2015 African U-20 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates4 April – 31 August 2014
Teams43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored143 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lesotho Thabiso Brown
(5 goals)
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The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-20 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Senegal.

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Teams

A total of 43 teams entered the qualification phase.

Round Teams entering round No. of teams
Did not enter
10
First round
30
Second round
13
Final tournament 1

First round

The first legs were scheduled for 4–6 April 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 25–27 April 2014.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  4–2  Namibia 2–1 2–1
Malawi  3–2  Botswana 1–1 2–1
Swaziland  2–4  Lesotho 0–3 2–1
Kenya  0–0 (3–4 p)  Tanzania 0–0 0–0
Seychelles  0–5  Ethiopia 0–2 0–3
Djibouti  1–2  Burundi 1–1 0–1
South Sudan  w/o[nb 1]  Rwanda — —
Sierra Leone  2–0  Guinea 1–0 1–0
Somalia  0–6[nb 2]  Sudan — 0–6
Niger  2–2 (5–6 p)  Congo 2–0 0–2
Liberia  awd.[nb 3][3]  Gambia 0–1 —
Ivory Coast  w/o[nb 4]  Guinea-Bissau — —
Chad  0–4  Libya 0–1 0–3
Tunisia  6–1  Mauritania 3–0 3–1
Togo  w/o[nb 5]  Equatorial Guinea — —
Notes
  1. ^ South Sudan withdrew.
  2. ^ Somalia and Sudan played one match only.
  3. ^ Gambia were disqualified after fielding five over-age players (Sampierre Mendy, Buba Sanneh, Bubacarr Trawally, Saloum Fall and Ali Sowe) in the first leg against Liberia.
  4. ^ Guinea-Bissau withdrew.
  5. ^ Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
Mozambique 2–1 Namibia
Luís Miquissone 34'
Norberto Marcolino Norberto 57'		 Report Uaseuko Katjiukua 40'
Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana, Matola
Referee: Mbongiseni Elliot Fakudze (Swaziland)
Namibia 1–2 Mozambique
Henry Duwe 72' Report Germino Eduardo 52', 89'
Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

Mozambique won 4–2 on aggregate.

Malawi 1–1 Botswana
Ng'ambi Khumbo 3' Report Karabo Phiri 20'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)
Botswana 1–2 Malawi
Makgantai Onkabetse 89' Report Chawanangwa Kaonga 53', 66'
Molepolole Stadium, Molepolole
Referee: Joao Amado Goma (Angola)

Malawi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Swaziland 0–3 Lesotho
Report Brown 30', 65'
Tokelo Lemagon Majoro 90' (pen.)
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Naasif Moegamat Julius (South Africa)
Lesotho 1–2 Swaziland
Morapeli Losoetse 89' Report Nkambule Mlanduo 60', 71'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

Lesotho won 4–2 on aggregate.

Kenya 0–0 Tanzania
Report
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)
Tanzania 0–0 Kenya
Report
Penalties
4–3
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won on penalties.

Seychelles 0–2 Ethiopia
Report ? ?'
? ?'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)
Ethiopia 3–0 Seychelles
Dukele Dawa Hotessa 33'
Ayele Aklilu 56' (pen.)
Worku Surafel Getachew 67'		 Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Ethiopia won 5–0 on aggregate.

Djibouti 1–1 Burundi
Warsama Houssein Said 14' Report Mpawenayo Kevin Raoul 76'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Allaister Barra (Seychelles)
Burundi 1–0 Djibouti
Emmanuel Mvuyekure 73' Report
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Sebit Rassas Librato (South Sudan)

Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.

South Sudan Cancelled Rwanda
Report
Rwanda Cancelled South Sudan
Report

Rwanda won on default.

Sierra Leone 1–0 Guinea
Sorie Barrie 37' Report
Wusum Sports Stadium, Makeni
Referee: Isaac T Z Montgomery (Liberia)
Guinea 0–1 Sierra Leone
Report Ibrahim Kamara 21'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Daouda Kebe (Senegal)

Sierra Leone won 2–0 on aggregate.

Sudan 6–0 Somalia
Elshareef Eshag Ahmed 4'
Wagdi Awad Abd Alla 7'
Zahid Hussein Gad Alla 24', 77'
Mohamed Mukhtar Fadl Osman 66', 90'		 Report
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Farah Aden Ali (Djibouti)

Sudan won 6–0 on aggregate.

