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. The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
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| Tournament details | |
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| 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) | Albert Mbano 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 were the gold medalists. The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.
Original setting and withdrawals
Initially, eight 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 seven 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 |
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
| India | 3 - 1 | Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
IM Vijayan  13'Muttah Suresh 54'Ashim Biswas 79' |
Aziz Balinda 61' |
| India | 2 - 0 | Malaysia U-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Jatin Singh Bisht 50' IM Vijayan 64' |
| 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 |
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 |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Matches
| Zimbabwe | 4 - 1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni 3', 74' Albert Mbano 26', 82' |
Barro Samba Seydou 16' |
| Malavan Anzali | 0 - 1 | Uzbekistan U-21 |
|---|---|---|
| Marat Bikmoev 48' |
| Zimbabwe | 1 - 1 | Malavan Anzali |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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
External links
Events at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) | |
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