Football at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament

2023 African Games
men's football tournament

Tournament details
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)
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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]

Schedule

P

Group stage

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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
G	G			G	G			G				½				B	F

Qualification

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
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
			Tunisia
Total			9 teams

Venues

2 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Accra		Accra
		Accra Sports Stadium	UG Sports Stadium
		Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 11,000

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	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

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.88 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	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

See also

• Football at the 2023 African Games – Women's tournament

References

External links

• Men’s Football of 13th African Games, Accra 2023 - cafonline.com