Niger 2–0 Congo
Jafar Ibrahim Ahmed A 24', 87' Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Louis Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Congo 2–0 Niger
Loussoukou 11' (pen.)
Okombi 83'		 Report
Penalties
6–5
Stade Denis Sassou Nguesso, Dolisie
Referee: Joaquin Ela Esono Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)

2–2 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.

Liberia 0–1 Gambia
Report Bakary Daffeh 31'
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Referee: Akintoye Germain Koole (Benin)
Gambia Cancelled Liberia
Report
Independence Stadium, Bakau

Liberia won on default.

Ivory Coast Cancelled Guinea-Bissau
Report
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Guinea-Bissau Cancelled Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on default.

Chad 0–1 Libya
Report Osama Albedwi 76'
Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed Hussein (Sudan)
Libya 3–0 Chad
Rwdi Hamed 5', 86'
Djimhoue Fabrice 18' (o.g.)		 Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Libya won 4–0 on aggregate.

Tunisia 3–0 Mauritania
Chinaberry Jebali 52'
Firas Ben. Arbi 68'
Mehdi Ouedherfi 79'		 Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)
Mauritania 1–3 Tunisia
Mohamed Vall Elkory 29' Report Yamen Sfaxi 57'
Mehdi Ouedherfi 77'
Chamseddine Samti 88'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Prosper Adii (Ghana)

Tunisia won 6–1 on aggregate.

Togo Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Equatorial Guinea Cancelled Togo
Report

Togo won on default.

Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 9–11 May 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 23–25 May 2014.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mozambique  0–4  Zambia 0–2 0–2
Malawi  3–1  DR Congo 1–1 2–0
Lesotho  4–1  Angola 3–1 1–0
Tanzania  1–6  Nigeria 0–2 1–4
Ethiopia  0–3  South Africa 0–2 0–1
Burundi  1–2  Cameroon 0–1 1–1
Rwanda  0–1  Gabon 0–0 0–1
Sierra Leone  1–4  Ghana 0–2 1–2
Sudan  0–5  Egypt 0–3 0–2
Congo  3–3 (3–2 p)  Benin 2–1 1–2
Liberia  1–2  Ivory Coast 1–0 0–2
Libya  4–2  Tunisia 1–1 3–1
Togo  4–4 (a)  Morocco 0–2 4–2
Burkina Faso  2–3  Mali 0–3 2–0
Mozambique 0–2 Zambia
Report Ngoma 27'
Musonda 87'
Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Zambia 2–0 Mozambique
Sautu 65'
Ngoma 90'		 Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Malawi 1–1 DR Congo
Suwedi Limbani 77' Report Manzinga 69'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
DR Congo 0–2 Malawi
Report Kaliati 11'
Chawanangwa Kaonga 40'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lesotho 3–1 Angola
Brown 10', 46'
Khutlang 44'		 Report Filhão 28'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Referee: Anibal Armando Antonio (Mozambique)
Angola 0–1 Lesotho
Report Brown 51'
Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Andofetra Avombitana Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Lesotho won 4–1 on aggregate.

Tanzania 0–2 Nigeria
Report Yahaya Musa Auwal 49'
Awoniyi Taiwo Micheal 83'
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Ndala Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)
Nigeria 4–1 Tanzania
Abdullahi Ibrahim A. 6'
Yahaya Musa Auwal 33'
Awoniyi Taiwo Micheal 36'
Ezeh Chidera 68'		 Report Banda Abdi 16'
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 0–2 South Africa
Report Tshepo Chaine 68'
Siyanda Ngubo 85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)
South Africa 1–0 Ethiopia
Ntuli 38' (pen.) Report
Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Osiase William Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 0–1 Cameroon
Report Ephraim Yosanguim 45+1'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Waziri Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)
Cameroon 1–1 Burundi
Noubissi 31' Report Emmanuel Mvuyekure 27'
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Beranger Raymond Woungui Antsaraga (Gabon)

Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rwanda 0–0 Gabon
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Yemane A.Gebremedhin (Eritrea)
Gabon 1–0 Rwanda
Dinda 48' Report
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone 0–2 Ghana
Report Tetteh 39'
Kasim 82'
Ernest Bai Koroma Stadium, Bo
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)
Ghana 2–1 Sierra Leone
Agyepong 44'
Latif Abubakar 52'		 Report Sorie Barrie 38'
Tamale Stadium, Tamale
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

Sudan 0–3 Egypt
Report Karim Waleed Sayed Saleh Hassan 5'
Nasser Maher Abdelhamid Abdelhamid 90+2'
Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Morsy 90+5'
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Abdallah Baesus Ashraf (Libya)
Egypt 2–0 Sudan
Abdalla Gomaa Ouda Saleh 39'
Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud El Gehawi 41'		 Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Egypt won 5–0 on aggregate.

