Football at the 2018 African Youth Games

2018 African Youth Games
men's football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	19–27 July 2018
Teams	(from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	(1st title)
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place	Algeria
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The 2018 African Youth Games football tournament was the 3rd edition of the . The men's football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 19–27 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.

Participating teams[]

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

Squads[]

Final tournament[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
	2	1	0	1	8	3	+5	3
	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
(W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Algeria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
(W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	25 July – Algiers
		2
					27 July – Algiers
	Algeria	0
						1
	25 July – Algiers
						3
		1
		2
					Bronze medal match
					27 July – Algiers
					Algeria	0
						1

Semi-finals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final ranking[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
		4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9	Gold Medal
		4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	9	Silver Medal
		4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Bronze Medal
4	Algeria (H)	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4	Fourth place
5		2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Eliminated in group stage
6		2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0
7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

External links[]

• 2018 AYG football tournament - 2018 AYG official website