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.

Teams A total of 24 teams entered the qualifying rounds, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

RoundTeams entering roundNo. of teamsFirst round20Second round4Qualifying roundsTotal24Final tournament (hosts)1

Did not enter

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.

RoundLegDateFirst roundFirst leg20–22 February 2015Second leg6–8 March 2015Second roundFirst leg20–22 March 2015Second leg10–12 April 2015

Qualification rounds 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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 (hosts) (1965, 1973, 1995) (1973) (1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007) (1973, 1978, 1991, 1995, 2003) (1987, 2003, 2011) (1973, 1978, 2003, 2007, 2011) (1991, 1995) (debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

On 26 August 2015, the CAF announced that Egypt had withdrawn from the competition.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

Goalscorers 4 goals Kahraba

3 goals

Junior Ajayi Maher Osman

2 goals Taiwo Awoniyi

1 goal

Faïçal Ouédraogo Allassane Sango Abbas Nshimirimana Fiston Abdul Razak Brice Tchamabo Katalay Ipumbu Mostafa Fathi Ramy Rabia Mohamed Salem Trezeguet Dawa Hotessa Axel Méyé Bright Adjei Cédric Khaleb Kouadio Vincent Omumbo Alou Badra Sylla Abdramane Traoré Sidi Yaya Traoré Salomão Segun Oduduwa Etebo Oghenekaro Peter Onyekachi Elhadji Pape Diaw Moussa Koné Ousseynou Thiouné Menzi Masuku Athar El Tahir Ibrahim Gaafar Mohamed Mukhtar Friday Samu Blessing Moyo Wisdom Mutasa

Own goal Salomão (playing against Ghana)

See also Football at the 2015 African Games – Women's qualification

References

External links African Games Men 2015, Qualifiers, CAFonline.com Season at futbol24.com