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

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).
| Round | Teams entering round | No. of teams |
| First round | Burkina Faso  Burundi  DR Congo  Egypt  Ethiopia  Gabon  Guinea-Bissau  Ivory Coast  Kenya  Libya  Madagascar  Mali  Mozambique  Nigeria  Sudan  Swaziland  Tunisia  Uganda  Zambia  Zimbabwe | 20 |
| Second round | Cameroon  Ghana  Senegal  South Africa | 4 |
| Qualifying rounds | Total | 24 |
| Final tournament | Congo (hosts) | 1 |
* Did not enter
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Gambia
* Guinea
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Malawi
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Niger
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo

## 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.
| Round | Leg | Date |
| First round | First leg | 20–22 February 2015 |
| First round | Second leg | 6–8 March 2015 |
| Second round | First leg | 20–22 March 2015 |
| Second round | Second leg | 10–12 April 2015 |

## Qualification rounds
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Burkina Faso | w/o | Libya | — | — |
| Ivory Coast | w/o | Guinea-Bissau | — | — |
| DR Congo | 1–2 | Burundi | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Egypt | 4–1 | Kenya | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Gabon | 1–6 | Nigeria | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Zambia | w/o | Madagascar | — | — |
| Mali | w/o | Tunisia | — | — |
| Mozambique | 0–0 (4–1 p) | Uganda | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Swaziland | w/o | Zimbabwe | — | — |
| Ethiopia | 1–4 | Sudan | 1–2 | 0–2 |
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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Burkina Faso | 2–1 | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Burundi | 0–4 | Egypt | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Nigeria | 2–1 | Zambia | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Mali | 3–3 (a) | Senegal | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Mozambique | 1–2 | Ghana | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2–1 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Sudan | 2–1 | South Africa | 2–0 | 0–1 |
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 tournament |
| Congo (hosts) | 14 September 2011 | 3 (1965, 1973, 1995) |
| Burkina Faso | 11 April 2015 | 1 (1973) |
| Egypt | 12 April 2015 | 7 (1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007) |
| Nigeria | 12 April 2015 | 5 (1973, 1978, 1991, 1995, 2003) |
| Senegal | 12 April 2015 | 3 (1987, 2003, 2011) |
| Ghana | 12 April 2015 | 5 (1973, 1978, 2003, 2007, 2011) |
| Zimbabwe | 12 April 2015 | 2 (1991, 1995) |
| Sudan | 11 April 2015 | 0 (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)