Football at the 1987 All-Africa Games

1987 All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryKenya
CityNairobi
Dates1–12 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Malawi
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored43 (2.39 per match)
1978
1991
International football competition

The 1987 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Nairobi, Kenya between 1–12 August 1987 as part of the 1987 All-Africa Games.

Qualification

Zone Team
Hosts  Kenya
Zone I  Tunisia
Zone II  Senegal
Zone III  Ivory Coast
Zone IV  Cameroon
Zone V  Egypt
Zone VI  Malawi
Zone VII  Madagascar

Squads

Final tournament

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.

All times given as local time (UTC+3)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 5
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 5
 Madagascar 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 Tunisia 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Kenya 1–0 Tunisia
Ayoyi 86'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Cameroon 3–0 Madagascar
Ollé Ollé 5'
Kana-Biyik 36', 76'

Kenya 3–3 Cameroon
Ayoyi 7'
Mulamba 72'
Weche 75'
Ollé Ollé 15'
Djonkep 70'
Massing 81'
Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)
Tunisia 0–3 Madagascar
Razanatzimba 16', 54'
Andriantsitohaina 79'
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Kenya 2–1 Madagascar
Mulamba 56'
Odemba 88'
Dimbindrainy 13'
Referee: Mohamed Hafez (Egypt)
Cameroon 3–1 Tunisia
Tataw 3'
Kundé 30'
Ollé Ollé ?'
Jeridi 49' (pen.)
Referee: Dodji Hounnaké-Kouassi (Togo)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malawi 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
 Senegal 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Egypt 1–0 Senegal
Younes 64'
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Egypt 2–1 Ivory Coast
Abdel-Hameed 8', 63' Bamba 27'
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)
Malawi 2–0 Senegal
Waya 12', 89'
Referee: Mohamed Abdel-Salam Gasmalla (Sudan)

Ivory Coast 1–0 Senegal
Bamba 87'
Referee: Guy Rakotoarison (Madagascar)
Malawi 2–1 Egypt
Chimodzi 23'
Banda 87'
Ramadan 66'
Referee: Albert Agbovi (Ghana)

Knockout stage

 
Fifth place
 
  
 
8 August – Nairobi
 
 
 Ivory Coast (p)1 (3)
 
 
 Madagascar1 (2)
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
8 August – Nairobi
 
 
 Senegal1
 
 
 Tunisia0
 

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Ivory Coast 1–1 Madagascar
Bamba
Penalties
3–2
Referee: William Ochieng (Kenya)
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 August – Nairobi
 
 
 Cameroon1 (3)
 
12 August – Nairobi
 
 Egypt (p)1 (4)
 
 Egypt (a.e.t.)1
 
10 August – Nairobi
 
 Kenya0
 
 Malawi1 (3)
 
 
 Kenya (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
12 August – Nairobi
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
 
 Malawi3

Semifinals

Cameroon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Kana-Biyik 119' Ramadan 113'
Penalties
Sinkot soccer ball with red X
Arsena soccer ball with check mark
Tataw soccer ball with check mark
Djonkep soccer ball with check mark
Songo'o soccer ball with red X
3–4 soccer ball with check mark Abdelghani
soccer ball with check mark Shehata
soccer ball with check mark H. Hassan
soccer ball with red X Ali
soccer ball with check mark Younes
Referee: Rachid Madjiba (Algeria)

Malawi 1–1 (a.e.t.) Kenya
Ayoyi 44' Phiri 88'
Penalties
3–4
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

Third place match

Cameroon 1–3 Malawi
Ollé Ollé 26' Waya 25', 70'
Malunga 56'
Attendance: 80,000

Final

Egypt 1–0 (a.e.t.) Kenya
Ramadan 101'

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Egypt 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 7
2  Kenya (H) 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 6
3  Malawi 5 3 1 1 8 4 +4 7
4  Cameroon 5 2 2 1 11 8 +3 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Ivory Coast 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 5
6  Madagascar 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 3
7  Senegal 4 1 0 3 1 4 −3 2
8  Tunisia 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0

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