Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
City	Beirut
Dates	26 September - 6 October
Teams	9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Congo
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Semenets Ridallah El Ghazoufi (3 goals)

Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Congo won the tournament after a penalty shootout against the Ivorians.

Group stage

Group A

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
Congo	4	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Lebanon	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

2009-09-26

Lebanon	1 – 2	Congo
Rabea  9'		Cseke  74' Taleb  88' (o.g.)

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2009-09-28

Lebanon	0 – 3	Ivory Coast
		Deblé  38' Ngossan  75' Coulibaly  85'

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2009-09-30

Congo	2 – 2	Ivory Coast
Cseke  26' Lemina  29'		Coulibaly  38' Kouassi  66'

Group B

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Canada	3	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Rwanda	3	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1

2009-09-26

Canada	2 – 3	Rwanda
Semenets  75', 88'		Mvuyekure  21', 65' Surprenant  52' (o.g.)

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2009-09-28

Cameroon	3 – 1	Rwanda
Metogo  22' Kom  58' Belle  90+5'		Ntamuhanga  71'

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2009-09-30

Canada	2 – 0	Cameroon
De Medina  50' Semenets  65'

Group C

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Morocco	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Senegal	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
France	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

2009-09-26

Morocco	1 – 0	Senegal
El Ghazoufi  90'

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2009-09-28

Senegal	1 – 1	France
Wade  27'		Cissé  34'

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2009-09-30

France	0 – 1	Morocco
		Kachani  33'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 October - Beirut
	Morocco	1
					6 October -
	Ivory Coast	2
					Ivory Coast	0 (3)
	3 October - Beirut
					Congo	0 (5)
	Congo	2 (2)
	Canada	2 (1)
					Third place
					5 October -
					Morocco	3
					Canada	1

Semi-finals

2009-10-03

Morocco	1 – 2	Ivory Coast
Fettouhi  45' (pen.)		Lago  11' Gnanbgo  90'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

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2009-10-03

Congo	2 – 2 (a.e.t)	Canada
Kaya  32' Lemina  56'		Whiteman  3' Agourram  89'
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka Makolo Cancred Ngavouka Cseke Tsiba Moukassa Gitel Boukama	2 – 1	Jarek Whiteman Miloš Šćepanović Reda Agourram Gino Mauro Alex Semenets

Beirut Municipality Stadium, Beirut

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3rd Place

2009-10-05

Morocco	3 – 1	Canada
El Ghazoufi  6', 36' Fettouhi  76' (pen.)		Surprenant  5'

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Final

2009-10-06

Ivory Coast	0 – 0 (a.e.t)	Congo
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka Christian Okoua Bakary Koné Antoine Ngossan Ange Gnangbo	3 – 5	Kouakou Mansou Ngavuka Cseke Nulva Ayessa Anderson Oliver Steven Bitsindou

See also

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

External links

• Sports at Official 2009 website