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	2	2	0	0	5	2	3	6
Rwanda	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	3
Malaysia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
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	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	7
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	6	3	3	5
Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
Iran	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Konockout Stage

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

External links

• Afro-Asian Games at RSSSF.com