Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games

2003 Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament
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
Runners-up  India
Third place  Zimbabwe
Fourth place  Rwanda

Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 31 October 2003. The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

The football tournament was a men's-only event. 8 teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan were the gold medallists. The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.

Original setting and withdrawals

Initially, 8 teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Iran, Malaysia, Cameroon and Burkina Faso. 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 7 teams participating.

Venues

The 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

22 October
 India 3 - 1  Rwanda
IM Vijayan  13'
Muttath Suresh  54'
Ashim Biswas  79'
Aziz Balinda  61'

24 October
 India 2 - 0  Malaysia
Jatin Singh Bisht  50'
IM Vijayan  64'

26 October
 Rwanda 2 - 1  Malaysia
Jimmy Iraguha  81'  87' Mohamed Amri Yahyah  28'
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 22005236
 Rwanda 21013413
 Malaysia 20021430
 Ghana Withdrew

Group B

23 October
 Zimbabwe 4 - 1  Burkina Faso
Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni  3'  74'
Albert Mbano  26'  82'
Barro Samba Seydou  16'

23 October
 Iran 0 - 1  Uzbekistan
Marat Bikmoev  48'

25 October
 Zimbabwe 1 - 1  Iran
Brian Badza  3' Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari  59' (pen)

25 October
 Burkina Faso 0 - 1  Uzbekistan
Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy  66'

27 October
 Uzbekistan 1 - 1  Zimbabwe
Ilkom Suyunov  50' Leonard Tsipa 17  17'

27 October
 Burkina Faso 2 - 1  Iran
Abdul Moctar Diallo
Germain Bationo
Germain Bationo  og'

Iran were represented by club side Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 32103127
 Zimbabwe 31206335
 Burkina Faso 31023633
 Iran 30122421

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals Final
   India 5  
  Zimbabwe 3  
 
       India 0
    Uzbekistan 1
   Uzbekistan 2
  Rwanda 1  

Overall ranking

RESULTS
 Uzbekistan  India  Zimbabwe  Rwanda  Iran  Burkina Faso  Malaysia  Ghana
Quarterfinals 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
Semifinals
Semifinalists - - -
Points 3 3 0 0 - - -
Finals
Finalists - - - - -
Final Statistics
Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Medal Gold Silver Bronze - - - -
Total points 13 9 5 3 3 3 0

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