Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament

2015 African Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Republic of the Congo
CityBrazzaville
Dates6–18 September
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up Burkina Faso
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored22 (1.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Senegal Ibrahima Keita
Burkina Faso Mohamed Sydney Sylla
(3 goals each)
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Not to be confused with 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.
Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games

The 2015 African Games men's football tournament was the 11th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 6–18 September 2015 as part of the 2015 African Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.

Qualification

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Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's qualification

Congo qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and took place from February to April 2015.[1]

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Burkina Faso 2nd Group stage (1973)
 Congo (hosts) 4th Gold medal (1965)
 Egypt 8th Gold medal (1987, 1995)
 Ghana 6th Gold medal (2011)
 Nigeria 6th Gold medal (1973)
 Senegal 4th Fourth place (2011)
 Sudan 1st Debut
 Zimbabwe 3rd Silver medal (1995)

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition. Burundi, the team eliminated by Egypt in the final round, declined to replace them due to short notice. Therefore, only seven teams competed in the tournament, and Group B, where Egypt were drawn in, was composed of three teams only.[2]

Venues

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A new 60,000 capacity stadium, Stade Municipal de Kintélé, was built for the 2015 African Games. The Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat was also used.

Cities Venues Capacity
Brazzaville Stade Municipal de Kintélé 60,000
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat 33,037

Squads

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Main article: Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's team squads

Group stage

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The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[4][5] For the draw, the hosts Congo were seeded in position A1 and the holders Ghana were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.[6]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WAT (UTC+1).[7]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Congo (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
3  Sudan 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As Burkina Faso and Sudan were tied on points, head-to-head record, total goal difference and total goals scored, a drawing of lots was held on 14 September 2015, 09:00 local time, to determine which team finished as runners-up of Group A,[8] which was won by Burkina Faso.[9]
Congo 2–1 Sudan
Bidimbou 1', 42' Report Yaqoub 17'
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Zimbabwe 0–1 Burkina Faso
Report Sylla 63'
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Sudan 1–0 Zimbabwe
Abuaagla 90' Report
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 1–2 Congo
Somda 62' Report Makiessé 4'
Somda 85' (o.g.)
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Congo 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report Kutinyu 71'
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Sudan 0–0 Burkina Faso
Report
Referee: Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3  Ghana 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
4  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: CAF
Ghana 0–0 Senegal
Report
Referee: Lazard Tsiba (Congo)
Egypt Cancelled Nigeria
Report
Senegal Cancelled Egypt
Report
Nigeria 2–0 Ghana
Ajayi 55'
Sokari 87'		 Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Ghana Cancelled Egypt
Report
Senegal 1–1 Nigeria
Keita 82' Report Abdullahi 90'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashor (Egypt)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Congo1
 
17 September – Brazzaville
 
 Senegal3
 
 Senegal1
 
15 September – Brazzaville
 
 Burkina Faso0
 
 Nigeria1
 
 
 Burkina Faso3
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
18 September – Brazzaville
 
 
 Congo0 (3)
 
 
 Nigeria (p)0 (5)

Semi-finals

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Congo 1–3 Senegal
Ndockyt 54' Report Dieng 16'
Keita 36', 82'
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Nigeria 1–3 Burkina Faso
Daniel 75' Report Sylla 12', 79'
O. Kaboré 64'
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Bronze medal match

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Congo 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Report
Penalties
Bidimbou soccer ball with check mark
Babélé soccer ball with red X
Ganvoula soccer ball with check mark
Boukama soccer ball with check mark		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Daniel
soccer ball with check mark Atanda
soccer ball with check mark Sokari
soccer ball with check mark Obanor
soccer ball with check mark Pyagbara
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Gold medal match

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Senegal 1–0 Burkina Faso
Seydi 2' Report
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Senegal 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Burkina Faso 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Bronze Medal
4  Congo (H) 5 2 1 2 5 6 −1 7 Fourth place
5  Sudan 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
7  Ghana 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
8  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: rsssf[dead link‍]
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Egypt withdraws from African Games Brazzaville 2015". CAF. 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for African Games Congo 2015 draw". CAF. 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ "RESULTS OF AFRICAN GAMES BRAZZAVILLE 2015 DRAW". CAFonline.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Holders Ghana handed tough draw". CAF. 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Procedure for the African Games Brazzaville 2015 draw". CAF. 8 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Fixtures of the Final Tournament of the 11th African Games- Congo 2015". CAF.
  8. ^ "Draw to decide the fate of Burkina Faso and Sudan". CAF. 13 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Ghana – Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso – Nigeria for semis". CAF. 14 September 2015.
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