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

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.

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)

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 Algeria7thGold medal (1978)
Zone I Tunisia3rdSilver medal (1991)
Zone II Guinea3rdSilver medal (1973)
Zone III Ghana4thBronze medal (1978, 2003)
Zone IV Cameroon6thGold medal (1991, 1999, 2003)
Zone V Egypt7thGold medal (1987, 1995)
Zone VI South Africa3rdBronze medal (1999)
 Zambia4thSilver medal (1999)
Zone VIIno 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:
Ghana 0 - 1 Cameroon
Christian Bekamenga  65'
South Africa 1 - 2 Tunisia
George Maluleke  3' Youssef Mouihbi  14'
Hamza Younes  81'
Cameroon 0 - 0 Tunisia
Ghana 0 - 2 South Africa
Bridget Motha  25'
George Maluleka  44'
Cameroon 2 - 0 South Africa
Guy Roger Toindouba  2'  26'
Tunisia 1 - 1 Ghana
Ben Amar Karim  20' Emmanuel Allan  23'

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) Host.
Guinea 1 - 1 Zambia
Ak Bangoura  59' Given Singuluma  75'
Algeria 2 - 1 Egypt
Hadj Bouguèche  66'
Sofiane Younès  82'		 Amr El Halwani  69'
Zambia 3 - 1 Egypt
Felix Sunzu  14'
Timothy Mbewe  35'
Signs Chibambo  51'		 Ibrahim Mohamed  74'
Guinea 2 - 1 Algeria
AK Bangoura  52'
Ibrahima Camara  88'		 Mohamed Amine Aoudia  36'
Zambia 1 - 1 Algeria
Christopher Musonda  90+' Mohamed Amine Aoudia  44'
Egypt 2 - 3 Guinea
Reda El-Weshi  4'  68' Mohamed Camara  78'
Mohamed Col Camara 79'
AK Bangoura  86'

Bracket
 
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
Cameroon 2 - 1 Zambia
Franck Njembe  50'
Christian Bekamenga  56' (pen)		 Simon Bwalya  90+2'
Guinea 1 - 0 Tunisia

Third Place Match
Zambia 0 - 1 Tunisia
Akram Maatouk  73'

Final
Cameroon 1 - 0 Guinea
Otobong  51' Report
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) Host.

See also

References
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