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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = Afro-Asian Games Football Tournament
| year = 2003
| yearr =
| other_titles =
| image = Football_pictogram.svg
| size = 200px
| caption =
| city = Hyderabad
| country = India
| dates = 22–31 October 2003
| num_teams = 7
| confederations = 2
| venues = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]] [[G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium|GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium]]
| cities =
| champion_other = {{fbu|23|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
| count =
| second = India
| third = Zimbabwe
| third_other =
| fourth = Rwanda
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Albert Mbano]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[I. M. Vijayan]] (4 goals each)
}}
'''[[Association football|Football]]''' at the [[2003 Afro-Asian Games]] was held in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[India]] from 22 to 31 October 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html|title=Afro-Asian Games 2003|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928130141/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html|archive-date=28 September 2022|website=[[RSSSF]]|first1=Arunava|last1=Chaudhuri|first2=Karel|last2=Stokkermans|date=2001}}</ref> The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

The football tournament was a men's-only event. Eight teams were set to participate, but only seven played. The [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan U-21]] youth team were the gold medalists beating the host country [[India national football team|India]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-national-team-performance-african-opponents/blt96984fe7d939944d|title=How have the Indian national team performed against African opponents?|access-date=22 December 2023}}</ref> The host country took silver, while [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]] won bronze.

==Original setting and withdrawals==

Initially, eight teams were set to participate in the football events - [[India national football team|Burkina Faso]], [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]], [[India national football team|India]], [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]], [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]], the U-21 youth teams of [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan]] and [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia]], and the U-23 youth team of [[Malavan F.C.]] which is an Iranian football club that represented their country.

[[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] withdrew, and [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] was chosen as the replacement. However, just before the preliminaries, Ghana pulled out of the event, leaving only seven teams participating.

==Venues==

The football events were held in two stadiums - the [[G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium|GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium]], which was the main stadium of the Games; and the [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]]. The football finals were held in the latter stadium.

==Group A==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |{{Tooltip| Pld | Total games played}}
!width=20 abbr="Won" |{{Tooltip| W | Total games won}}
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |{{Tooltip| D | Total games drawn (tied)}}
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |{{Tooltip| L | Total games lost}}
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |{{Tooltip| GF | total goals scored (goals for)}}
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |{{Tooltip| GA | total goals conceded (goals against)}}
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |{{Tooltip| GD | Goals difference (GF–GA)}}
!width=20 abbr="Points" |{{Tooltip| Pts | Total points accumulated (3W+D)}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|India}}
|2||2||0||0||5||2||3||'''6'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|Rwanda}}
|2||1||0||1||3||4||1||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|23|MAS|name=Malaysia U-21}}
|2||0||0||2||1||4||−3||'''0'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{fb|Ghana}}
|colspan="8"|''Withdrew''
|}

===Matches===
{{football box
|date = '''22 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|India}}
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Rwanda}}
|goals1 = [[I. M. Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|13}} [[Muttath Suresh|M. Suresh]] {{goal|54}} [[Ashim Biswas (footballer)|Ashim]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = Aziz Balinda {{goal|61}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
-----
{{football box
|date = '''24 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|India}}
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|23|MAS|name=Malaysia U-21}}
|goals1 = [[Jatin Singh Bisht|Jatin ]] {{goal|50}} [[I. M. Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
-----
{{football box
|date = '''26 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|Rwanda}}
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|23|MAS|name=Malaysia U-21}}
|goals1 =
Jimmy Iraguha {{goal|81||87}}
|goals2 =
[[Mohd Amri Yahyah|Yahyah]] {{goal|28}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

==Group B==
Iran were represented by U-23 club side [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |{{Tooltip| Pld | Total games played}}
!width=20 abbr="Won" |{{Tooltip| W | Total games won}}
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |{{Tooltip| D | Total games drawn (tied)}}
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |{{Tooltip| L | Total games lost}}
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |{{Tooltip| GF | total goals scored (goals for)}}
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |{{Tooltip| GA | total goals conceded (goals against)}}
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |{{Tooltip| GD | Goals difference (GF–GA)}}
!width=20 abbr="Points" |{{Tooltip| Pts | Total points accumulated (3W+D)}}
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
|3||2||1||0||3||1||2||'''7'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{fb|Zimbabwe}}
|3||1||2||0||6||3||3||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{fb|Burkina Faso}}
|3||1||0||2||3||6||−3||'''3'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan U-23]]
|3||0||1||2||2||4||−2||'''1'''
|}

===Matches===
{{football box
|date = '''23 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Zimbabwe}}
|score = 4–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Burkina Faso}}
|goals1 = Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni {{goal|3||74}} Albert Mbano {{goal|26||82}}
|goals2 = Barro Samba Seydou {{goal|16}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = '''23 October'''
| time =
| team1 = [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan U-23]] {{flagicon|Iran}}
| score = 0–1
| report =
| team2 = {{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Marat Bikmoev {{goal|48}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
-----
{{football box
| date = '''25 October'''
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Zimbabwe}}
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan U-23]]
| goals1 = Brian Badza {{goal|3}}
| goals2 = Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari {{goal|59|pen.}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
|date = '''25 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Burkina Faso}}
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy {{goal|66}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date = '''27 October'''
|time =
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Zimbabwe}}
|goals1 = Ilkom Suyunov {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = Leonard Tsipa {{goal|17}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = '''27 October'''
| time =
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Burkina Faso}}
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan U-23]]
| goals1 = Abdul Moctar Diallo {{goal}} Germain Bationo{{goal}}
| goals2 = Germain Bationo {{goal|o.g.}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
}}

