Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie

Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Congo won the tournament after a penalty shootout against the Ivorians.

Football at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie
Tournament details
Host countryLebanon
CityBeirut
Dates26 September - 6 October
Teams9 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Congo
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Alex Semenets
Morocco Ridallah El Ghazoufi (3 goals)
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2009.

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
  Congo 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
  Lebanon 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Lebanon  1 – 2  Congo
Ataya   9' Cseke   74'
Taleb   88' (o.g.)

Lebanon  0 – 3  Ivory Coast
Deblé   38'
Ngossan   75'
Coulibaly   85'

Congo  2 – 2  Ivory Coast
Cseke   26'
Lemina   29'
Coulibaly   38'
Kouassi   66'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
  Cameroon 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Rwanda 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Canada  2 – 3  Rwanda
Semenets   75', 88' Mvuyekure   21', 65'
Surprenant   52' (o.g.)

Cameroon  3 – 1  Rwanda
Metogo   22'
Kom   58'
Belle   90+5'
Ntamuhanga   71'

Canada  2 – 0  Cameroon
De Medina   50'
Semenets   65'

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
  Senegal 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
  France 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  1 – 0  Senegal
El Ghazoufi   90'

Senegal  1 – 1  France
Wade   27' Cissé   34'

France  0 – 1  Morocco
Kachani   33'

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 October - Beirut
 
 
  Morocco 1
 
6 October -
 
  Ivory Coast 2
 
  Ivory Coast 0 (3)
 
3 October - Beirut
 
  Congo 0 (5)
 
  Congo 2 (2)
 
 
  Canada 2 (1)
 
Third place
 
 
5 October -
 
 
  Morocco 3
 
 
  Canada 1

Semi-finals

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Morocco  1 – 2  Ivory Coast
Fettouhi   45' (pen.) Lago   11'
Gnanbgo   90'

Congo  2 – 2 (a.e.t)  Canada
Kaya   32'
Lemina   56'
Whiteman   3'
Agourram   89'
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka  
Makolo Cancred  
Ngavouka Cseke  
Tsiba Moukassa  
Gitel Boukama  
2 – 1 Jarek Whiteman  
Miloš Šćepanović  
Reda Agourram  
Gino Mauro  
Alex Semenets  

3rd Place

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Morocco  3 – 1  Canada
El Ghazoufi   6', 36'
Fettouhi   76' (pen.)
Surprenant   5'

Final

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See also

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Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

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