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Football at the 2018 African Youth Games

The 2018 African Youth Games football tournament was the third edition of the African Youth Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 19 and 27 July 2018 as part of the 2018 African Youth Games. The tournament was age restricted and open to men's under-15 national teams only.

2018 African Youth Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates19–27 July 2018
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Algeria
← 2014
2022 →

Participating teams edit

Six teams participated to the final tournament. Libya and Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew from the tournament.

Final tournament edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Nigeria 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6
  Morocco 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3
  Djibouti 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
  Libya (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Nigeria  3–2  Morocco
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Bab Ezzouar, Algiers
Djibouti  0–5  Nigeria
Bab Ezzouar, Algiers
Morocco  6–0  Djibouti
Bab Ezzouar, Algiers

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Cameroon 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Algeria 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
  Guinea-Bissau 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
  DR Congo (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Algeria  2–1  Guinea-Bissau
Sidi Moussa, Algiers
Guinea-Bissau  0–2  Cameroon
Sidi Moussa, Algiers
Algeria  1–1  Cameroon
Sidi Moussa, Algiers

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
25 July – Algiers
 
 
  Nigeria2
 
27 July – Algiers
 
  Algeria0
 
  Nigeria1
 
25 July – Algiers
 
  Morocco3
 
  Cameroon1
 
 
  Morocco2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
27 July – Algiers
 
 
  Algeria0
 
 
  Cameroon1

Semi-finals edit

Nigeria  2–0  Algeria
Cameroon  1–2  Morocco
Sidi Moussa, Algiers

Bronze medal match edit

Algeria  0–1  Cameroon

Gold medal match edit

Nigeria  1–3  Morocco

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Morocco 4 3 0 1 13 5 +8 9 Gold Medal
    Nigeria 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Silver Medal
    Cameroon 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 Bronze Medal
4   Algeria (H) 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 Fourth place
5   Guinea-Bissau 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Djibouti 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
7   DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
8   Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

External links edit

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