Football at the 2023 African Games
| 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 will held in Ghana between 7 and 22 March 2024. In addition to the African Games host city of Accra, matches will also playing in Cape Coast.[1]
Two events will be contesting: 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]
Schedule
| 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 | |||||||||
Venues
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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Qualification
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.
Men's qualification
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
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| Host nation | — | — |  Ghana
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| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists |  Egypt
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25 February 2023 |  Nigeria
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 Senegal
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| 26 February 2023 |  Congo
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 South Sudan
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 Uganda
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| 27 February 2023 |  Benin
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 Gambia
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 Tunisia | |||
| Total | 9 teams | ||
Women's qualification
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
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| 2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round | Home/away | 12 December 2021 |  Morocco
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| 17 December 2021 |  Ethiopia
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| Nigeria
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| Uganda
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| 18 December 2021 |  Cameroon | ||
| Ghana
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| Senegal
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 Tanzania
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| Total | 8 teams | ||
Medal summary
Results
Medal table
* Host nation (Ghana)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Ghana (GHA)* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Men's tournament
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ghana (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Congo
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Benin
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Gambia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uganda
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Senegal
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Sudan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Knockout stage
| 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 | |||||
Women's tournament
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ghana (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uganda
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Tanzania
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nigeria
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Senegal
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Morocco
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 18 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||
| 21 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| 18 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| Uganda | 0 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 21 March – Cape Coast | ||||||
| Senegal | 0 (5) | |||||
| Uganda (p) | 0 (6) | |||||
References
- ^ "Football Groups Finalised For 2024 African Games In Ghanaian Capital". The Will. Jude Obafemi. 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures for 13th African Games Male & Female Football Competitions Announced". Ghana FA. Redaction. 12 February 2024.
External links
- Disciplines - 2023 edition official website
- Results book
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