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2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations

2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
2015 Coupe d'Afrique des nations U-23
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Tournament details
Host country  Senegal
Dates 28 November – 12 December 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Algeria
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 36 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Etebo Oghenekaro (5 goals)
Best player Nigeria Okechukwu Azubuike
Best goalkeeper Algeria Abdelkader Salhi
Fair play award  South Africa
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The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations was the 2nd edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national teams of Africa. The tournament started on 28 November and finished on 12 December 2015. A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament.

The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 5–19 December 2015. However, CAF changed the hosts and requested Senegal to host the tournament instead, and the tournament dates were also changed.

On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the name of the tournament from the CAF U-23 Championship to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, similar to the senior's version, Africa Cup of Nations.

Same as the previous edition, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the CAF representatives.

Nigeria won the tournament with a 1–0 final win over Algeria. Both finalists and third-placed South Africa qualified for the Olympics.

Senegal qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from April to August 2015.

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Gabon failed to qualify after they lost to Mali.

The tournament was held in two venues.


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