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  010  Zambia 010
South AfricaSouth Africa 21  Namibia 10 11
Gambia  04  Egypt 00 04
*Mauritius   Burkina Faso
Senegal   Comoros*
Ivory Coast   Lesotho*
Guinea-Bissau  02  Guinea 02 00
Mozambique  53  Libya 10 43
Malawi  20  Somalia 20
Sierra Leone  24  Rwanda 21 03
*Mauritania   Botswana
Ethiopia   Liberia*
*Benin   DR Congo
*Central African Republic   Algeria
Sudan  25  Equatorial Guinea 20 05
* = 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  24  Ethiopia 13 11
Senegal   DR Congo*
South Africa South Africa 20  Uganda 20 00
Egypt  24  Ivory Coast 11 13
Zimbabwe  24  Cameroon 11 13
Angola  02  Guinea 00 02
Nigeria  70  Equatorial Guinea 50 20
Zambia  43  Malawi 32 11
Burkina Faso  05  Ghana 03 02
Mali  42  Mozambique 10 32
Tunisia  01  Botswana 00 01
Morocco  40  Rwanda 30 10

* = 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 20.[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Note - Ethiopia has apparently withdrawn from Olympic qualification.[3]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 8422073+4
 Ghana 7421185+3
South Africa South Africa 140133107
 Ethiopia --------

June 1-June 3, 2007

Ethiopia  [22] South Africa South Africa
Nigeria  32  Ghana

Ethiopia-South Africa result expunged following Ethiopia's withdrawal.

August 22, 2007

South Africa South Africa 11  Nigeria

September 7-September 9, 2007

South Africa South Africa 13  Ghana

October 12-October 13, 2007

Ghana  31 South Africa South Africa

November 16, 2007

Ghana  00  Nigeria

March 26, 2008

Nigeria  30 South Africa South Africa

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ivory Coast 156501136+7
 Zambia 106312119+2
 Senegal 56123473
 Mali 461145116

June 1-June 3, 2007

Zambia  20  Ivory Coast
Senegal  00  Mali

August 22, 2007

Mali  12  Zambia
Ivory Coast  20  Senegal

September 7-September 9, 2007

Ivory Coast  31  Mali
Zambia  11  Senegal

October 12-October 13, 2007

Mali  12  Ivory Coast
Senegal  21  Zambia

November 16-November 18, 2007

Ivory Coast  41  Zambia
Mali  10  Senegal

March 26, 2008

Zambia  41  Mali
Senegal  12  Ivory Coast

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cameroon 146420145+9
 Morocco 10631286+2
 Botswana 7621345 -1
 Guinea 36105515-10

June 1-June 3, 2007

Cameroon  61  Guinea
Morocco  10  Botswana

August 22, 2007

Botswana  00  Cameroon
Guinea  03  Morocco

September 7-September 9, 2007

Guinea  20*  Botswana
Cameroon  21  Morocco

October 12-October 13, 2007

Botswana  21  Guinea
Morocco  22  Cameroon

November 16-November 18, 2007

Guinea  13  Cameroon
Botswana  20  Morocco

March 26, 2008

Cameroon  10  Botswana
Morocco  10  Guinea

* = Six of Botswana's players were sent off, forcing the referee to call off the game with ten minutes to go.

References

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