Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

2007 Men's All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	10–23 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up	Guinea
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	35 (2.19 per match)
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The 2007 All-Africa Games football – Men's tournament was the 9th edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 10–23 July 2007 as part of the 2007 All-Africa Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams.

Qualification

Main article: Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Hosts	Algeria	7th	Gold medal (1978)
Zone I	Tunisia	3rd	Silver medal (1991)
Zone II	Guinea	3rd	Silver medal (1973)
Zone III	Ghana	4th	Bronze medal (1978, 2003)
Zone IV	Cameroon	6th	Gold medal (1991, 1999, 2003)
Zone V	Egypt	7th	Gold medal (1987, 1995)
Zone VI	South Africa	3rd	Bronze medal (1999)
	Zambia	4th	Silver medal (1999)
Zone VII	no team

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads

Final tournament

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source:

10 July 2007

Ghana	0–1	Cameroon
		Bekamenga 65'

Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

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10 July 2007

South Africa	1–2	Tunisia
Maluleke 3'		Mouihbi 14' Younes 81'

Salem Mabrouki Stadium, Rouïba

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13 July 2007

Cameroon	0–0	Tunisia

Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

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13 July 2007

Ghana	0–2	South Africa
Motha 25' Maluleka 44'

Salem Mabrouki Stadium, Rouïba

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16 July 2007

Cameroon	2–0	South Africa
Toindouba 2', 26'

Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

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16 July 2007

Tunisia	1–1	Ghana
Karim 20'		Allan 23'

Salem Mabrouki Stadium, Rouïba

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Algeria (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 July 2007

Guinea	1–1	Zambia
Bangoura 59'		Singuluma 75'

Koléa Olympic Stadium, Koléa

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10 July 2007

Algeria	2–1	Egypt
Bouguèche 66' Younès 82'		El Halwani 69'

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

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13 July 2007

Zambia	3–1	Egypt
Sunzu 14' Mbewe 35' Chibambo 51'		I. Mohamed 74'

Koléa Olympic Stadium, Koléa

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13 July 2007

Guinea	2–1	Algeria
Bangoura 52' I. Camara 88'		Aoudia 36'

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

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16 July 2007

Zambia	1–1	Algeria
Musonda 90+'		Aoudia 44'

Koléa Olympic Stadium, Koléa

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16 July 2007

Egypt	2–3	Guinea
El-Weshi 4', 68'		M. Camara 78' C. Camara 79' Bangoura 86'

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	19 July – Boumerdes
	Cameroon	2
					22 July – Alger
	Zambia	1
					Cameroon	1
	19 July – Blida
					Guinea	0
	Guinea	1
	Tunisia	0
					Bronze medal match
					22 July – Boumerdes
					Zambia	0
					Tunisia	1

Semifinals

19 July 2007

Cameroon	2–1	Zambia
Njembe 50' Bekamenga 56' (pen.)		Bwalya 90+2'

Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

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19 July 2007

Guinea	1–0	Tunisia

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Third-place match

22 July 2007

Zambia	0–1	Tunisia
		Maatouk 73'

Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

Final

23 July 2007

Cameroon	1–0	Guinea
Otobong 51'	Report

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohamed Benaissa (Algeria)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Cameroon	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	13	Gold Medal
	Guinea	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10	Silver Medal
	Tunisia	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8	Bronze Medal
4	Zambia	5	1	2	2	6	6	0	5	Fourth place
5	Algeria (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	South Africa	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
7	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
8	Egypt	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: todor66
(H) Hosts

See also

• Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

External links

• 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament - rsssf.com