Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

The 2003 All-Africa Games football – Men's tournament was the 8th edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria between 4–16 October 2003 as part of the 2003 All-Africa Games.

2003 Men's All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
CityAbuja
Dates4–16 October 2003
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored41 (2.56 per match)

Qualifying
Main article: Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The following 8 nations qualified for men's play at the 2003 All Africa Games. Two teams qualify from Zone VI replacing Zone VII.

ZoneTeam
Hosts Nigeria
Zone I Algeria
Zone II Senegal
Zone III Ghana
Zone IV Cameroon
Zone V Egypt
Zone VI South Africa
 Zambia
Zone VIIno team

Squads
Main article: Football at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads

Final tournament

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
 Senegal 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
 South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source:
Nigeria 2 − 0 Zambia
Alfred Omo-Efe  7'
Henry Okdoy  26'
Senegal 1 − 1 South Africa
Nicolas Ndione  48' (p) Kaiser Mosaung
South Africa 0 − 3 Nigeria
Alfred Omo-Efe  43'  65'
Emmanuel Okuduwa  44'
Zambia 2 − 1 Senegal
Newa Mwewa  5'
Chris Katongo  38'		 Lamine Diarra  90'
Nigeria 2 − 0 Senegal
Emmanuel Izuagha  7' (p)
Emmanuel Okuduwa  50'
Zambia 2 − 1 South Africa
Noel Mwandila
Songwe Chalwe		 Grant Igesund

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source:
Cameroon 3 − 1 Egypt
Paul Essola  55' (p)
Geremi Ndjock  72'
Eyoum Ekwala  78'		 Gamal Hamza  19'
Algeria 0 − 0 Ghana
Ghana 1 − 1 Cameroon
Owusu Ansah Daniel Wansi  34'
Egypt 1 − 2 Algeria
Mohamed El Yamani  56' (p) Adlene Bensaid  22' (p)
Nabil Hamouda  42'
Cameroon 3 − 1 Algeria
Karim Ali Hadji
Egypt 0 − 1 Ghana
Owusu Ansah

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 October – Bauchi
 
 
 Nigeria3
 
16 October – Abuja
 
 Ghana0
 
 Nigeria0
 
13 October – Calabar
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Cameroon2
 
 
 Zambia1
 
Third place
 
 
15 October – Calabar
 
 
 Ghana (p)2 (4)
 
 
 Zambia2 (1)

Semifinals
 Nigeria3 − 0 Ghana
Alfred Omo-Efe  35'
CPascal Naftali  50'
Emmanuel Ejike  ?'
 Cameroon2 − 1 Zambia
Marcus Nwambo Mokaké  21', 88' Noel Mwandila  13'

Third Place Match
 Ghana2 − 2 Zambia
Abubakar Yahuza  16'
Yakubu Shaibu  90'		 Sipho Mumbi  28'
Collins Mbesuma  72'
Penalties
4 – 1

Final
 Nigeria0 − 2 Cameroon
Marcus Nwambo Mokaké  44', 84'

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
 Cameroon 5 4 1 0 11 4 +7 13 Gold Medal
 Nigeria (H) 5 4 0 1 10 2 +8 12 Silver Medal
 Ghana 5 1 3 1 4 6 −2 6 Bronze Medal
4  Zambia 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 7 Fourth place
5  Algeria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Senegal 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
7  South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
8  Egypt 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: todor66
(H) Host.

See also

References
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