Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers were held to determine the African national teams for under 23 which participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Beijing.
Dates | 1 September 2006 – 26 March 2008 |
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← 2004 2012 → |
Preliminary competition was divided in three rounds. The first two rounds were knock-out rounds, and the final round was a group stage.
First round
editFirst 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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Gambia | 0–4 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–4 |
Sierra Leone | 2–4 | Rwanda | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Mozambique | 5–3 | Libya | 1–0 | 4–3 |
South Africa | 2–1 | Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Sudan | 2–5 | Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 0–5 |
Malawi | 2–01 | Somalia | 2–0 | |
Zambia | 10–02 | Djibouti | 10–0 | |
Chad | w/o | Uganda | — | — |
Zimbabwe | w/o | Tanzania | — | — |
Mauritius | w/o | Burkina Faso | — | — |
Senegal | w/o | Comoros | — | — |
Ivory Coast | w/o | Lesotho | — | — |
Mauritania | w/o | Botswana | — | — |
Ethiopia | w/o | Liberia | — | — |
Benin | w/o | DR Congo | — | — |
Central African Republic | w/o | Algeria | — | — |
- ^1 Only one leg because of security concerns in Somalia.
- ^2 Only one leg because of security concerns in Djibouti.
Rwanda | 3–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Yirirwahandi 19' Hategikimana 38' Nyumbayire 65' |
Mozambique | 1–0 | Libya |
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pen.' |
Libya | 3–4 | Mozambique |
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South Africa | 1–0 | Namibia |
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Modubi 30' |
Namibia | 1–1 | South Africa |
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Tshilo 51' (o.g.) | Chabangu 54' |
Second round
editFirst 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 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Angola | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Burkina Faso | 0–53 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Egypt | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Mali | 4–2 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Morocco | 4–0 | Rwanda | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Nigeria | 7–0 | Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Senegal | w/o4 | DR Congo | — | — |
South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Tunisia | 0–1 | Botswana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Zambia | 4–3 | Malawi | 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]
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 |
Mali | 1–0 | Mozambique |
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Traoré 52' |
Mozambique | 2–3 | Mali |
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Morocco | 3–0 | Rwanda |
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Rabeh 26' Benjelloun 55' Iajour 57' |
South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda |
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Davids 67' Chabangu 73' |
Final round
editMatches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Group A
editEthiopia 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 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
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
editPos | 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 | Mali | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
Zambia | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Mbewe 29' Singuluma 31' |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Senegal |
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Angoua 71' Gervinho 75' |
Senegal | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Sarr 65' | Cissé 36', 50' |
Group C
editPos | 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 | Botswana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
4 | Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
Guinea | 1–2 | Morocco |
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Bangoura 65' | Benjelloun 86' Sbai 90+3' |
Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.
References
edit- ^ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ^ Beijing field narrows in Africa[dead link ]. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
- ^ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine