# 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification

The qualification phase of the 2015 African U-17 Championship decided the participating teams of the final tournament. A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, to be hosted by Niger.
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).

## Player eligibility

During CAF Executive Committee meetings held on 21 and 22 September 2013, the CAF Medical Committee was instructed to continue the use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to determine the ages of players and consequently their eligibility to participate in the qualifying stages of the tournament. It was also directed to ensure the authenticity of the process as well as the identity of the players involved.

## Teams

A total of 38 teams entered the qualification phase.
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| Did not enter | Algeria  Cape Verde  Chad  Comoros  Djibouti  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Lesotho  Madagascar  Malawi  Mauritius  São Tomé and Príncipe  Somalia  Swaziland  Zimbabwe | 15 |
| First round | Burundi  Cameroon  Central African Republic  DR Congo  Egypt  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Kenya  Liberia  Libya  Mauritania  Mozambique  Namibia  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  South Sudan  Sudan  Togo  Uganda | 20 |
| Second round | Angola  Benin  Botswana  Burkina Faso  Congo  Ethiopia  Gabon  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Mali  Morocco  Nigeria  Rwanda  Senegal  South Africa  Tanzania  Tunisia  Zambia | 18 |
| Final tournament | Niger (hosts) | 1 |

## First round

The first legs were scheduled for 13–15 June 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 27–29 June 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Burundi | w/o | DR Congo | — | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | w/o | Togo | — | — |
| Gambia | awd. | Guinea | — | — |
| Cameroon | w/o | Central African Republic | — | — |
| Mozambique | 2–1 | Namibia | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Seychelles | 1–5 | Uganda | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Egypt | 7–3 | Sudan | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Libya | w/o | Mauritania | — | — |
| Kenya | w/o | South Sudan | — | — |
| Liberia | w/o | Sierra Leone | — | — |

### Notes

* ↑ Burundi withdrew.
* ↑ Guinea Bissau withdrew.
* ↑ Gambia were disqualified after fielding five over-age players in 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification.
* ↑ Central African Republic withdrew.
* ↑ Mauritania withdrew.
* ↑ Kenya withdrew.
* ↑ Liberia withdrew.
DR Congo won on default.
Togo won on default.
Guinea won on default.
Cameroon won on default.
Mozambique won 2–1 on aggregate.
Uganda won 5–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 7–3 on aggregate.
Libya won on default.
South Sudan won on default.
Sierra Leone won on default.

## Second round

The first legs were scheduled for 18–20 July 2014 (DR Congo vs Nigeria postponed to 26 July due to FIFA's suspension of Nigerian FA), and the second legs were scheduled for 1–3 August 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| DR Congo | 0–5 | Nigeria | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Ethiopia | 0–3 | Gabon | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Togo | 1–1 (a) | Senegal | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Guinea | 3–1 | Morocco | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| South Sudan | w/o | Ghana | — | — |
| Cameroon | 2–0 | Burkina Faso | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Libya | w/o | Ivory Coast | 0–4 | — |
| Mozambique | 2–3 | Angola | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Uganda | 7–2 | Rwanda | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Zambia | 6–0 | Botswana | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Sierra Leone | w/o | Tunisia | — | — |
| Benin | awd. | Mali | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Egypt | 1–1 (6–5 p) | Congo | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Tanzania | 0–4 | South Africa | 0–0 | 0–4 |

### Notes

* ↑ South Sudan withdrew
* ↑ Libya withdrew
* ↑ Sierra Leone withdrew
* ↑ Benin were disqualified for fielding four ineligible players.
Nigeria won 5–0 on aggregate.
Gabon won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Togo won on away goals.
Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ghana won on default.
Cameroon won 2–0 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won on default.
Angola won 3–2 on aggregate.
Uganda won 7–2 on aggregate.
Zambia won 6–0 on aggregate.
Tunisia won on default.
Mali won on default.
1–1 on aggregate. Egypt won penalties.
South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate.

## Third round

The first legs were scheduled for 12–14 September 2014, and the second legs were scheduled for 26–28 September 2014.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Gabon | 2–6 | Nigeria | 2–1 | 0–5 |
| Guinea | 4–0 | Togo | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Cameroon | awd. | Ghana | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| Angola | 1–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Zambia | 4–1 | Uganda | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Mali | 5–1 | Tunisia | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| South Africa | 4–3 | Egypt | 2–1 | 2–2 |

### Notes

* ↑ Ghana were disqualified on 26 October 2014, after medical test provided by the African Confederation after their first leg play off victory against Cameroon found that one of their players failed age eligibility confirmations. Ghana appealed but failed.
Nigeria won 6–2 on aggregate.
Guinea won 4–0 on aggregate.
Cameroon won on default.
Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.
Zambia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Mali won 5–1 on aggregate.
South Africa won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Qualified teams

* Cameroon
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Mali
* Niger (hosts)
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Zambia