Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Congo won the tournament after a penalty shootout against the Ivorians.

Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
City	Beirut
Dates	26 September - 6 October
Teams	9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Congo
Runners-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Semenets Ridallah El Ghazoufi (3 goals)
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2009.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Congo	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2009-09-26

Lebanon	1 – 2	Congo
Ataya 9'		Cseke 74' Taleb 88' (o.g.)

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2009-09-28

Lebanon	0 – 3	Ivory Coast
		Deblé 38' Ngossan 75' Coulibaly 85'

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2009-09-30

Congo	2 – 2	Ivory Coast
Cseke 26' Lemina 29'		Coulibaly 38' Kouassi 66'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Rwanda	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2009-09-26

Canada	2 – 3	Rwanda
Semenets 75', 88'		Mvuyekure 21', 65' Surprenant 52' (o.g.)

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2009-09-28

Cameroon	3 – 1	Rwanda
Metogo 22' Kom 58' Belle 90+5'		Ntamuhanga 71'

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2009-09-30

Canada	2 – 0	Cameroon
De Medina 50' Semenets 65'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
Senegal	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
France	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2009-09-26

Morocco	1 – 0	Senegal
El Ghazoufi 90'

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2009-09-28

Senegal	1 – 1	France
Wade 27'		Cissé 34'

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2009-09-30

France	0 – 1	Morocco
		Kachani 33'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 October - Beirut
	Morocco	1
					6 October -
	Ivory Coast	2
					Ivory Coast	0 (3)
	3 October - Beirut
					Congo	0 (5)
	Congo	2 (2)
	Canada	2 (1)
					Third place
					5 October -
					Morocco	3
					Canada	1

Semi-finals

2009-10-03

Morocco	1 – 2	Ivory Coast
Fettouhi 45' (pen.)		Lago 11' Gnanbgo 90'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

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2009-10-03

Congo	2 – 2 (a.e.t)	Canada
Kaya 32' Lemina 56'		Whiteman 3' Agourram 89'
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka Makolo Cancred Ngavouka Cseke Tsiba Moukassa Gitel Boukama	2 – 1	Jarek Whiteman Miloš Šćepanović Reda Agourram Gino Mauro Alex Semenets

Beirut Municipality Stadium, Beirut

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3rd Place

2009-10-05

Morocco	3 – 1	Canada
El Ghazoufi 6', 36' Fettouhi 76' (pen.)		Surprenant 5'

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Final

2009-10-06

Ivory Coast	0 – 0 (a.e.t)	Congo
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka Christian Okoua Bakary Koné Antoine Ngossan Ange Gnangbo	3 – 5	Kouakou Mansou Ngavuka Cseke Nulva Ayessa Anderson Oliver Steven Bitsindou

See also

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

External links

• Sports at Official 2009 website