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Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

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.

2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates1 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 edit

First leg played on September 1 to September 3, 2006. Second leg played on October 6 to October 8, 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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.
Gambia  0–0  Egypt
Egypt  4–0  Gambia
Said   33'
Magdy   39'
Osama   56', 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (Algeria)
Sierra Leone  2–1  Rwanda
Rwanda  3–0  Sierra Leone
Yirirwahandi   19'
Hategikimana   38'
Nyumbayire   65'
Guinea-Bissau  0–2  Guinea
Guinea  0–0  Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique  1–0  Libya
  pen.'
Libya  3–4  Mozambique
Referee: Slimane Brahimi (Morocco)
South Africa  1–0  Namibia
Modubi   30'
Namibia  1–1  South Africa
Tshilo   51' (o.g.) Chabangu   54'
Sudan  2–0  Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea  5–0  Sudan
Malawi  0–21  Somalia
Zambia  10–02  Djibouti

Second round edit

First leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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]
Algeria  1–3  Ethiopia
Benmoussa   85' (pen.) Tafese   33'
Said   39'
Worku   90+3'
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
Ethiopia  1–1  Algeria
Angola  0–0  Guinea
Guinea  2–0  Angola
Feindouno   33'
  78'
Burkina Faso  2–0
(original score)
0–3
(awarded score)3		  Ghana
Ghana  2–0  Burkina Faso
Egypt  1–1  Ivory Coast
El Mohamady   90' Cissé   22'
Ivory Coast  3–1  Egypt
    Said  
Mali  1–0  Mozambique
Traoré   52'
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Mozambique  2–3  Mali
Morocco  3–0  Rwanda
Rabeh   26'
Benjelloun   55'
Iajour   57'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mourad Daâmi (Tunisia)
Rwanda  0–1  Morocco
Rabeh   38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: ... (Tanzania)
Nigeria  5–0  Equatorial Guinea
Bazuaye   30'
Obinna   39' (pen.)
Promise   45'
Okoronkwo   58', 87'
Equatorial Guinea  0–2  Nigeria
Senegal  Cancelled4  DR Congo
South Africa  2–0  Uganda
Davids   67'
Chabangu   73'
Uganda  0–0  South Africa
Tunisia  0–0  Botswana
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Botswana  1–0  Tunisia
Jomo  
Zambia  3–2  Malawi
Gondwe   47'
Singuluma   67'
Sunzu   80'		 Msowoya   47'
Gonani   64'
Malawi  1–1  Zambia
Msowoya   36' Mulenga   28'
Zimbabwe  1–1  Cameroon
  75'   30'
Cameroon  3–1  Zimbabwe
Bekamenga   5'
Lombé   35'
Tchetgna   56'		 Gomba   30'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mario Bougoura (Guinea)

Final round edit

Matches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Group A edit

Ethiopia 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
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
Source: [citation needed]
Ethiopia  2–2
Annulled		  South Africa
Said   9'
Tafese   68' (pen.)		 Mdledle  
Mokoena   66' (pen.)
Nigeria  3–2  Ghana
Obinna   2', 35' (pen.)
Okoronkwo   51'		 Tagoe   4'
Gyan   15'
South Africa  1–1  Nigeria
Chabangu   45' Obinna   11' (pen.)
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
South Africa  1–3  Ghana
Davids   88' Tagoe   26', 33'
Ahsah   85'
Ghana  3–1  South Africa
Gyan   13', 85'
Kumordzi   35'		 Rodgers   55'
Ghana  0–0  Nigeria
Nigeria  3–0  South Africa
Taiwo   25'
Promise   74'
Anichebe   90'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Senegal  0–0  Mali
Zambia  2–0  Ivory Coast
Mbewe   29'
Singuluma   31'
Referee: Thapelo Disang (Botswana)
Mali  1–2  Zambia
Diarra   24' Chibambo   40'
Kasonde   85'
Ivory Coast  2–0  Senegal
Angoua   71'
Gervinho   75'
Zambia  1–1  Senegal
Sunzu   69' M'Bow   44'
Ivory Coast  3–1  Mali
Guié   22'
N'Gossan  
Gervinho   81' (pen.)		 Dembélé   36'
Mali  1–2  Ivory Coast
Sidibé   36' Djakpa   55'
Gervinho   90'
Senegal  2–1  Zambia
Ndiaye   23'
Diompy   33'		 Sunzu   30'
Mali  1–0  Senegal
Diarra  
Ivory Coast  4–1  Zambia
Gervinho   32', 38'
Cissé   59'
Kalou   80'		 Singuluma   70'
Zambia  4–1  Mali
Mayuka   4'
Tembo   28'
Mudenda   33'
Mwansa   78'		 Fawbaolou   77'
Senegal  1–2  Ivory Coast
Sarr   65' Cissé   36', 50'

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  1–0  Botswana
El Bahri   39'
Referee: Jamal Ambaya (Libya)
Cameroon  6–1  Guinea
Mboua   4', 32', 80'
Mbengono   18'
N'Gal   45', 55'		 Coreah   27'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (Algeria)
Botswana  0–0  Cameroon
Guinea  1–2  Morocco
Bangoura   65' Benjelloun   86'
Sbai   90+3'
Guinea  2–0
(Abandoned at 80')		  Botswana
   

Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.

Cameroon  2–1  Morocco
Ndoum   25'
Mboua   33'		 Chihi   17'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Botswana  2–1  Guinea
Selefa   68', 90' Sylla   52'
Morocco  2–2  Cameroon
Hermach   63'
Benzouien   90+2'		 Ollé Ollé   31'
Bekamenga   47'
Attendance: 45,000
Botswana  2–0  Morocco
Ramoshibidu  
Sembowa  
Guinea  1–3  Cameroon
Sylla   24' Chedjou   13'
Enam   38'
Bekamenga   85'
Cameroon  1–0  Botswana
N'Gal   13'
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda)
Morocco  1–0  Guinea
El Bassel   65'

References edit

  1. ^ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
  2. ^ Beijing field narrows in Africa[dead link]. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
  3. ^ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

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