Matches played 24 Top scorer(s) Kahraba (4 goals) | Goals scored 45 (1.88 per match) | |
Dates 21 February – 12 April 2015 Teams 24 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2015 African Games men's football tournament qualification decided the participating teams of the 2015 African Games men's football tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the men's football tournament, including Congo who qualified automatically as hosts. Both the qualifying rounds and the final tournament were age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.
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Teams
A total of 24 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
First round
Note: Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Tunisia and Swaziland withdrew.
Burkina Faso won on walkover.
Ivory Coast won on walkover.
Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.
Zambia won on walkover.
Mali won on walkover.
0–0 on aggregate. Mozambique won on penalties.
Zimbabwe won on walkover.
Sudan won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Winners qualified for 2015 African Games.
Burkina Faso won 2–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 4–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Senegal won on away goals.
Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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 final tournament.