African U-23 Championship 2023

NB: served as qualifying tournament for the 2024 Olympics Games.
 
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.
 
First Round [22-27 September 2022]

Guinea-Bissau             0-0 2-4 Niger
  [Camará 78, 88; Boulhassane 36, Amoustapha 47, 67,
   Amoumane 50]
Tanzania                  0-0 3-3 South Sudan
  [Sopu 10pen, Msengi 40, John 68; Lual 24, Malish 54,
   Angier 66pen]
Swaziland                 2-0 1-2 Botswana
  [B. Dlamini 45, Simelane 48]
  [N. Dlamini 75; Molefe 30, Mbakile 45]
Mauritania                1-0 0-2 Togo
  [El Abd 90+4]
  [Avotor 47, Laba 68]
Ethiopia                  0-0 0-1 DR Congo             [DR Congo later disqualified]
  [Bongonga 74]
Mozambique                3-0 2-1 Mauritius
  [Gaby 13, Lorenzoni 32, Sidat 84]
  [Sidat 14, Ivan 82; Aristide 90+1pen]
Burkina Faso              0-1 2-1 Gambia
  [Bojang 78pen]
  [Dao 8, Botué 70pen; Ba 82]
Libya                     4-1 0-3 Rwanda
  [Al-Qulaib 20pen, 48, Yousef 52, Salama 88; Kamanzi 76]
  [Niyigena 38, 53, Rudasingwa 72pen]
Madagascar                5-0 7-1 Seychelles
  [Randrianantenaina 12, 38, Raheriniaina 16, Jinidy 49,
   Paul 87pen]
  [Randrianandrasana 7, Raheriniaina 11, 83, Randrianantenaina
   18, 66, Fauré 54og, Ratsimbazafy 85; Aboudou 4]
Angola                    2-1 6-0 Namibia
  [Bito 63, Picas 70; Tsuseb 58]
  [Benvindo 5, Benarfa 23, Capita 29, 76, Bito 46, Melono 84]


Second Round [22-30 October 2022]

Niger                     0-0 1-1 Ivory Coast
  [Amoustapha 46; Traoré 59]
Sudan                     2-0 1-3 Benin
  [Nouh 44, Abdalah 80]
  [Winsavi 82og; Abdou 38, Dassi 42, Hounkpè 72]
Tanzania                  1-1 0-2 Nigeria
  [Msengi 76pen; Makanjuola 29pen]
  [Ogunniyi 59, Makanjuola 67pen]
Swaziland                 0-0 0-1 Egypt
  [Faisal 70]
Sierra Leone              1-1 0-1 Zambia
  [A. Conteh 58pen; Mutale 90pen]
  [Phiri 65]
Togo                      2-2 0-0 South Africa
  [Laba 21, Wetchire 80pen; Van Wyk 28, Cupido 31pen]
Congo                     1-0 1-2 Tunisia
  [Bassinga 1]
  [Bassinga 85; Labidi 9, Garreb 60]
DR Congo                  4-1 1-3 Algeria              [DR Congo later disqualified]                
  [Mujaya 3, Ikangalombo 20, 23, Bakata 56; Bekkouche 85]
  [Mwamba 58; Belkhir 10, 63, Bekkouche 48]
Mozambique                1-2 0-2 Ghana
  [Vilanculos 88; Afriyie 65pen, 76pen]
  [Simba 45+1, Afriyie 54pen]
Burkina Faso              0-0 0-0 Senegal              [3-5 on penalty kicks]
Rwanda                    1-1 0-1 Mali
  [Diaby 44og; Diomandé 43]
  [Traoré 35]
Madagascar                0-1 0-4 Gabon
  [Ovono 65]
  [Mbenga 4, Ovono 21, Kabinambele 56, Nkoghe 80]
Angola                    2-3 0-0 Cameroon
  [Zini 14, 88; Kaiba 7, Ndjantou 65, 73]

Third Round [22-28 March 2023]

Niger                     0-0 2-1 Sudan
  [Boulhassane 30, Amoustapha 78; Manu 88]
Nigeria                   0-0 0-2 Guinea
  [Bah 61, Soumah 76]
Egypt                     2-0 0-0 Zambia
  [Adel 73, Atef 88]
South Africa              1-1 0-0 Congo
  [Maseko 67; Bissila 44]
Algeria                   1-1 0-1 Ghana
  [Bekkouche 90+2; Issahaku 86]
  [Issahaku 12]
Senegal                   3-1 0-3 Mali
  [M. Camara 14, Dramé 27, Sima 65pen; Diarra 60]
  [Diallo 61, Doumbia 66, Sangare 72pen]
Gabon                     1-0 0-1 Cameroon             [7-6 on penalty kicks]
  [Moussango 13]
  [Eto'o 25]


FINAL TOURNAMENT

Morocco, 24 June - 8 July, 2023

Group A

24 Jun 2023 Morocco       2-1 Guinea
             [Ezzalzouli 68pen, 90+8pen; Bah 45+2]
25 Jun 2023 Ghana         3-2 Congo
             [Nuamah 50, Yeboah 75, 83pen; R.T. Kokolo 90+3, Y. Ngatse 90+4]
27 Jun 2023 Congo         1-3 Guinea
             [Y. Ngatse 40; Camara 10, J. Bowamba 54og, S. Soumah 84]
27 Jun 2023 Morocco       5-1 Ghana
             [Richardson 7, Saibari 13, Begraoui 30, 53, Ezzalzouli 48;
              S. Adams 43]
30 Jun 2023 Congo         0-1 Morocco
             [Taha 7]
30 Jun 2023 Guinea        1-1 Ghana
             [Fofana 61; Yeboah 33]

1.MOROCCO        3  3 0 0  8- 2  9
2.GUINEA         3  1 1 1  5- 4  4
3.Ghana          3  1 1 1  5- 8  4
4.Congo          3  0 0 3  3- 7  0

Group B

25 Jun 2023 Egypt         0-0 Niger
25 Jun 2023 Mali          3-1 Gabon
             [Sangare 20pen, C. Doumbia 41, A. Tamboura 90+2; Ovono 3pen]
28 Jun 2023 Egypt         1-0 Mali
             [Adel 10]
28 Jun 2023 Gabon         0-1 Niger
             [Moumouni 60pen]
01 Jul 2023 Gabon         0-2 Egypt
             [M. Saber 82, Faisal 90+2pen]
01 Jul 2023 Niger         0-2 Mali
             [Sangare 49pen, C. Doumbia 90]

1.EGYPT          3  2 1 0  3- 0  7
2.MALI           3  2 0 1  5- 2  6
3.Niger          3  1 1 1  1- 2  4
4.Gabon          3  0 0 3  1- 6  0
 
Semifinals
04 Jul 2023 Morocco       2-2 Mali                     [aet, 4-3 pen.]
             [El Ouahdi 14, El Ouazzani 111; Diambou 66, I. Maiga 116]
04 Jul 2023 Egypt         1-0 Guinea
             [Shehata 8]
 
Third Place Match
07 Jul 2023 Mali          0-0 Guinea                   [4-3 pen; no extra time]
 
Final
07 Jul 2023 Morocco       2-1 Egypt                    [aet]
             [Begraoui 37, Targhalline 105+3; Saber 10]
 
Morocco, Egypt and Mali qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games
Guinea qualified for the AFC-CAF Playoff for the 2024 Olympic Games
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Thanks to Kalumiana Kalumiana for additional information
Prepared and maintained by Roberto Di Maggio for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Roberto Di Maggio
Last updated: 29 Aug 2024