2023 African Games men's football tournament Host country Ghana City Accra Dates 7–22 March 2024 Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Champions Ghana (2nd title) Runners-up Uganda Third place Senegal Fourth place Congo Matches played 16 Goals scored 30 (1.88 per match) Top scorer(s) Jerry Afriyie (3 goals)
International football competition
The 2023 African Games men's football tournament is the 13th edition of the African Games men's football tournament . The men's football tournament was held as part of the 2023 African Games between 7 and 22 March 2024. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.[1]
Schedule [ edit ] P Group stage ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri G G G G G ½ B F
Qualification [ edit ] As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee decided that the host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament.
2 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
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Group stage [ edit ] All match times are local,
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Group A [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Ghana (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Semifinals 2 Congo 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 3 Benin 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2 4 Gambia 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Group B [ edit ] Knockout stage [ edit ] Bracket [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Bronze medal match [ edit ] Gold medal match [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Goalscorers [ edit ] There were 30 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.88 goals per match.
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Final ranking [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result Ghana (H) 5 4 1 0 6 1 +5 13 Gold Medal Uganda 5 4 0 1 8 4 +4 12 Silver Medal Senegal 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9 Bronze Medal 4 Congo 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5 Fourth place 5 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 Eliminated in group stage 6 Benin 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2 7 Gambia 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 8 South Sudan 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
General Tournaments
Qualifications
Squads