2015 African U-20 Championship qualification

2015 African U-20 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates 4 April – 31 August 2014
Teams 43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 63
Goals scored 143 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lesotho Thabiso Brown
(5 goals)

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
  •  Algeria
  •  Cape Verde
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Comoros
  •  Eritrea
  •  Madagascar
  •  Mauritius
  •  São Tomé and Príncipe
  •  Uganda
  •  Zimbabwe
 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. 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.

5 April 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  2–1  Namibia
Luis Miquissone  34'
Norberto Marcolino Norberto  57' 		Report Uaseuko Katjiukua  40'
Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana, Matola
Referee: Mbongiseni Elliot Fakudze (Swaziland)

26 April 2014
14:00 UTC+1
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.

5 April 2014
14:30 UTC+2
Malawi  1–1  Botswana
Ng'ambi Khumbo  3' Report Karabo Phiri  20'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Stanley Hachiwa (Zambia)

25 April 2014
16:00 UTC+2
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.

5 April 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Swaziland  0–3  Lesotho
Report Thabiso Brown  30', 65'
Tokelo Lemagon Majoro  90' (pen.)
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Naasif Moegamat Julius (South Africa)

27 April 2014
15:00 UTC+2
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.

6 April 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Kenya  0–0  Tanzania
Report
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)

27 April 2014
16:00 UTC+3
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.

5 April 2014
16:30 UTC+4
Seychelles  0–2  Ethiopia
Report ?  ?'
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Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)

27 April 2014
16:00 UTC+3
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.

4 April 2014
15:00 UTC+3
Djibouti  1–1  Burundi
Warsama Houssein Said  14' Report Mpawenayo Kevin Raoul  76'
Stade du Ville, Djibouti
Referee: Allaister Barra (Seychelles)

27 April 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Burundi  1–0  Djibouti
Mvuyekure Emmanuel  73' Report
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Sebit Rassas Librato (South Sudan)

Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.

4 April 2014
South Sudan  Cancelled  Rwanda
Report

25 April 2014
Rwanda  Cancelled  South Sudan
Report

Rwanda won on default.

5 April 2014
16:30 UTC±0
Sierra Leone  1–0  Guinea
Sorie Barrie  37' Report
Wusum Sports Stadium, Makeni
Referee: Isaac T Z Montgomery (Liberia)

25 April 2014
16:30 UTC±0
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.

27 April 2014
20:00 UTC+3
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.

5 April 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Niger  2–0  Congo
Jafar Ibrahim Ahmed A  24', 87' Report
Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey
Referee: Louis Sanou (Burkina Faso)

27 April 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Congo  2–0  Niger
Ngouala Junior Loussoukou  11' (pen.)
Francis 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.

6 April 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Liberia  0–1  Gambia
Report Daffeh Bakary  31'
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Referee: Akintoye Germain Koole (Benin)

25 April 2014
16:30 UTC±0
Gambia  Cancelled  Liberia
Report

Liberia won on default.

5 April 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  Cancelled  Guinea-Bissau
Report

25 April 2014
Guinea-Bissau  Cancelled  Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on default.

4 April 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Chad  0–1  Libya
Report Osama Albedwi  76'
Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed Hussein (Sudan)

27 April 2014
16:00 UTC+1
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.

5 April 2014
15:00 UTC+1
Tunisia  3–0  Mauritania
Chinaberry Jebali  52'
Firas Ben. Arbi  68'
Mehdi Ouedherfi  79' 		Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

26 April 2014
17:00 UTC±0
Mauritania  1–3  Tunisia
Mohamed Vall Elkory  29' Report Yamen Sfaxi  57'
Mehdi Ouedherfi  77'
Samti Chamseddine  88'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Referee: Prosper Adii (Ghana)

Tunisia won 6–1 on aggregate.

6 April 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Togo  Cancelled  Equatorial Guinea
Report

25 April 2014
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. 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

10 May 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Mozambique  0–2  Zambia
Report Patrick Ngoma  27'
Lubambo Musonda  87'
Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

25 May 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  2–0  Mozambique
Spencer Sautu  65'
Patrick Ngoma  90' 		Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

10 May 2014
14:30 UTC+2
Malawi  1–1  DR Congo
Suwedi Limbani  77' Report Christy Manzinga  69'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

23 May 2014
15:30 UTC+1
DR Congo  0–2  Malawi
Report Isaac Kaliati  11'
Chawanangwa Kaonga  40'
Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Lesotho  3–1  Angola
Thabiso Nelson Brown  10', 46'
Tumelo Khutlang  44' 		Report Joao Gomes Oliveira  28'
Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
Referee: Anibal Armando Antonio (Mozambique)

25 May 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Angola  0–1  Lesotho
Report Thabiso Nelson Brown  51'
Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Andofetra Avombitana Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Lesotho won 4–1 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
16:00 UTC+3
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)

