Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 31 October 2003.[1] The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

2003 Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityHyderabad
Dates22–31 October 2003
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan U-21
Runners-up India
Third place Zimbabwe
Fourth place Rwanda
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Zimbabwe Albert Mbano
India I.M. Vijayan
(4 goals each)

The football tournament was a men's-only event. Eight teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan U-21 youth team were the gold medalists beating the host country India in the final.[2] The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.

Original setting and withdrawals

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Initially, eight teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, the U-21 youth teams of Uzbekistan and Malaysia, and the U-23 youth team of Malavan F.C. which is an Iranian football club that represented the country. However, Cameroon withdrew, and Ghana was decided to replace Cameroon.

Just before the preliminaries were to begin, Ghana pulled out of the football events, leaving only seven teams participating.

Venues

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The football events were held in two stadiums - the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, which was the main stadium of the Games; and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium. The football finals were held in the latter stadium.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 6
  Rwanda 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 3
  Malaysia U-21 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
  Ghana Withdrew

Matches

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  India3–1  Rwanda
IM Vijayan   13'
Muttah Suresh   54'
Ashim Biswas   79'
Aziz Balinda   61'
  India2–0  Malaysia U-21
Jatin Singh Bisht   50'
IM Vijayan   64'
  Rwanda2–1  Malaysia U-21
Jimmy Iraguha   81', 87' Mohd Amri Yahyah  28'

Group B

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Iran were represented by U-23 club side Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club. Cameroon were replaced by Zimbabwe.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Uzbekistan U-21 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 7
  Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 6 3 3 5
  Burkina Faso 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
  Malavan Anzali U-23 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

Matches

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Zimbabwe  4–1  Burkina Faso
Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni   3', 74'
Albert Mbano   26', 82'
Barro Samba Seydou   16'
Malavan Anzali U-23  0–1  Uzbekistan U-21
Marat Bikmoev   48'
Zimbabwe  1–1  Malavan Anzali U-23
Brian Badza   3' Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari   59' (pen.)
Burkina Faso  0–1  Uzbekistan U-21
Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy   66'
Uzbekistan U-21  1–1  Zimbabwe
Ilkom Suyunov   50' Leonard Tsipa   17'
Burkina Faso  2–1  Malavan Anzali U-23
Abdul Moctar Diallo  
Germain Bationo 
Germain Bationo   o.g.'

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  India5
 
 
 
  Zimbabwe3
 
  India0
 
 
 
  Uzbekistan U-211
 
  Uzbekistan U-212
 
 
  Rwanda1
 

Semi-finals

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  Uzbekistan U-212–1  Rwanda
  • Mansur Saidov   63'
  • Konstantin Boev   102'
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  India5–3  Zimbabwe
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  • Mbano   5'
  • Edmore Mashiri   81' (pen.)
  • Simon Chipunza   87'

Third place match

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  Zimbabwe2–2
[asdet, 5–3 pen.]
  Rwanda
  • Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni   65'
  • Mbano   90'
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  • Hassan Milly   37'
  • Jimmy Iraguha   75'

Final

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India  0–1  Uzbekistan U-21
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Referee: Lu Chun (China)

Overall ranking

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Results Teams
  Uzbekistan U-21   India   Zimbabwe   Rwanda   Malavan Anzali U-23   Burkina Faso   Malaysia U-21   Ghana
Quarter-finals Withdrew
Victories 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
Losses 1 0 0 1 1 2 2
Draws 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Points 7 6 5 3 3 3 0
Semi-finals
Semifinalists         - - -
Points 3 3 0 0 - - -
Final
Finalists     - - - - -
Final Statistics
Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Medal  Gold  Silver  Bronze - - - -
Total points 13 9 5 3 3 3 0

References

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  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava; Stokkermans, Karel (2001). "Afro-Asian Games 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ "How have the Indian national team performed against African opponents?". Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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Preceded by
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Afro-Asian Games
Host City

I Afro-Asian Games (2003)
Succeeded by