2015 CAF U-23 Championship qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 April – 2 August 2015 |
| Teams | 26 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Goals scored | 69 (2.03 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Kahraba Adama Niane(4 goals each) |
The 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Senegal who qualified automatically as hosts.
The top three teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil.
A total of 26 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.
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 third round qualified for the final tournament.
The schedule of the qualifying rounds was as follows.
Note: Guinea-Bissau and Libya withdrew. Liberia played their home match in Ghana due to Ebola outbreak. Somalia played their home match in Djibouti (originally in Kenya) due to security concerns.
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