The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers was held to determine the African national teams for under 23 that will participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Beijing .
Preliminary competition will be divided in three rounds. First two rounds will be knock-out rounds, and the final round will be a group stage.
Second round
First leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.
^3 Burkina Faso penalized by FIFA for allegedly using two overage players during first leg match against Ghana. The original score was Burkina Faso won by 2–0.[1]
^4 DR Congo failed to appear, and blamed poor flight connections. FIFA handed walkover to Senegal.[2]
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 ) 14:30 (UTC+1 ) Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
Angola 0–0 Guinea
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 ) 16:30 (UTC+0 )
Mali 1–0 Mozambique
Traoré 52'
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (
Cameroon )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
Mozambique 2–3 Mali
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 ) 15:30 (UTC+2 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
23 March 2007 (2007-03-23 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 ) 17:30 (UTC+1 ) Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
22 March 2007 (2007-03-22 ) 14:30 (UTC+2 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mario Bougoura (
Guinea )
Final round
Matches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Group A
Ethiopia has withdrawn from the Olympic qualification after the first match due to millennium festivities in their country.[3]
Source:
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
8 September 2007 (2007-09-08 )
14 October 2007 (2007-10-14 )
16 November 2007 (2007-11-16 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Group B
Source:
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
8 September 2007 (2007-09-08 )
9 September 2007 (2007-09-09 )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
17 November 2007 (2007-11-17 )
18 November 2007 (2007-11-18 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Group C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Cameroon
6
4
2
0
14
5
+9
14
2008 Summer Olympics
2
Morocco
6
3
1
2
7
7
0
10
3
Botswana
6
2
1
3
4
5
− 1
7
4
Guinea
6
1
0
5
6
14
− 8
3
Source:
2 June 2007 (2007-06-02 )
Referee: Jamal Ambaya (
Libya )
3 June 2007 (2007-06-03 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (
Algeria )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.
9 September 2007 (2007-09-09 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
14 October 2007 (2007-10-14 )
17 November 2007 (2007-11-17 )
18 November 2007 (2007-11-18 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
External links
Tournaments
Olympic Qualifiers CAF U-23 Championship Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
Qualification Squads