# Football at the 2019 African Games – Men's tournament

The 2019 African Games men's football tournament was the 12th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held as part of the 2019 African Games between 16–30 August 2019. Under-20 national teams took part in the tournament.

## Teams

Initially, qualification for the African Games tournament was shared with that of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Following the delay of the third round of qualification from June to September 2019 (after the African Games vent), CAF selected representative teams from nations that had participated in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations with the exception of Niger (host) who was replaced by Morocco.
* Morocco (hosts)
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Ghana
* Mali
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Senegal

## Venues

| Kenitra | Rabat | Salé |
| Stade Municipal | Stade Moulay Hassan | Sports Center of FAR |
| 34°15′09″N 6°34′17″W﻿ / ﻿34.2525°N 6.571389°W﻿ / 34.2525; -6.571389﻿ (Stade Municipal) | 33°58′33″N 6°49′27″W﻿ / ﻿33.9758°N 6.824249°W﻿ / 33.9758; -6.824249﻿ (Stade Moulay Hassan) | 34°02′17″N 6°43′32″W﻿ / ﻿34.038°N 6.725669°W﻿ / 34.038; -6.725669﻿ (Sports Center of FAR) |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 500 |
| Stade Moulay HassanStade MunicipalCS/FAR |||

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Morocco (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 August – Sports Center of FAR | 27 August – Sports Center of FAR |
| Senegal | 1 (4) |
| Senegal | 1 (4) | 30 August – Stade Boubker Ammar | 30 August – Stade Boubker Ammar |
| Burkina Faso (p) | 1 (5) | 30 August – Stade Boubker Ammar | 30 August – Stade Boubker Ammar |
| Burkina Faso (p) | 1 (5) | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| 27 August – Sports Center of FAR | 27 August – Sports Center of FAR | | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| 27 August – Sports Center of FAR | 27 August – Sports Center of FAR | Nigeria | 0 |
| Mali | 0 (4) | Nigeria | 0 |
| Nigeria (p) | 0 (5) | | |
| Nigeria (p) | 0 (5) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 August – Stade Municipal | 29 August – Stade Municipal |
| | | Mali | 0 (3) |
| | | Senegal | 0 (4) |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match.
4 goals
* Djibril Ouattara
* Tahiru Awudu
3 goals
* Abdoulaye Kanou
2 goals
* Elliass Dianda
* Ibrahim Sangaré
* Ahmad Ghali
* Youssouph Badji
1 goal
* Kalifa Nikiema
* Ibrahim Ouattara
* Ismahila Ouedraogo
* Cédric Mavugo
* Moussa Diarra
* Souleymane Dramé
* Mohssine Abba
* Ismail Moutaraji
* Chinonso Emeka
* Abubakar Ibrahim
* Yira Sor
* Ibrahima Dramé
* Baye War
* Ofentse Mashiane
1 own goal
* Sphiwe Nkabinde (against Burkina Faso)