Football at the 2023 African Games

Football at the 2023 African Games
Football pictogram for the 2023 African Games
Event details
Games	2023 African Games
Host country	Ghana
Dates	7 – 22 March 2024
Venues	3 (in 2 host cities)
Men's tournament
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Medalists Gold  Ghana Silver  Uganda Bronze  Senegal
Women's tournament
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Medalists Gold  Ghana Silver  Nigeria Bronze  Uganda
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Football at the 2023 African Games will held in Ghana between 7 and 22 March 2024. In addition to the African Games host city of Accra, matches will also playing in Cape Coast.^[1]

Two events will be contesting: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with CAF may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's and women's teams were restricted to under-20 players for the tournament.^[2]

3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.

Accra
Accra Sports Stadium	UG Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 11,000
Cape Coast	Accra Cape Coast
Cape Coast Sports Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee was as below:
For men: The host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament.
For women: The eight teams who reached the fourth round of the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification are qualified to the Final Tournament.

Means of qualification	Venue(s)	Dates	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	Ghana
2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists	Egypt	25 February 2023	Nigeria
			Senegal
		26 February 2023	Congo
			South Sudan
			Uganda
		27 February 2023	Benin
			Gambia
			Tunisia
Total			9 teams

Means of qualification	Venue(s)	Dates	Qualified
2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th round	Home/away	12 December 2021	Morocco
		17 December 2021	Ethiopia
			Nigeria
			Uganda
		18 December 2021	Cameroon
			Ghana
			Senegal
			Tanzania
Total			8 teams

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Ghana Yakubu Saeed Vincent Anane Daniel Afful Aaron Essel Remember Adomako Nana kwame Boakyie Maxwell Azafokpe David Amuzu McCarthy Ofori Mohaison Mahamoud Emmanuel Adjei Abdul Aziz Issah Kese Fredrick Abdul Hakim Sulemana Emmanuel Mensah Kelvin Nkrumah Aziz Misbau Jerry Afriyie Michael Ephson 0	Uganda Abdul Magada Shamulan Kamya Humphrey Oyirwoth Haruna Lukwago Ibrahim Juma Enock Luyima Ronald Madoi Apollo Kagogwe Cyrus Kibande Rogers Torach Innocent Kisolo Ivan Irinimbabazi Allan Oyirwoth Hakim Mutebi Abbas Kyeyune Arafat Kizza Usama Patrick Jonah Kakande Shafiq Magogo Alpha Thiery Ssali Bruno Bunyaga	Senegal Prince Hally Gueye Mourtalla Fall Pape Mamadou Diouf Serigne Fallou Diouf Ousseynou Diakhate Daouda Ba Abdou Aziz Ndiaye Moustapha Gueye Ibrahima Diallo Famara Camara Mamadou Lamine Diouf Youssoupha Sanyang Cheick Tidiane Thiam Pierre Diatta Dorival Papa Magueye Gaye Yaya Dieme Lamine Mbengue Mamadou Sarr Idrissa Gueye Mame Alassane Niang
Women details	Ghana Afi Amenyaku Debora Brown Amina Ahamadu Comfort Yeboah Fatimata Fuseini Comfort Owusu Abiba Issah Abena Anoma Opoku Success Ameyaa Beline Nyarkoh Tracey Twun Stella Nyamekye Agnes Yeboah Salamatu Abdoulai Mercy Attobrah Mukarama Abdoulai Jacqueline Amponsah 0 0 0	Nigeria Anderline Mgbechi Rachael Unachukwu Faith Omilana Shukurat Oladipo Oluchi Ohaegbulem Jumoke Alani Chidinma Ogbuchi Oluwabunmi Oladeji Chidera Okenwa Adoo Yina Joy Igbokwe Chioma Olise Chinyere Kalu Olushola Shobowale Motunrayo Ezekiel Blessing Okpe Chiamaka Okwuchukwu Loveth Edeh Judith Okah Delight Nwosu	Uganda Sharon Kaidu Esther Akujo Cecilia Kamuli Harima Kanyago Catherine Wujja Claire Hilder Kebirungi Dorcus Lwalisa Patricia Akiror Shakirah Nankwanga Krusum Namutebi Shamirah Nalugya Phiona Nabulime Eva Nagayi Shamusa Najjuma Sumaya Nabuto 0 0 0 0 0

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ghana (GHA)*	2	0	0	2
2	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
3	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
4	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Semifinals
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	South Sudan	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	19 March – Accra
	Ghana	1
					22 March – Accra
	Senegal	0
					Ghana	1
	19 March – Accra
					Uganda	0
	Uganda	4
	Congo	2
					Bronze medal match
					22 March – Accra
					Senegal	2
					Congo	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Semifinals
2	Uganda	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Tanzania	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Semifinals
2	Senegal	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	18 March – Cape Coast
	Ghana	3
					21 March – Cape Coast
	Senegal	1
					Ghana (a.e.t.)	2
	18 March – Cape Coast
					Nigeria	1
	Nigeria	2
	Uganda	0
					Bronze medal match
					21 March – Cape Coast
					Senegal	0 (5)
					Uganda (p)	0 (6)

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