# 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification

The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-20 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Senegal.
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).

## Teams

A total of 43 teams entered the qualification phase.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| Did not enter | Algeria  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Comoros  Eritrea  Madagascar  Mauritius  São Tomé and Príncipe  Uganda  Zimbabwe | 10 |
| First round | Botswana  Burundi  Chad  Congo  Djibouti  Equatorial Guinea  Ethiopia  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Ivory Coast  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Libya  Malawi  Mauritania  Mozambique  Namibia  Niger  Rwanda  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Somalia  South Sudan  Sudan  Swaziland  Tanzania  Togo  Tunisia | 30 |
| Second round | Angola  Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  DR Congo  Egypt  Gabon  Ghana  Mali  Morocco  Nigeria  South Africa  Zambia | 13 |
| Final tournament | Senegal (hosts) | 1 |

## First round

The first legs were scheduled for 4–6 April 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 25–27 April 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mozambique | 4–2 | Namibia | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Malawi | 3–2 | Botswana | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Swaziland | 2–4 | Lesotho | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Kenya | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Tanzania | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Seychelles | 0–5 | Ethiopia | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Djibouti | 1–2 | Burundi | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| South Sudan | w/o | Rwanda | — | — |
| Sierra Leone | 2–0 | Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Somalia | 0–6 | Sudan | — | 0–6 |
| Niger | 2–2 (5–6 p) | Congo | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Liberia | awd. | Gambia | 0–1 | — |
| Ivory Coast | w/o | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
| Chad | 0–4 | Libya | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Tunisia | 6–1 | Mauritania | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Togo | w/o | Equatorial Guinea | — | — |

### Notes

* ↑ South Sudan withdrew.
* ↑ Somalia and Sudan played one match only.
* ↑ Gambia were disqualified after fielding five over-age players (Sampierre Mendy, Buba Sanneh, Bubacarr Trawally, Saloum Fall and Ali Sowe) in the first leg against Liberia.
* ↑ Guinea-Bissau withdrew.
* ↑ Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
Mozambique won 4–2 on aggregate.
Malawi won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lesotho won 4–2 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. Tanzania won on penalties.
Ethiopia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Burundi won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rwanda won on default.
Sierra Leone won 2–0 on aggregate.
Sudan won 6–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.
Liberia won on default.
Ivory Coast won on default.
Libya won 4–0 on aggregate.
Tunisia won 6–1 on aggregate.
Togo won on default.

## Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 9–11 May 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 23–25 May 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mozambique | 0–4 | Zambia | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Malawi | 3–1 | DR Congo | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Lesotho | 4–1 | Angola | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Tanzania | 1–6 | Nigeria | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Ethiopia | 0–3 | South Africa | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Burundi | 1–2 | Cameroon | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Rwanda | 0–1 | Gabon | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1–4 | Ghana | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Sudan | 0–5 | Egypt | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Congo | 3–3 (3–2 p) | Benin | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Liberia | 1–2 | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Libya | 4–2 | Tunisia | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Togo | 4–4 (a) | Morocco | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Burkina Faso | 2–3 | Mali | 0–3 | 2–0 |
Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lesotho won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 6–1 on aggregate.
South Africa won 3–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.
Gabon won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 5–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Congo won on penalties.
Ivory Coast won 2–1 on aggregate.
Libya won 4–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Togo won on away goals.
Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Third round

The first legs were scheduled for 15–17 August 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 29–31 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Malawi | 1–3 | Zambia | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Nigeria | w/o | Lesotho | — | — |
| Cameroon | 2–3 | South Africa | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Ghana | 4–1 | Gabon | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Congo | 3–2 | Egypt | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Libya | 3–4 | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Mali | 2–1 | Togo | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### Notes

* ↑ Lesotho withdrew because they refused to play with Nigeria due to Ebola concerns. This meant Nigeria qualified automatically.
Zambia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Nigeria won on default.
South Africa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ghana won 4–1 on aggregate.
Congo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 4–3 on aggregate.
Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Qualified teams

* Congo
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Mali
* Nigeria
* Senegal (hosts)
* South Africa
* Zambia