Football at the 2023 African Games was held in Ghana between 7 and 22 March 2024. In addition to the African Games host city of Accra, matches were also played in Cape Coast.
Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with CAF may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's and women's teams were restricted to under-20 players for the tournament.
Schedule PGroup stage½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match Event↓/Date → 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri Men G G G G G ½ B F Women G G G G G G ½ B F
Venues 3 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
Accra Accra Sports Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 11,000 Cape Coast Cape Coast Sports Stadium Capacity: 15,000
Qualification As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee was as below: For men: The host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament. For women: The eight teams who reached the fourth round of the 2022 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification are qualified to the Final Tournament.
Men's qualification
Means of qualificationVenue(s)DatesQualifiedHost nation2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists25 February 202326 February 202327 February 2023Total9 teams
Women's qualification
Means of qualificationVenue(s)DatesQualified2022 African U-20 W-WC qualification 4th roundHome/away12 December 202117 December 202118 December 2021Total8 teams
Medal summary Results Men Yakubu SaeedVincent AnaneDaniel AffulAaron EsselRemember AdomakoNana kwame BoakyieMaxwell AzafokpeDavid AmuzuMcCarthy OforiMohaison MahamoudEmmanuel AdjeiAbdul Aziz IssahKese FredrickAbdul Hakim SulemanaEmmanuel MensahKelvin NkrumahAziz MisbauJerry AfriyieMichael Ephson Abdul MagadaShamulan KamyaHumphrey OyirwothHaruna LukwagoIbrahim JumaEnock LuyimaRonald MadoiApollo KagogweCyrus KibandeRogers TorachInnocent KisoloIvan IrinimbabaziAllan OyirwothHakim MutebiAbbas KyeyuneArafat Kizza UsamaPatrick Jonah KakandeShafiq MagogoAlpha Thiery SsaliBruno Bunyaga Prince Hally GueyeMourtalla FallPape Mamadou DioufSerigne Fallou DioufOusseynou DiakhateDaouda BaAbdou Aziz NdiayeMoustapha GueyeIbrahima DialloFamara CamaraMamadou Lamine DioufYoussoupha SanyangCheick Tidiane ThiamPierre Diatta DorivalPapa Magueye GayeYaya DiemeLamine MbengueMamadou SarrIdrissa GueyeMame Alassane NiangWomen Afi AmenyakuDebora BrownAmina AhamaduComfort YeboahFatimata FuseiniComfort OwusuAbiba IssahAbena Anoma OpokuSuccess AmeyaaBeline NyarkohTracey TwunStella NyamekyeAgnes YeboahSalamatu AbdoulaiMercy AttobrahMukarama AbdoulaiJacqueline Amponsah Anderline MgbechiRachael UnachukwuFaith OmilanaShukurat OladipoOluchi OhaegbulemJumoke AlaniChidinma OgbuchiOluwabunmi OladejiChidera OkenwaAdoo YinaJoy IgbokweChioma OliseChinyere KaluOlushola ShobowaleMotunrayo EzekielBlessing OkpeChiamaka OkwuchukwuLoveth EdehJudith OkahDelight Nwosu Sharon KaiduEsther AkujoCecilia KamuliHarima KanyagoCatherine WujjaClaire Hilder KebirungiDorcus LwalisaPatricia AkirorShakirah NankwangaKrusum NamutebiShamirah NalugyaPhiona NabulimeEva NagayiShamusa NajjumaSumaya Nabuto
Medal table
Men's tournament
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Women's tournament
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
References
External links Disciplines - 2023 edition official website Results book