| Football at the 2023 African Games | |||||||||
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| Football pictogram for the 2023 African Games | |||||||||
| Event details | |||||||||
| Games | 2023 African Games | ||||||||
| Host country | Ghana | ||||||||
| Dates | 7 – 22 March 2024 | ||||||||
| Venues | 3 (in 2 host cities) | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) | ||||||||
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| Editions | |||||||||
← 2019 2027 → | |||||||||
Football at the 2023 African Games was held in Ghana between 7 and 22 March 2024. In addition to the African Games host city of Accra, matches were also played in Cape Coast. [1]
Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with CAF may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's and women's teams were restricted to under-20 players for the tournament. [2]
| P | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Event↓/Date → | 7 Thu | 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | ||
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| Men | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
| Accra | |
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| Accra Sports Stadium | UG Sports Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 11,000 |
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| Cape Coast | |
| Cape Coast Sports Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
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As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee was as below:
For men: The host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament.
For women: The eight teams who reached the fourth round of the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification are qualified to the Final Tournament.
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
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| Host nation | — | — | |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | 25 February 2023 | ||
| 26 February 2023 | |||
| 27 February 2023 | |||
| Total | 9 teams | ||
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 12 December 2021 | |
| 17 December 2021 | |||
| 18 December 2021 | |||
| Total | 8 teams | ||
* Host nation (Ghana)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 19 March – Accra | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 22 March – Accra | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 19 March – Accra | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 22 March – Accra | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 18 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 21 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 18 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 21 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| 0 (5) | ||||||
| 0 (6) | ||||||