Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games

1973 All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
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)
← 1965 1978 →

The 1973 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of the

The following teams qualified for the final tournament:

Zone	Team
Hosts	Nigeria
Zone I	Algeria
Zone II	Guinea
Zone III	Ghana
Zone IV	Upper Volta
Zone V	Congo
Zone VI	Egypt
Zone VII	Tanzania

Squads

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

8 January 1973 (1973-01-08)

Nigeria	4–2	Ghana
Igwe (pen.) Dombraye Oyarekhua		Owusu Sam

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 60 000

8 January 1973 (1973-01-08)

Algeria	4–2	Tanzania
Dahleb 29', 56' Dali 65', 77'		Gobon 63' Abderahmane 83'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 10 000

Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)

10 January 1973 (1973-01-10)

Nigeria	2–2	Algeria
Njoku 36' Oyarekhua 56'		Dali 50', 75'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 50 000

Referee: Théodore Laclé (Togo)

10 January 1973 (1973-01-10)

Ghana	1–0	Tanzania
Owusu

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

12 January 1973 (1973-01-12)

Nigeria	2–1	Tanzania

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

12 January 1973 (1973-01-12)

Ghana	2–0	Algeria
Sam 68'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 7 000

Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

8 January 1973 (1973-01-08)

Congo	3–0	Upper Volta

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

8 January 1973 (1973-01-08)

Guinea	4–1	Egypt
Kandia ? ? ?		Khalil 67'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

10 January 1973 (1973-01-10)

Egypt	3–1	Congo
Abo Greisha Darwish

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

10 January 1973 (1973-01-10)

Guinea	3–2	Upper Volta

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

12 January 1973 (1973-01-12)

Guinea	5–1	Congo
Kandia ? ? ?

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

12 January 1973 (1973-01-12)

Egypt	4–2	Upper Volta
Abo Greisha Gaafar

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Knockout phase

	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

Semi-finals

14 January 1973 (1973-01-14)

Nigeria	4–2	Egypt
Oyarekhua Olayombo		Gaafar 83' Shehata 85' (pen.)

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

14 January 1973 (1973-01-14)

Guinea	2–1	Ghana
		Owusu

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Third place playoff

16 January 1973 (1973-01-16)

Egypt	2–1	Ghana
Abo Greisha Bazouka

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Final

16 January 1973 (1973-01-16)

Nigeria	2–0	Guinea
Oyarekhua

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 60,000

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

External links

• All-Africa Games 1973 - rsssf.com