Congo 2–1 Benin
Koukpo 16' (o.g.)
Ganvoula 71' (pen.)		 Report Kader Georges Bidimbou 69' (o.g.)
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)
Benin 2–1 Congo
Abdel Fadel Suanon 53', 62' Report Deldy Goyi 90+2'
Penalties
2–3
Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

3–3 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.

Liberia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Blamo Nimely 86' (pen.) Report
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Referee: Kokou Hougnimon Fagla (Togo)
Ivory Coast 2–0 Liberia
Britto 39'
Méïté 58'		 Report
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Hamidu Seidu Bomison (Ghana)

Ivory Coast won 2–1 on aggregate.

Libya 1–1 Tunisia
Ellafi 42' Report Bashed Dine Othman 49'
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida (Algeria)
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Tunisia 1–3 Libya
Tbarki Bilel 32' Report Moftah Taktak 43'
Mohamed Zaghdud 50' (pen.)
Adel Abuguba 54'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Mahmoud Zakria El Banna (Egypt)

Libya won 4–2 on aggregate.

Togo 0–2 Morocco
Report Khaloua 34'
Nabil Jaadi 53' (pen.)
Stade Municipal, Lomé
Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–4 Togo
Khaloua 10'
Nabil Jaadi 22' (pen.)		 Report Kougbenya 33', 50'
Akoete Junior Donou 80'
Moktar Nambiema 90'
Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh Anietie (Nigeria)

4–4 on aggregate. Togo won on away goals.

Burkina Faso 0–3 Mali
Report Guindo 16', 72', 83'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Lalidia Namouano Souleymane (Niger)
Mali 0–2 Burkina Faso
Report Sawadogo Ilasse 17', 67'
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round

The first legs were scheduled for 15–17 August 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 29–31 August 2014.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malawi  1–3  Zambia 1–2 0–1
Nigeria  w/o[nb 1]  Lesotho — —
Cameroon  2–3  South Africa 1–1 1–2
Ghana  4–1  Gabon 0–0 4–1
Congo  3–2  Egypt 2–0 1–2
Libya  3–4  Ivory Coast 2–1 1–3
Mali  2–1  Togo 2–0 0–1
Notes
  1. ^ Lesotho withdrew because they refused to play with Nigeria due to Ebola concerns. This meant Nigeria qualified automatically.
Malawi 1–2 Zambia
Chawanangwa Kaonga 37' (pen.) Report Bwalya 13'
Zulu 32'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Lwandile Mfiki (South Africa)
Zambia 1–0 Malawi
Bwalya 53' Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria Cancelled Lesotho
Report
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna
Lesotho Cancelled Nigeria
Report

Nigeria won on default.

Cameroon 1–1 South Africa
Eteme Adamou Achille Stephane 46' Report Siyanda Ngubo 62'
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Ndala Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)
South Africa 2–1 Cameroon
Lakay 38', 44' Report Noubissi 3'
Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ghana 0–0 Gabon
Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Gabon 1–4 Ghana
Méyé ?' (pen.) Report Attobrah ?'
Yeboah ?'
Afful ?'
Kasim ?'
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Romualdo Do Rosario Baltazar (Angola)

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

Congo 2–0 Egypt
Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Morsy 71' (o.g.)
Ndzila 77'		 Report
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Referee: Beranger Raymond Woungui Antsaraga (Gabon)
Egypt 2–1 Congo
Youssef Mohamed Ibrahim Morsy 22' (pen.)
Karim Waleed Sayed Saleh Hassan 78'		 Report Arci Tchibaut Mouanga 49'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Libya 2–1 Ivory Coast
Rwid Hamed 6'
Ellafi 32'		 Report Méïté 66'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 3–1 Libya
Junior Landry Ahissan 43', 75'
Ba Loua 79'		 Report Almoatesem Al Musrati 30'
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Ivory Coast won 4–3 on aggregate.

Mali 2–0 Togo
Guilavogui 78'
Diarra 84'		 Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)
Togo 1–0 Mali
Abdou-Samiou Tchatakora 19' Report
Stade Municipal, Lomé
Referee: Cecil Amatey Fleischer (Ghana)

Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

References

  1. ^ "Regulations of the African Youth Championship" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Decisions made by the CAF Executive Committee, convened January 24th 2014" (PDF). CAF. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Gambia disqualified". CAFonline.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

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