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2007 Men's All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	10–23 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (4th title)
Runners-up	Guinea
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Zambia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	35 (2.19 per match)
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The 2007 All-Africa Games football – Men's tournament was the 9th edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 10–23 July 2007 as part of the 2007 All-Africa Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams.

Qualification

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Zone	Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Hosts	Algeria	7th	Gold medal (1978)
Zone I	Tunisia	3rd	Silver medal (1991)
Zone II	Guinea	3rd	Silver medal (1973)
Zone III	Ghana	4th	Bronze medal (1978, 2003)
Zone IV	Cameroon	6th	Gold medal (1991, 1999, 2003)
Zone V	Egypt	7th	Gold medal (1987, 1995)
Zone VI	South Africa	3rd	Bronze medal (1999)
	Zambia	4th	Silver medal (1999)
Zone VII	no team

Squads

Final tournament

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Ghana	0–1	Cameroon
		Bekamenga 65'

South Africa	1–2	Tunisia
Maluleke 3'		Mouihbi 14' Younes 81'

Cameroon	0–0	Tunisia

Ghana	0–2	South Africa
Motha 25' Maluleka 44'

Cameroon	2–0	South Africa
Toindouba 2', 26'

Tunisia	1–1	Ghana
Karim 20'		Allan 23'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Algeria (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Guinea	1–1	Zambia
Bangoura 59'		Singuluma 75'

Algeria	2–1	Egypt
Bouguèche 66' Younès 82'		El Halwani 69'

Zambia	3–1	Egypt
Sunzu 14' Mbewe 35' Chibambo 51'		I. Mohamed 74'

Guinea	2–1	Algeria
Bangoura 52' I. Camara 88'		Aoudia 36'

Zambia	1–1	Algeria
Musonda 90+'		Aoudia 44'

Egypt	2–3	Guinea
El-Weshi 4', 68'		M. Camara 78' C. Camara 79' Bangoura 86'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	19 July – Boumerdes
	Cameroon	2
					22 July – Alger
	Zambia	1
					Cameroon	1
	19 July – Blida
					Guinea	0
	Guinea	1
	Tunisia	0
					Bronze medal match
					22 July – Boumerdes
					Zambia	0
					Tunisia	1

Semifinals

Cameroon	2–1	Zambia
Njembe 50' Bekamenga 56' (pen.)		Bwalya 90+2'

Guinea	1–0	Tunisia

Third-place match

Zambia	0–1	Tunisia
		Maatouk 73'

Final

Cameroon	1–0	Guinea
Otobong 51'	Report

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Cameroon	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	13	Gold Medal
	Guinea	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10	Silver Medal
	Tunisia	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8	Bronze Medal
4	Zambia	5	1	2	2	6	6	0	5	Fourth place
5	Algeria (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	South Africa	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
7	Ghana	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
8	Egypt	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

See also

• Football at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

References

External links

• 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament - rsssf.com

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