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

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2007 Men's All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates10–23 July
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
2003
2011

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

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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

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Final tournament

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All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

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

Group A

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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: [citation needed]
Ghana 0–1 Cameroon
Bekamenga 65'
Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès


Cameroon 0–0 Tunisia
Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès


Cameroon 2–0 South Africa
Toindouba 2', 26'
Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

Tunisia 1–1 Ghana
Karim 20' Allan 23'

Group B

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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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Guinea 1–1 Zambia
Bangoura 59' Singuluma 75'
Koléa Olympic Stadium, Koléa


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


Zambia 1–1 Algeria
Musonda 90+' Aoudia 44'
Koléa Olympic Stadium, Koléa

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

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
19 July – Boumerdes
 
 
 Cameroon2
 
22 July – Alger
 
 Zambia1
 
 Cameroon1
 
19 July – Blida
 
 Guinea0
 
 Guinea1
 
 
 Tunisia0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
22 July – Boumerdes
 
 
 Zambia0
 
 
 Tunisia1

Semifinals

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Cameroon 2–1 Zambia
Njembe 50'
Bekamenga 56' (pen.)
Bwalya 90+2'
Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

Third-place match

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Zambia 0–1 Tunisia
Maatouk 73'
Djilali Bounaama Stadium, Boumerdès

Final

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Cameroon 1–0 Guinea
Otobong 51' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamed Benaissa (Algeria)

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cameroon 5 4 1 0 6 1 +5 13 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Guinea 5 3 1 1 7 5 +2 10 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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References

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