# Football at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament

The 2023 African Games men's football tournament is the 13th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held as part of the 2023 African Games between 7 and 22 March 2024. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.

## Schedule

| P | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 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 | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 22 Fri |
| G | G | | | G | G | | | G | | | | ½ | | | | B | F |

## Qualification

As per the decision of CAF Executive Committee decided that the host nation, and the eight quarter-finalists of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations are qualified to the final tournament.
| Means of qualification | Venue(s) | Dates | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | Ghana |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 25 February 2023 | Nigeria |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 25 February 2023 | Senegal |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 26 February 2023 | Congo |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 26 February 2023 | South Sudan |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 26 February 2023 | Uganda |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 27 February 2023 | Benin |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 27 February 2023 | Gambia |
| 2023 U-20 Afcon quarter-finalists | Egypt | 27 February 2023 | Tunisia |
| Total | | | 9 teams |

## Venues

2 stadiums were allocated to host the matches.
| Accra | Accra | Accra | Accra |
| Accra | Accra | Accra Sports Stadium | UG Sports Stadium |
| Accra | Accra | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 11,000 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uganda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 19 March – Accra | 19 March – Accra |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 | 22 March – Accra | 22 March – Accra |
| Senegal | 0 | 22 March – Accra | 22 March – Accra |
| Senegal | 0 | Ghana | 1 |
| 19 March – Accra | 19 March – Accra | | Ghana | 1 |
| 19 March – Accra | 19 March – Accra | Uganda | 0 |
| Uganda | 4 | Uganda | 0 |
| Congo | 2 | | |
| Congo | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 22 March – Accra | 22 March – Accra |
| | | Senegal | 2 |
| | | Congo | 0 |

### Gold medal match
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.88 goals per match.
3 goals
* Jerry Afriyie
2 goals
* Sadiq Isyaka
* Idrissa Gueye
* Bruno Bunyaga
1 goal
* Servyl Akouala
* Moukouba Djolvy
* Mignon Koto
* Dechan Moussavou
* Ousman Ceesay
* Dawda Darbo
* Michael Ephson
* Abdul Aziz Issah
* Aziz Musibau
* Charles Aguda
* Favour Izuogu Chibueze
* Famara Camara
* Alassane Niang
* Lamine Sadio
* Ivan Irinimbabazi
* Apollo Kagogwe
* Abasi Kyeyune
* Hakim Mutebi
* Allan Oyirwoth
* Arafat Usama

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Ghana (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 13 | Gold Medal |
| | Uganda | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| | Senegal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Congo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Gambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | South Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |