Football at the 1991 All-Africa Games

The 1991 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 5th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 21 and 30 September 1991 as part of the 1991 All-Africa Games.^[1]

1991 All-Africa Games
Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	21–30 September 1991
Teams	8 (from CAF (Africa) confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	45 (2.5 per match)
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Qualification

Main article: Football at the 1991 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The following countries qualified for the final tournament. For the first time, teams of Under-23 took part in the tournament.

Zone	Team
Hosts	Egypt
Zone I	Tunisia
Zone II	Mali
Zone III	Nigeria
Zone IV	Cameroon
Zone V	Uganda
Zone VI	Zimbabwe
Zone VII	Mauritius

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1991 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads

Final tournament

All times given as local time (UTC+2)

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
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	11	2	9	9
Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

21 September 1991

Egypt	1−2	Nigeria
Khashaba 60'		Babangida 47' Amunike 88'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

21 September 1991

Zimbabwe	2−1	Uganda

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

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23 September 1991

Nigeria	8−1	Uganda

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

23 September 1991

Egypt	2−3	Zimbabwe

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

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25 September 1991

Nigeria	1−0	Zimbabwe

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

25 September 1991

Egypt	1−0	Uganda

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	4	0	4	5
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	4
Mali	3	1	1	1	5	1	4	3
Mauritius	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

22 September 1991

Cameroon	1−0	Mali

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

22 September 1991

Tunisia	3−0	Mauritius

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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24 September 1991

Mali	5−0	Mauritius

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

24 September 1991

Cameroon	0−1	Tunisia

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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26 September 1991

Mali	0−0	Tunisia

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

26 September 1991

Mauritius	0−1	Cameroon

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Knockout stage

	Fifth place
	28 September – Ismailia
	Egypt (p)	1 (5)
	Mali	1 (4)
	Seventh place
	28 September – Alexandria
	Mauritius	1
	Uganda	0

7th Place Match

28 September 1991

Mauritius	1−0	Uganda

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

5th Place Match

28 September 1991

Egypt	1−1	Mali
Penalties
	5–4

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

	Semifinals				Final
	28 September – Ismailia
	Nigeria	0
					30 September – Cairo
	Cameroon	1
					Cameroon	1
	28 September – Alexandria
					Tunisia	0
	Tunisia	3
	Zimbabwe	1
					Third place
					30 September – Cairo
					Nigeria	3
					Zimbabwe	0

Semifinals

28 September 1991

Nigeria	0−1	Cameroon
		Bekombo 70'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Attendance: 4 000

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28 September 1991

Tunisia	3−1	Zimbabwe
Chihi 25' Bouhali 65' Kebaier 75'		Silfa 35'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 3 500

Third-place match

30 September 1991

Nigeria	3−0	Zimbabwe

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 4 000

Final

30 September 1991

Cameroon	1−0	Tunisia
Kemadjou 7'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5 000

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cameroon	5	4	0	1	4	1	+3	8
2	Tunisia	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	7
3	Nigeria	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	8
4	Zimbabwe	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Egypt (H)	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3
6	Mali	4	1	2	1	6	2	+4	4
7	Mauritius	4	1	0	3	1	9	−8	2
8	Uganda	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0