Football at the 2018 African Youth Games

The 2018 African Youth Games football tournament was the third edition of the African Youth Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 19 and 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.

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	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Algeria
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Participating teams

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

• Algeria (hosts)
• Cameroon
• DR Congo (withdrew)
• Djibouti
• Guinea-Bissau
• Libya (withdrew)
• Morocco
• Nigeria

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

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

Source:
(W) Withdrew

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)

18:00

Nigeria	3–2	Morocco
? ? ?		Mawhoub 9' Radid 22'

Bab Ezzouar, Algiers

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21 July 2018 (2018-07-21)

18:00

Djibouti	0–5	Nigeria

Bab Ezzouar, Algiers

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23 July 2018 (2018-07-23)

18:00

Morocco	6–0	Djibouti

Bab Ezzouar, Algiers

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Algeria	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
Guinea-Bissau	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
DR Congo (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
(W) Withdrew

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)

18:00

Algeria	2–1	Guinea-Bissau

Sidi Moussa, Algiers

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21 July 2018 (2018-07-21)

18:00

Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Cameroon

Sidi Moussa, Algiers

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23 July 2018 (2018-07-23)

18:00

Algeria	1–1	Cameroon

Sidi Moussa, Algiers

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)

17:30

Nigeria	2–0	Algeria

20 August Stadium, Algiers

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25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)

17:30

Cameroon	1–2	Morocco

Sidi Moussa, Algiers

Bronze medal match

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)

15:30

Algeria	0–1	Cameroon
		Tchebegna 56'

20 August Stadium, Algiers

Gold medal match

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)

18:00

Nigeria	1–3	Morocco
Adeleke 60'		Radid 20', 67' Laghrib 46'

20 August Stadium, Algiers

Final ranking

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

Source:
(H) Hosts

External links

• 2018 AYG football tournament - 2018 AYG official website