Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
Dates | 1 September 2006 – 26 March 2008 |
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The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers was held to determine the African national teams for under 23 that will participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Beijing.
Preliminary competition will be divided in three rounds. First two rounds will be knock-out rounds, and the final round will be a group stage.
First round[]
First 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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0–4 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | ||
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | ||
5–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | ||
South Africa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
2–5 | 2–0 | 0–5 | ||
2–01 | Somalia | 2–0 | ||
Zambia | 10–02 | 10–0 | ||
w/o | — | — | ||
Zimbabwe | w/o | — | — | |
w/o | Burkina Faso | — | — | |
Senegal | w/o | — | — | |
Ivory Coast | w/o | — | — | |
w/o | — | — | ||
w/o | Liberia | — | — | |
w/o | — | — | ||
w/o | Algeria | — | — |
- ^1 Only one leg because of security concerns in Somalia.
- ^2 Only one leg because of security concerns in Djibouti.
2–1 | ||
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3–0 | ||
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19' 38' 65' |
0–2 | ||
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0–0 | ||
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1–0 | ||
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pen.' |
3–4 | ||
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South Africa | 1–0 | |
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Modubi 30' |
1–1 | South Africa | |
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Tshilo 51' (o.g.) | Chabangu 54' |
2–0 | ||
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5–0 | ||
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Second round[]
First 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 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
Angola | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
Burkina Faso | 0–53 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Egypt | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
Morocco | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Nigeria | 7–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
Senegal | w/o4 | — | — | |
South Africa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Tunisia | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
Zambia | 4–3 | 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]
1–1 | Algeria | |
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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 |
2–3 | ||
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Morocco | 3–0 | |
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Rabeh 26' Benjelloun 55' Iajour 57' |
South Africa | 2–0 | |
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Davids 67' Chabangu 73' |
0–0 | South Africa | |
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Tunisia | 0–0 | |
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1–0 | Tunisia | |
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Jomo |
Final round[]
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[]
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 |
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
2–2 Annulled | South Africa | |
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Said 9' Tafese 68' (pen.) |
Mdledle Mokoena 66' (pen.) |
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[]
Pos | 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
Senegal | 0–0 | |
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Zambia | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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29' Singuluma 31' |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Senegal |
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Angoua 71' Gervinho 75' |
1–2 | Ivory Coast | |
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Sidibé 36' | Djakpa 55' Gervinho 90' |
Senegal | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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65' | Cissé 36', 50' |
Group C[]
Pos | 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 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
0–0 | Cameroon | |
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1–2 | Morocco | |
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Bangoura 65' | Benjelloun 86' 90+3' |
2–0 (Abandoned at 80') | ||
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Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.
2–1 | ||
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Selefa 68', 90' | Sylla 52' |
2–0 | Morocco | |
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Ramoshibidu Sembowa |
Morocco | 1–0 | |
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65' |
References[]
- ^ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ Beijing field narrows in Africa[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
- ^ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Football qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2007 in African football
- 2008 in African football
- Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers