Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
Preliminary competition will be divided in three rounds. First two rounds will be knock-out rounds, and the final round will be a group stage.
First round
First leg played on September 1 to September 3, 2006. Second leg played on October 6 to October 8, 2006.
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
*Chad | Uganda | |||
Zimbabwe | Tanzania* | |||
Djibouti | 0–10 | Zambia | 0–10 | |
South Africa | 2–1 | Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Gambia | 0–4 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–4 |
*Mauritius | Burkina Faso | |||
Senegal | Comoros* | |||
Ivory Coast | Lesotho* | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Mozambique | 5–3 | Libya | 1–0 | 4–3 |
Malawi | 2–0 | Somalia | 2–0 | |
Sierra Leone | 2–4 | Rwanda | 2–1 | 0–3 |
*Mauritania | Botswana | |||
Ethiopia | Liberia* | |||
*Benin | DR Congo | |||
*Central African Republic | Algeria | |||
Sudan | 2–5 | Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 0–5 |
- * = withdrew
Second round
First leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.
Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 2–4 | Ethiopia | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Senegal | DR Congo* | |||
South Africa | 2–0 | Uganda | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Egypt | 2–4 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Zimbabwe | 2–4 | Cameroon | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Angola | 0–2 | Guinea | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Nigeria | 7–0 | Equatorial Guinea | 5–0 | 2–0 |
Zambia | 4–3 | Malawi | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Burkina Faso | 0–5 | Ghana | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Mali | 4–2 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 3–2 |
Tunisia | 0–1 | Botswana | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Morocco | 4–0 | Rwanda | 3–0 | 1–0 |
* = Congo DR failed to appear, and blamed poor flight connections. FIFA handed walkover to Senegal.[1]
Burkina Faso penalized by FIFA for allegedly using two overage players during first leg match against Ghana. The original score was Burkina Faso won by 2–0.[2]
Final round
Matches played from June 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008. The winner of each group will represent Africa at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Group A
Note - Ethiopia has apparently withdrawn from Olympic qualification.[3]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
Ghana | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
South Africa | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
Ethiopia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
June 1-June 3, 2007
Ethiopia | [2–2] | South Africa |
Nigeria | 3–2 | Ghana |
Ethiopia-South Africa result expunged following Ethiopia's withdrawal.
August 22, 2007
South Africa | 1–1 | Nigeria |
September 7-September 9, 2007
South Africa | 1–3 | Ghana |
October 12-October 13, 2007
Ghana | 3–1 | South Africa |
November 16, 2007
Ghana | 0–0 | Nigeria |
March 26, 2008
Nigeria | 3–0 | South Africa |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivory Coast | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
Zambia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Senegal | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
Mali | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 |
June 1-June 3, 2007
Zambia | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
Senegal | 0–0 | Mali |
August 22, 2007
Mali | 1–2 | Zambia |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Senegal |
September 7-September 9, 2007
Ivory Coast | 3–1 | Mali |
Zambia | 1–1 | Senegal |
October 12-October 13, 2007
Mali | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
Senegal | 2–1 | Zambia |
November 16-November 18, 2007
Ivory Coast | 4–1 | Zambia |
Mali | 1–0 | Senegal |
March 26, 2008
Zambia | 4–1 | Mali |
Senegal | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
Morocco | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
Botswana | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
Guinea | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 |
June 1-June 3, 2007
Cameroon | 6–1 | Guinea |
Morocco | 1–0 | Botswana |
August 22, 2007
Botswana | 0–0 | Cameroon |
Guinea | 0–3 | Morocco |
September 7-September 9, 2007
Guinea | 2–0* | Botswana |
Cameroon | 2–1 | Morocco |
October 12-October 13, 2007
Botswana | 2–1 | Guinea |
Morocco | 2–2 | Cameroon |
November 16-November 18, 2007
Guinea | 1–3 | Cameroon |
Botswana | 2–0 | Morocco |
March 26, 2008
Cameroon | 1–0 | Botswana |
Morocco | 1–0 | Guinea |
* = Six of Botswana's players were sent off, forcing the referee to call off the game with ten minutes to go.
References
- ↑ Beijing field narrows in Africa. Retrieved on March 25, 2007.
- ↑ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008.
- ↑ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out