2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers Dates 1 September 2006 – 26 March 2008
International football competition
The African Men's Olympic Qualifiers were held to determine the African national teams for under 23 which participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Beijing.
Preliminary competition was divided in three rounds. The first two rounds were knock-out rounds, and the final round was 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. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Gambia 0–4 Egypt 0–0 0–4 Sierra Leone 2–4 Rwanda 2–1 0–3 Guinea-Bissau 0–2 Guinea 0–2 0–0 Mozambique 5–3 Libya 1–0 4–3 South Africa 2–1 Namibia 1–0 1–1 Sudan 2–5 Equatorial Guinea 2–0 0–5 Malawi 2–01 Somalia 2–0 Zambia 10–02 Djibouti 10–0 Chad w/o Uganda — — Zimbabwe w/o Tanzania — — Mauritius w/o Burkina Faso — — Senegal w/o Comoros — — Ivory Coast w/o Lesotho — — Mauritania w/o Botswana — — Ethiopia w/o Liberia — — Benin w/o DR Congo — — Central African Republic w/o Algeria — —
^1 Only one leg because of security concerns in Somalia. ^2 Only one leg because of security concerns in Djibouti. 1 September 2006 (2006-09-01 )
8 October 2006 (2006-10-08 )
21:00 (UTC+2)
Egypt 4–0 Gambia Said 33' Magdy 39' Osama 56' , 78'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (
Algeria )
1 September 2006 (2006-09-01 )
Sierra Leone 2–1 Rwanda
2 September 2006 (2006-09-02 )
8 October 2006 (2006-10-08 )
6 October 2006 (2006-10-06 )
Libya 3–4 Mozambique
3 September 2006 (2006-09-03 )
8 October 2006 (2006-10-08 )
4 September 2006 (2006-09-04 )
Sudan 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
7 October 2006 (2006-10-07 )
Equatorial Guinea 5–0 Sudan
30 September 2006 (2006-09-30 )
7 October 2006 (2006-10-07 )
Second round First leg played on February 7 and February 8, 2007. Second leg played on March 23 to March 25, 2007.
^3 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.[ 1] ^4 DR Congo failed to appear, and blamed poor flight connections. FIFA handed walkover to Senegal.[ 2] 7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
14:30 (UTC+1)
Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
16:30 (UTC+0)
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (
Cameroon )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
15:30 (UTC+2)
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
23 March 2007 (2007-03-23 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
17:30 (UTC+1)
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
22 March 2007 (2007-03-22 )
14:30 (UTC+2)
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24 )
7 February 2007 (2007-02-07 )
25 March 2007 (2007-03-25 )
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mario Bougoura (
Guinea )
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 Ethiopia has withdrawn from the Olympic qualification after the first match due to millennium festivities in their country.[ 3]
Source: [citation needed ]
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
8 September 2007 (2007-09-08 )
14 October 2007 (2007-10-14 )
16 November 2007 (2007-11-16 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Group B Source: [citation needed ]
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
8 September 2007 (2007-09-08 )
9 September 2007 (2007-09-09 )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
17 November 2007 (2007-11-17 )
18 November 2007 (2007-11-18 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Group C Source: [citation needed ]
Referee: Jamal Ambaya (
Libya )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benaïssa (
Algeria )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
22 August 2007 (2007-08-22 )
Match abandoned at 80, when six Botswanan players were sent off forcing the referee to call off the game.
9 September 2007 (2007-09-09 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
13 October 2007 (2007-10-13 )
14 October 2007 (2007-10-14 )
17 November 2007 (2007-11-17 )
18 November 2007 (2007-11-18 )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
26 March 2008 (2008-03-26 )
References ^ Burkina Faso punished by FIFA for using over age players. Retrieved on January 7, 2008. ^ Beijing field narrows in Africa[dead link ] . Retrieved on March 25, 2007. ^ Ghana await FIFA over Ethiopia pull-out Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links Men's African Qualifiers for 2008 Summer Olympics - Rsssf.com Editions
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