Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament
# Football at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament

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

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.

### Qualified teams

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On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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.

## Venues

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 |
| Brazzaville | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat | 33,037 |

## Group stage

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. 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.

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

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

### Group A

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |

* 1 2 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, which was won by Burkina Faso.

### Group B

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 September – Brazzaville | 15 September – Brazzaville |
| Congo | 1 |
| Congo | 1 | 17 September – Brazzaville | 17 September – Brazzaville |
| Senegal | 3 | 17 September – Brazzaville | 17 September – Brazzaville |
| Senegal | 3 | Senegal | 1 |
| 15 September – Brazzaville | 15 September – Brazzaville | | Senegal | 1 |
| 15 September – Brazzaville | 15 September – Brazzaville | Burkina Faso | 0 |
| Nigeria | 1 | Burkina Faso | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | | |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 18 September – Brazzaville | 18 September – Brazzaville |
| | | Congo | 0 (3) |
| | | Nigeria (p) | 0 (5) |

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Senegal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Gold Medal |
| | Burkina Faso | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| | 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 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Goalscorers

### 3 goals

* Mohamed Sydney Sylla
* Ibrahima Keita

### 2 goals

* Kader Bidimbou

### 1 goal

* Omar Kaboré
* Ziem Somda
* Junior Makiessé
* Merveil Ndockyt
* Mustapha Abdullahi
* Junior Ajayi
* Etor Daniel
* Kingsley Sokari
* Cheikhou Dieng
* Moussa Seydi
* Abuaagla Abdalla
* Walaa Eldin Yaqoub
* Tafadzwa Kutinyu

### Own goal

* Ziem Somda (playing against Congo)
