Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

2003 Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country India
City Hyderabad
Dates 22–31 October 2003
Teams 7 (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)

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

The football tournament was a men's-only event. 8 teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan were the gold medalists. The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.

Original setting and withdrawals

Initially, 8 teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Iran, Malaysia, Cameroon and Burkina Faso. 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 7 teams participating.

Venues

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 22005236
 Rwanda 21013413
 Malaysia U-21 20021430
 Ghana Withdrew

Matches

22 October
 India 3 - 1  Rwanda
IM Vijayan  13'
Muttah Suresh  54'
Ashim Biswas  79'
Aziz Balinda  61'

24 October
 India 2 - 0  Malaysia U-21
Jatin Singh Bisht  50'
IM Vijayan  64'

26 October
 Rwanda 2 - 1  Malaysia U-21
Jimmy Iraguha  81', 87' Mohamed Amri Yahyah  28'

Group B

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan U-21 32103127
 Zimbabwe 31206335
 Burkina Faso 31023633
Iran Malavan Anzali 30122421

Matches

23 October
Zimbabwe  4 - 1  Burkina Faso
Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni  3', 74'
Albert Mbano  26', 82'
Barro Samba Seydou  16'

23 October
Malavan Anzali Iran 0 - 1  Uzbekistan U-21
Marat Bikmoev  48'

25 October
Zimbabwe  1 - 1 Iran Malavan Anzali
Brian Badza  3' Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari  59' (pen.)

25 October
Burkina Faso  0 - 1  Uzbekistan U-21
Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy  66'

27 October
Uzbekistan U-21  1 - 1  Zimbabwe
Ilkom Suyunov  50' Leonard Tsipa  17'

27 October
Burkina Faso  2 - 1 Iran Malavan Anzali
Abdul Moctar Diallo
Germain Bationo
Germain Bationo  ?' (o.g.)

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
   India 5  
  Zimbabwe 3  
 
       India 0
    Uzbekistan U-21 1
   Uzbekistan U-21 2
  Rwanda 1  

Overall ranking

Results Teams
 Uzbekistan U-21  India  Zimbabwe  Rwanda Iran Malavan Anzali  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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