Football at the 2019 African Games – Men's tournament

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2019 African Games
men's football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
City
  • Salé
  • El Mansouria
Dates16–30 August 2019
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Burkina Faso (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored34 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Burkina Faso Djibril Ouattara
Ghana Tahiru Awudu (4 goals each)
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Main article: Football at the 2019 African Games

The 2019 African Games men's football tournament was the 12th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held as part of the 2019 African Games between 16–30 August 2019.[1] Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.

Teams[]

Initially, qualification for the African Games tournament was shared with that of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Following the delay of the third round of qualification from June to September 2019 (after the African Games vent), CAF selected representative teams from nations that had participated in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[2]

Officials[]

Venues[]

Kenitra Rabat Salé
Stade Municipal Stade Moulay Hassan Sports Center of FAR
34°15′09″N 6°34′17″W / 34.2525°N 6.571389°W / 34.2525; -6.571389 (Stade Municipal) 33°58′33″N 6°49′27″W / 33.9758°N 6.824249°W / 33.9758; -6.824249 (Stade Moulay Hassan) 34°02′17″N 6°43′32″W / 34.038°N 6.725669°W / 34.038; -6.725669 (Sports Center of FAR)
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 500
Football at the 2019 African Games – Men's tournament is located in Morocco
Stade Moulay Hassan
Stade Moulay Hassan
Stade Municipal
Stade Municipal
CS/FAR
CS/FAR

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Morocco (H) 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: African Games
(H) Host
Nigeria 1–1 Burkina Faso
  • Ghali Goal 58'
 Report
  • Goal 72'
Referee: Ring Malong (South Sudan)
Morocco 1–0
Awarded[note 1]		 South Africa
Report
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)
South Africa 1–2 Nigeria
  • Goal 55'
 Report
Referee: Komlanvi Aklassou (Togo)
Burkina Faso 2–0 Morocco
  • Goal 31'
  • Goal 58'
 Report
Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)
Morocco 2–2 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)
South Africa 0–4 Burkina Faso
Report
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3  Ghana 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Burundi 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: AAF
Senegal 0–0 Mali
Report
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Burundi 1–2 Ghana
  • Goal 43'
 Report
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Eugène Mdluli (South Africa)
Mali 3–0 Burundi
 Report
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Quadri Adebimpe (Nigeria)
Ghana 0–1 Senegal
Report
  • Goal 10'
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Senegal 2–0 Burundi
 Report
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)
Mali 4–2 Ghana
  • Goal 11'
  • Goal 41'
  • Goal 59', 60'
 Report
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August – Sports Center of FAR
 
 
 Senegal1 (4)
 
30 August – Stade Boubker Ammar
 
 Burkina Faso (p)1 (5)
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
27 August – Sports Center of FAR
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Mali0 (4)
 
 
 Nigeria (p)0 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
29 August – Stade Municipal
 
 
 Mali0 (3)
 
 
 Senegal0 (4)

Semi-finals[]

Mali 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Senegal 1–1 (a.e.t.) Burkina Faso
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Juste Kokolo (Republic of the Congo)

Third place[]

Mali 0–0 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Report
Penalties
3–4
Stade Municipal, El Mansouria
Referee: Eugène Mdluli (South Africa)

Final[]

Burkina Faso 2–0 Nigeria
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Goalscorers[]

There were 34 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

  • Mali

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • South Africa (against Burkina Faso)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ On 18 August 2019, CAF announced that the match was declared a 1–0 forfeit victory to Morocco,[4] as the South African team was not able to register the squad on time after they reached Morocco on the matchday itself.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fixtures of the AAG Morocco 2019" (PDF). cafonline.com.
  2. ^ "Under-20 sides to compete in Morocco". 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. ^ "Pictures of the officials during men's tournament at 2019 African Games in Morocco". 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "CAF Proclaims Morocco Winner over South Africa". Morocco World News. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Amajita arrive safe in Morocco ahead of their AAG group fixtures". SAFA. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.


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