads 2015 African U-20 Championship squads Each team could register a squad of 21 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Group stage The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/AWC%20Squadlist/Fixtures%20FT%20%20U20.pdf Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 19th African U20 Championship, Senegal-2015 CAF 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 were 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 were evaluated; Drawing of lots. All times are UTC±00:00. Group A main WDL complete CAF NGA SEN CIV CGO WC WC 1 1 1 7 8 H 2 1 0 9 4 0 1 2 5 9 0 3 0 5 5 20 SEN 20 NGA 20 CGO 20 CIV Q green1 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup 8 March 2015 16:30 20 SEN 1–3 Report 20 NGA Sarr 27 Awoniyi 9 12Matthew 43 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 8 March 2015 19:30 20 CGO 1–1 Report 20 CIV Ganvoula 75 Meite 37 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Davies Ogenche Omweno (Kenya) 11 March 2015 16:30 20 NGA 4–1 Report 20 CGO Matthew 4Muhammed 35 pen. 56 pen.Awoniyi 87 Ganvoula 61 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Mahamadou Keita (Mali) 11 March 2015 19:30 20 CIV 2–2 Report 20 SEN Angban 8Bedia 89 Wadji 51 56 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Joshua Bondo (Botswana) 14 March 2015 17:00 20 SEN 4–3 Report 20 CGO Niang 15Wadji 36Sarr 87 90 Nkounkou 20Ganvoula 55Bakaki 66 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) 14 March 2015 17:00 20 NGA 2–2 Report 20 CIV Pyagbara 27Muhammed 68 pen. Niangbo 5Bedia 32 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan) Group B main WDL complete CAF MLI GHA RSA ZAM WC WC 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 6 6 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 3 8 20 GHA 20 RSA 20 MLI 20 ZAM Q green1 Knockout stage and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup 9 March 2015 16:30 20 GHA 2–0 Report 20 RSA Masiya 9 o.g.B. Tetteh 44 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt) 9 March 2015 19:30 20 MLI 1–0 Report 20 ZAM Diallo 75 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Hagi Yabarow Wiish (Somalia) 12 March 2015 16:30 20 RSA 1–2 Report 20 MLI Madisha 71 pen. H. Traoré 77 86 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Mohamed Ragab Omar (Libya) 12 March 2015 19:30 20 ZAM 1–2 Report 20 GHA D. Daka 2 Attobrah 26Afful 85 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Daouda Gueye (Senegal) 15 March 2015 17:00 20 GHA 0–1 Report 20 MLI I. Diarra 18 Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour Aurélien Juenkou Wandji (Cameroon) 15 March 2015 17:00 20 RSA 5–2 Report 20 ZAM Zuma 22 63Sandows 57 66 87 Seriba 30 o.g.Zulu 90 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso) Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time was played. N4 yes high 18 March 20 NGA 2 20 GHA 0 19 March 20 MLI 1 20 SEN 2 22 March 20 NGA 1 20 SEN 0 22 March 20 GHA 3 20 MLI 1 Semi-finals 18 March 2015 17:00 20 NGA 2–0 Report 20 GHA Nwobodo 23Muhammed 71 pen. Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 19 March 2015 17:00 20 MLI 1–2 Report 20 SEN Diallo 5 Koné 2 81 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt) Third place match 22 March 2015 16:30 20 GHA 3–1 Report 20 MLI Yeboah 24 65Aboagye 70 Touré 84 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Mutaz Abdelbasit Khairalla (Sudan) Final 22 March 2015 19:30 20 NGA 1–0 Report 20 SEN Bulbwa 17 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Awards Fair play trophy: Nigeria General Statistics of Orange African U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=wrFUa5T7PYG5DPTkdKds6A%3d%3d CAF 24 March 2015 Orange Man of the tournament: GHA Yaw Yeboah Best goal of the tournament: NGA Bernard Bulbwa against Senegal in the final Team of the tournament Starting Eleven NGA Enaholo Joshua NGA Musa Muhammed MLI Souleymane Diarra SEN Mouhameth Sané SEN Sidy Sarr MLI Alassane Diallo SEN Ibrahima Wadji GHA Yaw Yeboah NGA Idowu Elijah GHA Clifford Aboagye NGA Taiwo Awoniyi Substitutes MLI Sory Ibrahim Traore GHA Joseph Aidoo NGA Ifeanyi Matthew NGA Omego Prince RSA Tyroane Joe Sandows CGO Silvere Ganvoula Mboussy MLI Malick Toure GHA Prosper Kassim Goalscorers 4 goals NGA Musa Muhammed 3 goals 22em CGO Silvère Ganvoula NGA Taiwo Awoniyi SEN Sidy Sarr SEN Ibrahima Wadji RSA Tyroane Sandows 2 goals 22em CIV Chris Bedia GHA Yaw Yeboah MLI Alassane Diallo MLI Hamidou Traoré NGA Ifeanyi Matthew RSA Dumisani Zuma SEN Moussa Koné 1 goal 22em CGO Constantin Bakaki CGO Moise Nkounkou GHA Clifford Aboagye GHA Samuel Afful GHA Asiedu Attobrah GHA Benjamin Tetteh CIV Victorien Angban CIV Yakou Meite CIV Dogbole Niangbo MLI Ichaka Diarra MLI Malick Touré NGA Bernard Bulbwa NGA Obinna Nwobodo NGA Christian Pyagbara SEN El Hadji Malick Niang RSA Motjeka Madisha ZAM Dave Daka ZAM Charles Zulu Own goal RSA Thamsanqa Masiya (against Ghana) RSA Kabelo Seriba (against Zambia) See also 2015 African U-17 Championship References External links 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship, CAFonline.com 2015 U-20 Championship U-20 Championship U-20 Championship Category:2015 in Senegalese sport Category:Men's football in Senegal Category:International association football competitions hosted by Senegal Category:2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification Category:2010s in Dakar Category:Sports competitions in Dakar Category:Sport in Thiès region Category:March 2015 sports events in Africa