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) Alex Semenets
Ridallah El Ghazoufi (3 goals)

Group stage

Group A

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:
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

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:
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

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:
Morocco 1 – 0 Senegal
El Ghazoufi  90'

Senegal 1 – 1 France
Wade  27' Cissé  34'

France 0 – 1 Morocco
Kachani  33'

Knockout stage

 
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

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
Beirut Municipality Stadium, Beirut

3rd Place

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

Final

Ivory Coast 0 – 0 (a.e.t) Congo
Penalties
Fridrich Diafouka
Christian Okoua
Bakary Koné
Antoine Ngossan
Ange Gnangbo
3 – 5 Kouakou Mansou
Ngavuka Cseke
Nulva Ayessa
Anderson Oliver
Steven Bitsindou

See also

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

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