Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ghana |
City | Accra |
Dates | 7–22 March 2024 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ghana (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Uganda |
Third place | Senegal |
Fourth place | Congo |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 30 (1.88 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jerry Afriyie (3 goals) |
The 2023 African Games men's football tournament is the 13th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held as part of the 2023 African Games between 7 and 22 March 2024. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament. [1]
P | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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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G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F |
As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee decided that the host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament.
Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | Ghana |
2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 25 February 2023 | Nigeria |
Senegal | |||
26 February 2023 | Congo | ||
South Sudan | |||
Uganda | |||
27 February 2023 | Benin | ||
Gambia | |||
Total | 9 teams |
2 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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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Semifinals |
2 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uganda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semifinals |
2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | South Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
South Sudan | 0–1 | Senegal |
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Nigeria | 1–0 | South Sudan |
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Uganda | 1–0 | South Sudan |
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Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
19 March – Accra | ||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
22 March – Accra | ||||||
Senegal | 0 | |||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
19 March – Accra | ||||||
Uganda | 0 | |||||
Uganda | 4 | |||||
Congo | 2 | |||||
Bronze medal match | ||||||
22 March – Accra | ||||||
Senegal | 2 | |||||
Congo | 0 |
There were 30 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.88 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Ghana (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 13 | Gold Medal | |
Uganda | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Silver Medal | |
Senegal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Bronze Medal | |
4 | Congo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Fourth place |
5 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
7 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
8 | South Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
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