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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. Eight teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan were the gold medalists. The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.

Original setting and withdrawals

Initially, eight 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 seven 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

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 U-21 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
 Ghana Withdrew

Matches

 India3 - 1 Rwanda
IM Vijayan Goal 13'
Muttah Suresh Goal 54'
Ashim Biswas Goal 79'
Aziz Balinda Goal 61'
 India2 - 0 Malaysia U-21
Jatin Singh Bisht Goal 50'
IM Vijayan Goal 64'
 Rwanda2 - 1 Malaysia U-21
Jimmy Iraguha Goal 81'87' Mohamed Amri Yahyah Goal 28'

Group B

Iran were represented by club side Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club. Cameroon were replaced by Zimbabwe.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan U-21 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 Malavan Anzali 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

Matches

Zimbabwe 4 - 1 Burkina Faso
Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni Goal 3'74'
Albert Mbano Goal 26'82'
Barro Samba Seydou Goal 16'
Malavan Anzali Iran0 - 1 Uzbekistan U-21
Marat Bikmoev Goal 48'
Zimbabwe 1 - 1Iran Malavan Anzali
Brian Badza Goal 3' Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari Goal 59' (pen.)
Burkina Faso 0 - 1 Uzbekistan U-21
Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy Goal 66'
Uzbekistan U-21 1 - 1 Zimbabwe
Ilkom Suyunov Goal 50' Leonard Tsipa Goal 17'
Burkina Faso 2 - 1Iran Malavan Anzali
Abdul Moctar Diallo Goal
Germain BationoGoal
Germain Bationo Goal ?' (o.g.)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 India5
 
 
 
 Zimbabwe3
 
 India0
 
 
 
 Uzbekistan U-211
 
 Uzbekistan U-212
 
 
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Overall ranking

Results Teams
 Uzbekistan U-21  India  Zimbabwe  Rwanda Iran Malavan Anzali  Burkina Faso  Malaysia U-21  Ghana
Quarter-finals 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
Semi-finals
Semifinalists - - -
Points 3 3 0 0 - - -
Final
Finalists - - - - -
Final Statistics
Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Medal Gold Silver Bronze - - - -
Total points 13 9 5 3 3 3 0

References

External links

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