The 1973 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the African Games men's football tournament for men. The football tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria between 8–16 January 1973 as part of the 1973 All-Africa Games.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
City | Lagos |
Dates | 8–16 January |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (1st title) |
Runners-up | Guinea |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Ghana |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 65 (4.06 per match) |
The following teams qualified for the final tournament:
Zone | Team |
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Hosts | Nigeria |
Zone I | Algeria |
Zone II | Guinea |
Zone III | Ghana |
Zone IV | Upper Volta |
Zone V | Congo |
Zone VI | Egypt |
Zone VII | Tanzania |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Egypt | 3–1 | Congo |
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Bazouka Abo Greisha Darwish |
Semifinals | Final | |||||
14 January – Lagos | ||||||
Nigeria | 4 | |||||
16 January – Lagos | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||
14 January – Ibadan | ||||||
Guinea | 0 | |||||
Guinea | 2 | |||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 January – Lagos | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Ghana | 1 |
Egypt | 2–1 | Ghana |
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Abo Greisha Bazouka |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Nigeria (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | ||||
2 | Guinea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 8 | ||||
3 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
4 | Ghana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | ||||
Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
5 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
6 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | ||||
7 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | ||||
8 | Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 32 |