24 May 2014
16:00 UTC+1
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.

11 May 2014
16:00 UTC+3
Ethiopia  0–2  South Africa
Report Tshebo Chaine  68'
Siyanda Ngubo  85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)

25 May 2014
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  1–0  Ethiopia
Nhlakanipho Ntuli  38' (pen.) Report
Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Osiase William Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
15:30 UTC+2
Burundi  0–1  Cameroon
Report Yosanguim Ephraim  45+1'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Waziri Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)

25 May 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Cameroon  1–1  Burundi
Noubissi Marius  31' Report Mvuyekure Emmanuel  27'
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee: Beranger Raymond Woungui Antsaraga (Gabon)

Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
15:30 UTC+2
Rwanda  0–0  Gabon
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Yemane A.Gebremedhin (Eritrea)

24 May 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  1–0  Rwanda
Muller Diinda Kaambambela  48' Report
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.

10 May 2014
16:30 UTC±0
Sierra Leone  0–2  Ghana
Report Denis Teteh  39'
Prosper Kassim  82'
Ernest Bai Koroma Stadium, Bo
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)

24 May 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  2–1  Sierra Leone
Thomas Agyepong  44'
Latif Abubakar  52' 		Report Sorie Barrie  38'
Tamale Stadium, Tamale
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
20:00 UTC+3
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)

24 May 2014
17:00 UTC+3
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.

11 May 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Congo  2–1  Benin
Marcelin Koukpo  16' (o.g.)
Mboussy S. Ganvoula  71' (pen.) 		Report Kader Georges Bidimbou  69' (o.g.)
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)

25 May 2014
16:00 UTC+1
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.

11 May 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Liberia  1–0  Ivory Coast
Blamo Nimely  86' (pen.) Report
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Referee: Kokou Hougnimon Fagla (Togo)

25 May 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  2–0  Liberia
Dagou Willie Britto  39'
Yakou Meite  58' 		Report
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Hamidu Seidu Bomison (Ghana)

Ivory Coast won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 May 2014
17:00 UTC+1
Libya  1–1  Tunisia
Muaid Ellafi  42' Report Bashed Dine Othman  49'
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida (Algeria)
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

24 May 2014
17:00 UTC+1
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.

11 May 2014
15:30 UTC±0
Togo  0–2  Morocco
Report Hicham Khaloua  34'
Nabil Jaadi  53' (pen.)
Stade Municipal, Lomé
Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia)

24 May 2014
17:30 UTC+1
Morocco  2–4  Togo
Hicham Khaloua  10'
Nabil Jaadi  22' (pen.) 		Report Didier Kougbenya  33', 50'
Akoete Junior Donou  80'
Nambiema Moktar  90'
Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh Anietie (Nigeria)

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

10 May 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Burkina Faso  0–3  Mali
Report Saliou Guindo  16', 72', 83'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Lalidia Namouano Souleymane (Niger)

25 May 2014
17:00 UTC±0
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. 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 refused to travel due to Ebola concerns.

16 August 2014
14:30 UTC+2
Malawi  1–2  Zambia
Chawanangwa Kaonga  37' (pen.) Report Larry Bwalya  13'
Charles Zulu  32'
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Referee: Lwandile Mfiki (South Africa)

30 August 2014
15:00 UTC+2
Zambia  1–0  Malawi
Larry Bwalya  53' Report
Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

15 August 2014
Nigeria  Cancelled  Lesotho
Report

29 August 2014
Lesotho  Cancelled  Nigeria
Report

Nigeria won on default.

16 August 2014
14:00 UTC+1
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)

31 August 2014
15:00 UTC+2
South Africa  2–1  Cameroon
Fagrie Lakay  38', 44' Report Noubissi Marius  3'
Old Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.

17 August 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Ghana  0–0  Gabon
Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)

30 August 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Gabon  1–4  Ghana
Axel Meye Me Ndong  ?' (pen.) Report Asiedu Attobrah  ?'
Yaw Yeboah  ?'
Samuel Afful  ?'
Prosper Kassim  ?'
Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville
Referee: Romualdo Do Rosario Baltazar (Angola)

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

17 August 2014
15:30 UTC+1
Congo  2–0  Egypt
Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Morsy  71' (o.g.)
Pavelh Ndzila  77' 		Report
Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire
Referee: Beranger Raymond Woungui Antsaraga (Gabon)

31 August 2014
19:00 UTC+3
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.

15 August 2014
17:00 UTC+1
Libya  2–1  Ivory Coast
Rwid Hamed  6'
Muaid Ellafi  32' 		Report Yakou Meite  66'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

30 August 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Ivory Coast  3–1  Libya
Junior Landry Ahissan  43', 75'
Adriel Davila Ba Loua  79' 		Report Almoatesem Al Musrati  30'
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Ivory Coast won 4–3 on aggregate.

17 August 2014
16:00 UTC±0
Mali  2–0  Togo
Mohamed Guilavogui  78'
Souleymane Diarra  84' 		Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

31 August 2014
15:00 UTC±0
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. 1 2 3 "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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