The 1973 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria between 8–16 January 1973 as part of the 1973 All-Africa Games.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
City | Lagos |
Dates | 8–16 January |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (1st title) |
Runners-up | Guinea |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Ghana |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 65 (4.06 per match) |
Qualified teams edit
The following teams qualified for the final tournament:
Zone | Team |
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Hosts | Nigeria |
Zone I | Algeria |
Zone II | Guinea |
Zone III | Ghana |
Zone IV | Upper Volta |
Zone V | Congo |
Zone VI | Egypt |
Zone VII | Tanzania |
Squads edit
Group stage edit
Group 1 edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group 2 edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout phase edit
Semifinals | Final | |||||
14 January – Lagos | ||||||
Nigeria | 4 | |||||
16 January – Lagos | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||
14 January – Ibadan | ||||||
Guinea | 0 | |||||
Guinea | 2 | |||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 January – Lagos | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Ghana | 1 |
Semi-finals edit
Third place playoff edit
Final edit
Final ranking edit
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Nigeria (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | ||||
2 | Guinea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 8 | ||||
3 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
4 | Ghana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | ||||
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
5 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
6 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | ||||
7 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | ||||
8 | Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 32 |
External links edit
- All-Africa Games 1973 - rsssf.com