==Knockout stage==

=== Bracket ===
{{Round4 | align="center"


| | '''{{fb|IND}}'''|'''5'''|{{fb|ZIM}}|3
| | '''{{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|RWA}}|1

| | {{fb|IND}}|0|'''{{fbu|23|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}'''|1
|}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|2003|10|29|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
| team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
| time =
| score1 = 2
| score2 = 1
| goals1 =
*Mansur Saidov {{goal|63}}
*Konstantin Boev {{goal|102}}
| report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html
| goals2 =
*[[Jimmy Mulisa|Mulisa]] {{goal|73}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
| location = Hyderabad
}}

{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|2003|10|29|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fb|IND}}
| team2 = {{fb|ZIM}}
| time =
| score1 = 5
| score2 = 3
| goals1 =
*[[I. M. Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|25||33}}
*[[Bhaichung Bhutia|Bhutia]] {{goal|41||83|pen.}}
*[[Renedy Singh|R.Singh]] {{goal|58}}
| report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html
| goals2 =
*[[Albert Mbano|Mbano]] {{goal|5}}
*Edmore Mashiri {{goal|81|pen.}}
*Simon Chipunza {{goal|87}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
| location = Hyderabad
}}

===Third place match===
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|2003|10|31|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fb|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
| time =
| score1 = 2
| score2 = 2 
| aet = yes
|penaltyscore = 5–3
| goals1 =
*Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni {{goal|65}}
*[[Albert Mbano|Mbano]] {{goal|90}}
| report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html
| goals2 =
*Hassan Milly {{goal|37}}
*Jimmy Iraguha {{goal|75}}
| stadium =
| attendance =
| referee =
| location = Hyderabad
}}

=== Final ===
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|2003|10|31|df=y}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{fbu|21|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
| time =
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 1
| goals1 =
| report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asafrgam01.html
| goals2 =
[[Islom Inomov]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
| attendance =
| referee = Lu Chun ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
| location = Hyderabad
}}

==Overall ranking==

{| class="wikitable" align="center" border="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | '''Results'''
! colspan="8" width="10%" | Teams
|-
! width="8%" | {{fbu|23|UZB|name=Uzbekistan U-21}}
! width="8%" | {{fb|India}}
! width="8%" | {{fb|Zimbabwe}}
! width="8%" |{{fb|Rwanda}}
! width="8%" |{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Malavan F.C.|Malavan U-23]]
! width="8%" |{{fb|Burkina Faso}}
! width="8%" |{{fbu|23|MAS|name=Malaysia U-21}}
! width="8%" |{{fb|Ghana}}
|-
! rowspan="14" |
! colspan="8" | '''Quarter-finals''' || rowspan="14"| ''Withdrew''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Victories
| style="text-align:centre; background:#f2f2f2;" | 1 || '''2''' || 1 || style="text-align:centre; background:#efefef;" | 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Losses
| style="text-align:centre; background:#f2f2f2;" | 1 || 0 || 0 || style="text-align:centre; background:#efefef;" | 1 || 1 || '''2''' || '''2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Draws
| style="text-align:centre; background:#f2f2f2;" | 1 || 0 || '''2''' || style="text-align:centre; background:#efefef;" | 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="ccccfff"
| style="text-align:left; background:ccccfff;" | ''Points''
| style="text-align:centre; background:ccccfff;" | '''7''' || 6 || 5 || style="text-align:centre; background:ccccfff;" | 3 || 3 || 3 || 0
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Semi-finals'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | '''Semifinalists'''
| style="text-align:centre; background:#f2f2f2;" | [[File:Green tick.svg|20 px]] || [[File:Green tick.svg|20 px]] || [[File:Green tick.svg|20 px]] || [[File:Green tick.svg|20 px]] || style="text-align:centre; background:#efefef;" | – || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}}
|- bgcolor="ccccfff"
| style="text-align:left; background:ccccfff;" | ''Points''
| style="text-align:centre; background:ccccfff;" | '''3''' || '''3''' || 0 || style="text-align:centre; background:ccccfff;" | 0 || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}}
|-
!colspan="8" | '''Final'''
|- bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| style="text-align:left; background:#FFDEAD;" | '''''Finalists'''''
| style="text-align:centre; background:#FFDEAD;" | [[File:Green tick pointed.svg|20 px]] || [[File:Green tick pointed.svg|20 px]] || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}}
|-
!colspan="8" | '''''Final Statistics'''''
|- bgcolor="#EEDC82"
| style="text-align:left; background:#EEDC82;" | '''Ranking'''
| style="text-align:centre; background:#EEDC82;" | '''1''' || style="text-align:centre; background:#EEDC82;" | '''2''' || '''3''' || '''4''' || '''5''' || '''6''' || '''7'''
|- bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| style="text-align:left; background:#FFDEAD;" | '''Medal'''
| style="text-align:centre; background:#FFDEAD;" | [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|10px]]'''Gold''' || [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|10px]]'''Silver''' || [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|10px]]'''Bronze''' || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}} || {{N/a}}
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | '''Total points'''
| style="text-align:centre; background:#f2f2f2;" | '''13''' || 9 || 5 || style="text-align:centre; background:#efefef;" | 3 || 3 || 3 || 0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
|title=''[[Afro-Asian Games]]'' Host City
|before= -
| after=''[[2nd Afro-Asian Games|Algiers]]''
|years=''I Afro-Asian Games'' (2003)
}}
{{S-end}}

{{EventsAt2003Afro-AsianGames}}
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Marinavan at 18:29, 21 March 2026