Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 31 October 2003.[1] The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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 U-21 youth team were the gold medalists beating the host country India in the final.[2] The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.
Original setting and withdrawals
editInitially, eight teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, the U-21 youth teams of Uzbekistan and Malaysia, and the U-23 youth team of Malavan F.C. which is an Iranian football club that represented the country. 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
editThe 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
edit| 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
edit| 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' | Mohd Amri Yahyah 28' |
Group B
editIran were represented by U-23 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 U-23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Matches
edit| Zimbabwe | 4–1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni 3', 74' Albert Mbano 26', 82' | Barro Samba Seydou 16' |
| Malavan Anzali U-23 | 0–1 | Uzbekistan U-21 |
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| Marat Bikmoev 48' |
| Zimbabwe | 1–1 | Malavan Anzali U-23 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 U-23 |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul Moctar Diallo Germain Bationo | Germain Bationo o.g.' |
Knockout stage
editBracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| India | 5 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 3 | |||||
| India | 0 | |||||
| Uzbekistan U-21 | 1 | |||||
| Uzbekistan U-21 | 2 | |||||
| Rwanda | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
edit| Uzbekistan U-21 | 2–1 | Rwanda |
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| Report |
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Third place match
edit| Zimbabwe | 2–2 [asdet, 5–3 pen.] | Rwanda |
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| Report |
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Final
edit| India | 0–1 | Uzbekistan U-21 |
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| Report |
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Overall ranking
edit| Results | Teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan U-21 | India | Zimbabwe | Rwanda | Malavan Anzali U-23 | 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
edit- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava; Stokkermans, Karel (2001). "Afro-Asian Games 2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "How have the Indian national team performed against African opponents?". Retrieved 22 December 2023.