Tournament details | |
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Host country | Algeria |
City | Algiers |
Dates | 19–27 July 2018 |
Teams | (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco (1st title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Cameroon |
Fourth place | Algeria |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 |
Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Libya (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
Algeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
DR Congo (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Algeria | 2–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Guinea-Bissau | 0–2 | Cameroon |
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Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
25 July – Algiers | ||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||
27 July – Algiers | ||||||
Algeria | 0 | |||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||
25 July – Algiers | ||||||
Morocco | 3 | |||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||
Morocco | 2 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
27 July – Algiers | ||||||
Algeria | 0 | |||||
Cameroon | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Gold Medal | |
Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Silver Medal | |
Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Bronze Medal | |
4 | Algeria (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Fourth place |
5 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |
7 | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
8 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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