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

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2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates1 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
  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.
 0–0 Egypt
Egypt 4–0 
Said Goal 33'
Magdy Goal 39'
Goal 56', 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (Algeria)
 2–1 
 3–0 
Goal 19'
Goal 38'
Goal 65'
Kigali
 0–2 
 0–0 
 1–0 
Goal pen.'
 3–4 
GMR Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Slimane Brahimi (Morocco)
South Africa 1–0 
Modubi Goal 30'
 1–1 South Africa
Tshilo Goal 51' (o.g.) Chabangu Goal 54'
 2–0 
 5–0 
 0–21 Somalia
Zambia 10–02 

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
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]
Algeria 1–3 
Benmoussa Goal 85' (pen.) Tafese Goal 33'
Said Goal 39'
Goal 90+3'
Referee: Ahmed Auda (Egypt)
 1–1 Algeria
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Angola 0–0 
 2–0 Angola
Feindouno Goal 33'
Goal 78'
Burkina Faso 2–0
(original score)
0–3
(awarded score)3		 Ghana
Ouguadougou
Ghana 2–0 Burkina Faso
Egypt 1–1 Ivory Coast
El Mohamady Goal 90' Cissé Goal 22'
Ivory Coast 3–1 Egypt
GoalGoalGoal Said Goal
Abidjan
 1–0 
Traoré Goal 52'
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
 2–3 
Morocco 3–0 
Rabeh Goal 26'
Benjelloun Goal 55'
Iajour Goal 57'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mourad Daâmi (Tunisia)
 0–1 Morocco
Rabeh Goal 38'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: ... (Tanzania)
Nigeria 5–0 
Bazuaye Goal 30'
Obinna Goal 39' (pen.)
Promise Goal 45'
Okoronkwo Goal 58', 87'
National Stadium, Abuja
 0–2 Nigeria
Senegal Cancelled4 
South Africa 2–0 
Davids Goal 67'
Chabangu Goal 73'
 0–0 South Africa
Tunisia 0–0 
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
 1–0 Tunisia
Jomo Goal
Zambia 3–2 
Goal 47'
Singuluma Goal 67'
Sunzu Goal 80'		 Msowoya Goal 47'
Goal 64'
 1–1 Zambia
Msowoya Goal 36' Mulenga Goal 28'
Zimbabwe 1–1 Cameroon
Goal 75' Goal 30'
Cameroon 3–1 Zimbabwe
Bekamenga Goal 5'
Lombé Goal 35'
Goal 56'		 Gomba Goal 30'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mario Bougoura (Guinea)

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

Group B[]

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   6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4
Source:[citation needed]
Senegal 0–0 
Dakar
Zambia 2–0 Ivory Coast
Goal 29'
Singuluma Goal 31'
Referee: Thapelo Disang (Botswana)
 1–2 Zambia
Diarra Goal 24' Chibambo Goal 40'
Kasonde Goal 85'
Ivory Coast 2–0 Senegal
Angoua Goal 71'
Gervinho Goal 75'
Abidjan
Zambia 1–1 Senegal
Sunzu Goal 69' M'Bow Goal 44'
Ivory Coast 3–1 
Guié Goal 22'
N'Gossan Goal
Gervinho Goal 81' (pen.)		 Dembélé Goal 36'
Abidjan
 1–2 Ivory Coast
Sidibé Goal 36' Djakpa Goal 55'
Gervinho Goal 90'
Senegal 2–1 Zambia
Goal 23'
Goal 33'		 Sunzu Goal 30'
Dakar
 1–0 Senegal
Diarra Goal
Ivory Coast 4–1 Zambia
Gervinho Goal 32', 38'
Cissé Goal 59'
Kalou Goal 80'		 Singuluma Goal 70'
Abidjan
Zambia 4–1 
Mayuka Goal 4'
Goal 28'
Mudenda Goal 33'
Mwansa Goal 78'		 Goal 77'
Senegal 1–2 Ivory Coast
Goal 65' Cissé Goal 36', 50'
Dakar

Group C[]

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   6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
4   6 1 0 5 6 14 −8 3
Source:[citation needed]
Morocco 1–0 
El Bahri Goal 39'
Referee: Jamal Ambaya (Libya)
Cameroon 6–1 
Mboua Goal 4', 32', 80'
Mbengono Goal 18'
N'Gal Goal 45', 55'		 Goal 27'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (Algeria)
 0–0 Cameroon
 1–2 Morocco
Bangoura Goal 65' Benjelloun Goal 86'
Goal 90+3'
 2–0
(Abandoned at 80')		 
GoalGoal

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

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

References[]

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

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