Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

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2003 Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament
Football pictogram.svg
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityHyderabad
Dates22–31 October 2003
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21
Runners-upFlag of India.svg  India
Third placeFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Fourth placeFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Albert Mbano
Flag of India.svg I.M. Vijayan
(4 goals each)

Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 31 October 2003. [1] The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

Contents

The football tournament was a men's-only event. Eight teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan U-21 youth team were the gold medalists beating the host country India in the final. [2] The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.

Original setting and withdrawals

Initially, eight teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, the U-21 youth teams of Uzbekistan and Malaysia, and the U-23 youth team of Malavan F.C. which is an Iranian football club that represented the country. However, Cameroon withdrew, and Ghana was decided to replace Cameroon.

Just before the preliminaries were to begin, Ghana pulled out of the football events, leaving only seven teams participating.

Venues

The football events were held in two stadiums - the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, which was the main stadium of the Games; and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium. The football finals were held in the latter stadium.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of India.svg  India 22005236
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 21013413
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia U-21 20021430
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Withdrew

Matches

Flag of India.svg  India 3–1Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
IM Vijayan Soccerball shade.svg13'
Muttah Suresh Soccerball shade.svg54'
Ashim Biswas Soccerball shade.svg79'
Aziz Balinda Soccerball shade.svg61'
Flag of India.svg  India 2–0Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia U-21
Jatin Singh Bisht Soccerball shade.svg50'
IM Vijayan Soccerball shade.svg64'
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2–1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia U-21
Jimmy Iraguha Soccerball shade.svg81', 87' Mohd Amri Yahyah Soccerball shade.svg28'

Group B

Iran were represented by U-23 club side Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club. Cameroon were replaced by Zimbabwe.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21 32103127
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 31206335
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 31023633
Flag of Iran.svg Malavan Anzali U-23 30122421

Matches

Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg4–1Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni Soccerball shade.svg3', 74'
Albert Mbano Soccerball shade.svg26', 82'
Barro Samba Seydou Soccerball shade.svg16'
Malavan Anzali U-23 Flag of Iran.svg 0–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21
Marat Bikmoev Soccerball shade.svg48'
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1–1 Flag of Iran.svg Malavan Anzali U-23
Brian Badza Soccerball shade.svg3'Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari Soccerball shade.svg59' (pen.)
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg0–1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21
Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy Soccerball shade.svg66'
Uzbekistan U-21  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg1–1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Ilkom Suyunov Soccerball shade.svg50'Leonard Tsipa Soccerball shade.svg17'
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg2–1 Flag of Iran.svg Malavan Anzali U-23
Abdul Moctar Diallo Soccerball shade.svg
Germain BationoSoccerball shade.svg
Germain Bationo Soccerball shade.svgo.g.'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of India.svg  India 5
 
 
 
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3
 
Flag of India.svg  India 0
 
 
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21 1
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21 2
 
 
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1
 

Semi-finals

Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21 21Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
  • Mansur Saidov Soccerball shade.svg63'
  • Konstantin Boev Soccerball shade.svg102'
Report
Flag of India.svg  India 53Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Report
  • Mbano Soccerball shade.svg5'
  • Edmore Mashiri Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.)
  • Simon Chipunza Soccerball shade.svg87'

Third place match

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 22
[asdet, 5–3 pen.]
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
  • Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni Soccerball shade.svg65'
  • Mbano Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report
  • Hassan Milly Soccerball shade.svg37'
  • Jimmy Iraguha Soccerball shade.svg75'

Final

India  Flag of India.svg01Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21
Report
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Referee: Lu Chun (China)

Overall ranking

ResultsTeams
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan U-21 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Flag of Iran.svg Malavan Anzali U-23 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia U-21 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Quarter-finalsWithdrew
Victories1211110
Losses1001122
Draws1020100
Points7653330
Semi-finals
Semifinalists Green tick.svg Green tick.svg Green tick.svg Green tick.svg ---
Points3300---
Final
Finalists Green tick pointed.svg Green tick pointed.svg -----
Final Statistics
Ranking1234567
Medal Gold medal blank.svg Gold Silver medal blank.svg Silver Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze----
Total points13953330

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