The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers were held to determine the African national teams for under 23 which participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Beijing.
Dates | 1 September 2006 – 26 March 2008 |
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Preliminary competition was divided in three rounds. The first two rounds were knock-out rounds, and the final round was a group stage.
First round
editFirst leg played on September 1 to September 3, 2006. Second leg played on October 6 to October 8, 2006.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Gambia | 0–4 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–4 |
Sierra Leone | 2–4 | Rwanda | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Mozambique | 5–3 | Libya | 1–0 | 4–3 |
South Africa | 2–1 | Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Sudan | 2–5 | Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 0–5 |
Malawi | 2–01 | Somalia | 2–0 | |
Zambia | 10–02 | Djibouti | 10–0 | |
Chad | w/o | Uganda | — | — |
Zimbabwe | w/o | Tanzania | — | — |
Mauritius | w/o | Burkina Faso | — | — |
Senegal | w/o | Comoros | — | — |
Ivory Coast | w/o | Lesotho | — | — |
Mauritania | w/o | Botswana | — | — |
Ethiopia | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
Benin | w/o | DR Congo | — | — |
Central African Republic | w/o | Algeria | — | — |
- ^1 Only one leg because of security concerns in Somalia.
- ^2 Only one leg because of security concerns in Djibouti.
Rwanda | 3–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Yirirwahandi 19' Hategikimana 38' Nyumbayire 65' |
Mozambique | 1–0 | Libya |
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pen.' |
Libya | 3–4 | Mozambique |
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South Africa | 1–0 | Namibia |
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Modubi 30' |
Namibia | 1–1 | South Africa |
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Tshilo 51' (o.g.) | Chabangu 54' |
Second round
editFirst leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Algeria | 2–4 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Angola | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Burkina Faso | 0–53 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Egypt | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Mali | 4–2 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Morocco | 4–0 | Rwanda | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Nigeria | 7–0 | Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Senegal | w/o4 | DR Congo | — | — |
South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Tunisia | 0–1 | Botswana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Zambia | 4–3 | Malawi | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Zimbabwe | 2–4 | Cameroon | 1–1 | 1–3 |
- ^3 Burkina Faso penalized by FIFA for allegedly using two overage players during first leg match against Ghana. The original score was Burkina Faso won by 2–0.[1]
- ^4 DR Congo failed to appear, and blamed poor flight connections. FIFA handed walkover to Senegal.[2]
Burkina Faso | 2–0 (original score) 0–3 (awarded score)3 | Ghana |
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Egypt | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
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El Mohamady 90' | Cissé 22' |
Ivory Coast | 3–1 | Egypt |
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Said |
Mali | 1–0 | Mozambique |
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Traoré 52' |
Mozambique | 2–3 | Mali |
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Morocco | 3–0 | Rwanda |
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Rabeh 26' Benjelloun 55' Iajour 57' |
South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda |
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Davids 67' Chabangu 73' |
Final round
editMatches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Group A
editEthiopia has withdrawn from the Olympic qualification after the first match due to millennium festivities in their country.[3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
2 | Ghana | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |
4 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
South Africa | 1–3 | Ghana |
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Davids 88' | Tagoe 26', 33' Ahsah 85' |
Ghana | 3–1 | South Africa |
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Gyan 13', 85' Kumordzi 35' |
Rodgers 55' |
Nigeria | 3–0 | South Africa |
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Taiwo 25' Promise 74' Anichebe 90' |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
2 | Zambia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | |
3 | Senegal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | |
4 | Mali | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
Zambia | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Mbewe 29' Singuluma 31' |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Senegal |
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Angoua 71' Gervinho 75' |
Senegal | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Sarr 65' | Cissé 36', 50' |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 14 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
2 | Morocco | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
3 | Botswana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
4 | Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
Guinea | 1–2 | Morocco |
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Bangoura 65' | Benjelloun 86' Sbai 90+3' |
Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.
References
edit- ^ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ Beijing field narrows in Africa[dead link]. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
- ^ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine