2015 African U-20 Championship qualification

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.

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) Thabiso Brown
(5 goals)

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.
Mozambique 2–1 Namibia
Luis Miquissone  34'
Norberto Marcolino Norberto  57'		 Report Uaseuko Katjiukua  40'
Referee: Mbongiseni Elliot Fakudze (Swaziland)
Namibia 1–2 Mozambique
Henry Duwe  72' Report Germino Eduardo  52', 89'
Referee: Lekgotla Leonard Johannes (Botswana)

Mozambique won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Malawi won 3–2 on aggregate.

Swaziland 0–3 Lesotho
Report Thabiso Brown  30', 65'
Tokelo Lemagon Majoro  90' (pen.)
Referee: Naasif Moegamat Julius (South Africa)
Lesotho 1–2 Swaziland
Morapeli Losoetse  89' Report Nkambule Mlanduo  60', 71'
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 ?  ?'
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Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)
Ethiopia 3–0 Seychelles
Dukele Dawa Hotessa  33'
Ayele Aklilu  56' (pen.)
Worku Surafel Getachew  67'		 Report
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
Mvuyekure Emmanuel  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
Referee: Isaac T Z Montgomery (Liberia)
Guinea 0–1 Sierra Leone
Report Ibrahim Kamara  21'
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
Referee: Farah Aden Ali (Djibouti)

Sudan won 6–0 on aggregate.

Niger 2–0 Congo
Jafar Ibrahim Ahmed A  24', 87' Report
Referee: Louis Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Congo 2–0 Niger
Ngouala Junior Loussoukou  11' (pen.)
Francis Okombi  83'		 Report
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Joaquin Ela Esono Eyang (Equatorial Guinea)

2–2 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.

Liberia 0–1 Gambia
Report Daffeh Bakary  31'
Referee: Akintoye Germain Koole (Benin)
Gambia Cancelled Liberia
Report

Liberia won on default.

Ivory Coast Cancelled Guinea-Bissau
Report
Guinea-Bissau Cancelled Ivory Coast
Report

Ivory Coast won on default.

Chad 0–1 Libya
Report Osama Albedwi  76'
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed Hussein (Sudan)
Libya 3–0 Chad
Rwdi Hamed  5', 86'
Djimhoue Fabrice  18' (o.g.)		 Report
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
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)
Mauritania 1–3 Tunisia
Mohamed Vall Elkory  29' Report Yamen Sfaxi  57'
Mehdi Ouedherfi  77'
Samti Chamseddine  88'
Referee: Prosper Adii (Ghana)

Tunisia won 6–1 on aggregate.

Togo Cancelled Equatorial Guinea
Report
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
Mozambique 0–2 Zambia
Report Patrick Ngoma  27'
Lubambo Musonda  87'
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Zambia 2–0 Mozambique
Spencer Sautu  65'
Patrick Ngoma  90'		 Report
Referee: Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Malawi 1–1 DR Congo
Suwedi Limbani  77' Report Christy Manzinga  69'
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
DR Congo 0–2 Malawi
Report Isaac Kaliati  11'
Chawanangwa Kaonga  40'
Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lesotho 3–1 Angola
Thabiso Nelson Brown  10', 46'
Tumelo Khutlang  44'		 Report Filhão  28'
Referee: Anibal Armando Antonio (Mozambique)
Angola 0–1 Lesotho
Report Thabiso Nelson Brown  51'
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'
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ethiopia 0–2 South Africa
Report Tshebo Chaine  68'
Siyanda Ngubo  85'
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)
South Africa 1–0 Ethiopia
Nhlakanipho Ntuli  38' (pen.) Report
Referee: Osiase William Koto (Lesotho)

South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.

Burundi 0–1 Cameroon
Report Yosanguim Ephraim  45+1'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Waziri Sheha Waziri (Tanzania)
Cameroon 1–1 Burundi
Noubissi Marius  31' Report Mvuyekure Emmanuel  27'
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
Muller Diinda Kaambambela  48' Report
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone 0–2 Ghana
Report Denis Teteh  39'
Prosper Kassim  82'
Ernest Bai Koroma Stadium, Bo
Referee: Ousmane Sidibe (Mali)
Ghana 2–1 Sierra Leone
Thomas Agyepong  44'
Latif Abubakar  52'		 Report Sorie Barrie  38'
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'
Referee: Abdallah Baesus Ashraf (Libya)
Egypt 2–0 Sudan
Abdalla Gomaa Ouda Saleh  39'
Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud El Gehawi  41'		 Report
Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Egypt won 5–0 on aggregate.

Congo 2–1 Benin
Marcelin Koukpo  16' (o.g.)
Mboussy S. Ganvoula  71' (pen.)		 Report Kader Georges Bidimbou  69' (o.g.)
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)
Benin 2–1 Congo
Abdel Fadel Suanon  53', 62' Report Deldy Goyi  90+2'
Penalties
2–3
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

3–3 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.

Liberia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Blamo Nimely  86' (pen.) Report
Referee: Kokou Hougnimon Fagla (Togo)
Ivory Coast 2–0 Liberia
Dagou Willie Britto  39'
Yakou Meite  58'		 Report
Referee: Hamidu Seidu Bomison (Ghana)

Ivory Coast won 2–1 on aggregate.

Libya 1–1 Tunisia
Muaid 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'
Referee: Mahmoud Zakria El Banna (Egypt)

Libya won 4–2 on aggregate.

Togo 0–2 Morocco
Report Hicham Khaloua  34'
Nabil Jaadi  53' (pen.)
Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia)
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.

Burkina Faso 0–3 Mali
Report Saliou Guindo  16', 72', 83'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: Lalidia Namouano Souleymane (Niger)
Mali 0–2 Burkina Faso
Report Sawadogo Ilasse  17', 67'
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 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 Larry Bwalya  13'
Charles Zulu  32'
Referee: Lwandile Mfiki (South Africa)
Zambia 1–0 Malawi
Larry Bwalya  53' Report
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Nigeria Cancelled Lesotho
Report
Lesotho Cancelled Nigeria
Report

Nigeria won on default.

Cameroon 1–1 South Africa
Eteme Adamou Achille Stephane  46' Report Siyanda Ngubo  62'
Referee: Ndala Jean-Jacques Ngambo (DR Congo)
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.

Ghana 0–0 Gabon
Report
Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Gabon 1–4 Ghana
Axel Meye Me Ndong  ?' (pen.) Report Asiedu Attobrah  ?'
Yaw Yeboah  ?'
Samuel Afful  ?'
Prosper Kassim  ?'
Referee: Romualdo Do Rosario Baltazar (Angola)

Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.

Congo 2–0 Egypt
Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Morsy  71' (o.g.)
Pavelh Ndzila  77'		 Report
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'
Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew Belete (Ethiopia)

Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Libya 2–1 Ivory Coast
Rwid Hamed  6'
Muaid Ellafi  32'		 Report Yakou Meite  66'
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Ivory Coast 3–1 Libya
Junior Landry Ahissan  43', 75'
Adriel Davila Ba Loua  79'		 Report Almoatesem Al Musrati  30'
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

Ivory Coast won 4–3 on aggregate.

Mali 2–0 Togo
Mohamed Guilavogui  78'
Souleymane Diarra  84'		 Report
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)
Togo 1–0 Mali
Abdou-Samiou Tchatakora  19' Report
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. "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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