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2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations U-23
File:2015 Afcon U-23 (logo).png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Dates28 November – 12 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Third placeFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Etebo Oghenekaro (5 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Azubuike Okechukwu
Best goalkeeperAlgeria Abdelkader Salhi
Fair play awardFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
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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.[1] 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.[2][3] However, CAF changed the hosts and requested Senegal to host the tournament instead,[4] 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, Africa Cup of Nations.[5] 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.[6] Nigeria won the tournament with a 1–0 final win over Algeria. Both finalists and third-placed South Africa qualified for the Olympics.[7]

Qualification

Main article: 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.[3]

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
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2nd Group stage (2011)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2nd Third place (2011)
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1st Debut
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2nd Group stage (2011)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (hosts) 2nd Fourth place (2011)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2nd Group stage (2011)
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1st Debut
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1st Debut

Venues

The tournament was held in two venues.[1]

Dakar
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Locations of the 2015 U-23 Afcon venues
 M'Bour
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Stade Caroline Faye
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 5,000
File:Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor.jpg

Squads

Further information: 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.[8]

Match officials

A total of 10 referees and 13 assistant referees were selected.[9]

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.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[10] 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.[11] The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

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:[8]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, GMT (UTC±0).[12]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg3–1File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Keita File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (pen.), 20'
S. Sarr File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Report Ntshangase File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (pen.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–2File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Kampamba File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Report Jouini File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 83'
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg3–2File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Masuku File:Soccerball shade.svg 46'
Motupa File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 58'		 Report Luchanga File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Katema File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg0–2File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Report Diédhiou File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Diallo File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg1–0File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Diallo File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg1–0File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Masuku File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg1–1File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Kahraba File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Report Chita File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg2–3File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Niane File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)
A. Diarra File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'		 Report Ajayi File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 45'
Usman File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg2–0File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Ferhat File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'
Y. Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg2–2File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Oghenekaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (pen.), 30' (pen.) Report Sobhi File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
Elsayed File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg0–1File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Report Coulibaly File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg0–0File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Report
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

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.[8]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 December – Dakar
 
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal0
 
12 December – Dakar
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria1
 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria2
 
9 December – Dakar
 
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria1
 
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria2
 
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0
 
Third place
 
 
12 December – Dakar
 
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal0 (1)
 
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (p)0 (3)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg0–1File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Report Oghenekaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' (pen.)
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg2–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Darfalou File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Benkhemassa File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'		 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Third place play-off

Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg0–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Report
Penalties
Badji soccer ball with red X
Diaw soccer ball with red X
I. Sarr soccer ball with check mark
S. Sarr soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Motupa
soccer ball with red X Mngonyama
soccer ball with check mark Masuku
soccer ball with red X Dolly
soccer ball with check mark Mahlambi
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Final

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg2–1File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Oghenekaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (pen.), 40' Report Tope File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (o.g.)
Referee: Hamada Nampiandra (Madagascar)

Winners

 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions 
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
First title

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 5 3 2 0 8 5 +3 11 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7 Third place
4 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (H) 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10 Fourth place
5 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
7 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
8 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 9 December 2015 6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 9 December 2015 1 (1980)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 12 December 2015 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:[13]

Goalscorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CAF Executive Committee decisions of 26 May 2015". CAF. 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "CAF Media Tweet". CAF. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Macky Sall accepts to host U-23 Championship in December". CAF. 14 March 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on 6 August 2015". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "South Africa grab Africa's final Rio ticket". FIFA.com. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Regulations U23 AFCON English" (PDF). CAF.
  9. ↑ "Referees for U-23 AFCON Senegal 2015 announced". CAF. 16 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Results of draw for Final Tournament". CAF. 14 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Procedure for AFCON U-23 Senegal 2015 Final Tournament Draw". CAF. 13 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 2nd U23 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2015" (PDF). CAF.
  13. ↑ "Azubuike named Most Valuable Player". CAF. 14 December 2015.

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