Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = All-Africa Games
football tournament
| year = 1973
| image =
| country = Nigeria
| city = Lagos
| dates = 8–16 January
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fb|NGR}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fb|GUI}}
| third_other = {{fb|EGY|1972}}
| fourth_other = {{fb|GHA}}
| matches = 16
| goals = 65
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| prevseason = 1965
| nextseason = 1978
}}
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.
Qualified teams
{{Main|Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification}}
The following teams qualified for the final tournament:
| class="wikitable"
!width=60|Zone!!width=170|Team | |
| align=center|Hosts | {{fb|NGR}} |
| align=center|Zone I | {{fb|ALG}} |
| align=center|Zone II | {{fb|GUI}} |
| align=center|Zone III | {{fb|GHA}} |
| align=center|Zone IV | {{fb|Upper Volta}} |
| align=center|Zone V | {{fb|CGO|1970}} |
| align=center|Zone VI | {{fb|EGY|1972}} |
| align=center|Zone VII | {{fb|TAN}} |
Squads
{{main|Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads}}
Group stage
=Group 1=
|section=Group 1
|winpoints=2
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=NGR|name_NGR={{fb|NGR}}
|team2=GHA|name_GHA={{fb|GHA}}
|team3=ALG|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}
|team4=TAN|name_TAN={{fb|TAN}}
|win_NGR=2|draw_NGR=1|loss_NGR=0|gf_NGR=8|ga_NGR=5
|win_GHA=2|draw_GHA=0|loss_GHA=1|gf_GHA=5|ga_GHA=4
|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=1|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=6|ga_ALG=6
|win_TAN=0|draw_TAN=0|loss_TAN=3|gf_TAN=3|ga_TAN=7
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|8|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|Ghana}}
| score = 4–2
| aet =
| goals1 = Igwe {{goal||pen.}}
Dombraye {{goal|}}
Oyarekhua {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 = Owusu {{goal|}}
Sam {{goal|}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance = 60 000
| referee =
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|8|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Algeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|Tanzania}}
| score = 4–2
| aet =
| goals1 = Dahleb {{goal|29||56}}
Dali {{goal|65||77}}
| goals2 = Gobon {{goal|63}}
Abderahmane {{goal|83}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance = 10 000
| referee = Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)
| report =
}}
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|10|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|Algeria}}
| score = 2–2
| aet =
| goals1 = Njoku {{goal|36}}
Oyarekhua {{goal|56}}
| goals2 = Dali {{goal|50||75}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance = 50 000
| referee = Théodore Laclé (Togo)
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|10|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Ghana}}
| team2 = {{fb|Tanzania}}
| score = 1–0
| aet =
| goals1 = Owusu {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|12|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|Tanzania}}
| score = 2–1
| aet =
| goals1 = Igwe {{goal|}}
? {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|12|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Ghana}}
| team2 = {{fb|Algeria}}
| score = 2–0
| aet =
| goals1 = Oppong {{goal|38|pen.}}
Sam {{goal|68}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance = 7 000
| referee = Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)
| report =
}}
=Group 2=
|section=Group 2
|winpoints=2
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=GUI|name_GUI={{fb|GUI}}
|team2=EGY|name_EGY={{fb|EGY|1972}}
|team3=CGO|name_CGO={{fb|CGO|1970}}
|team4=UVL|name_UVL={{fb|Upper Volta}}
|win_GUI=3|draw_GUI=0|loss_GUI=0|gf_GUI=12|ga_GUI=4
|win_EGY=2|draw_EGY=0|loss_EGY=1|gf_EGY=8|ga_EGY=7
|win_CGO=1|draw_CGO=0|loss_CGO=2|gf_CGO=5|ga_CGO=8
|win_UVL=0|draw_UVL=0|loss_UVL=3|gf_UVL=4|ga_UVL=10
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|8|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Congo|1970}}
| team2 = {{fb|Upper Volta}}
| score = 3–0
| aet =
| goals1 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|8|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Guinea}}
| team2 = {{fb|EGY|1972}}
| score = 4–1
| aet =
| goals1 = Kandia {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
| goals2 = Khalil {{goal|67}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|10|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}
| team2 = {{fb|Congo|1970}}
| score = 3–1
| aet =
| goals1 = Bazouka {{goal|}}
Abo Greisha {{goal|}}
Darwish {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|10|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Guinea}}
| team2 = {{fb|Upper Volta}}
| score = 3–2
| aet =
| goals1 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|12|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Guinea}}
| team2 = {{fb|Congo|1970}}
| score = 5–1
| aet =
| goals1 = Kandia {{goal}} {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
? {{goal}}
| goals2 = {{goal}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|12|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}
| team2 = {{fb|Upper Volta}}
| score = 4–2
| aet =
| goals1 = Abo Greisha {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Gaafar {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
}}
Knockout phase
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place
|14 January – Lagos|{{fb|NGR}}|4|{{fb|EGY|1972}}|2
|14 January – Ibadan|{{fb|GUI}}|2|{{fb|GHA}}|1
|16 January – Lagos|{{fb|NGR}}|2|{{fb|GUI}}|0
|16 January – Lagos|{{fb|EGY|1972}}|2|{{fb|GHA}}|1
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|14|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|EGY|1972}}
| score = 4–2
| aet =
| goals1 = Oyarekhua {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Olayombo {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 = Gaafar {{goal|83}}
Shehata {{goal|85|pen.}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
| penalties1 =
| penaltyscore =
| penalties2 =
}}
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{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|14|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Guinea}}
| team2 = {{fb|Ghana}}
| score = 2–1
| aet =
| goals1 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 = Owusu {{goal|}}
| stadium = Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
| penalties1 =
| penaltyscore =
| penalties2 =
}}
=Third place playoff=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|16|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}
| team2 = {{fb|Ghana}}
| score = 2–1
| aet =
| goals1 = Abo Greisha {{goal|}}
Bazouka {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}}
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| report =
| penalties1 =
| penaltyscore =
| penalties2 =
}}
=Final=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1973|1|16|df=y}}
| event =
| round =
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Nigeria}}
| team2 = {{fb|Guinea}}
| score = 2–0
| aet =
| goals1 = Oyarekhua {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Surulere Stadium, Lagos
| attendance = 60,000
| referee =
| report =
| penalties1 =
| penaltyscore =
| penalties2 =
}}
Final ranking
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=20|Rank
!width=200|Team !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:gold;"
|1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NGR}} (H) |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 |
| style="background:silver;"
|2 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GUI}} |5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 8 |
| style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1972}} |5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GHA}} |5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| colspan=14 | Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ALG}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CGO|1970}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| 7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TAN}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| 8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Upper Volta}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
| colspan=2|Total
!32||15||2||15||65||65||0||32 |
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afrgames73.html All-Africa Games 1973] - rsssf.com
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