Afro-Asian Games 2003

The Afro-Asian Games are a multi-sports event, not connected with the discontinued Afro-Asian Cup of Nations. Participation for the football tournament is by invitation.

The tournament was originally scheduled for New Delhi in November 2001, but was postponed because of the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The original list of participants was:

Group A
India
Morocco
Nigeria
Turkmenistan

Group B
Cameroon
Iran
Kuwait
South Africa

Hyderabad

Group A
22-10 India          3-1 Rwanda
        [IM Vijayan 13, Muttath Suresh 54, Ashim Biswas 79; Aziz Balinda 61]
24-10 India          2-0 Malaysia
        [Jatin Singh Bisht 50, IM Vijayan 64]
26-10 Rwanda         2-1 Malaysia
        [Jimmy Iraguha 81, 87; Mohamed Amri Yahyah 28]

 1.INDIA               2  2  0  0  5- 2  6
 2.RWANDA              2  1  0  1  3- 4  3
 3.Malaysia U-21       2  0  0  2  1- 4  0
 4.Ghana               withdrew

Group B
23-10 Zimbabwe      4-1 Burkina Faso
        [Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni 3, 74, Albert Mbano 26, 82; Barro Samba Seydou 16]
23-10 Iran          0-1 Uzbekistan
        [Marat Bikmoev 48]
25-10 Zimbabwe      1-1 Iran
        [Brian Badza 3; Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari 59pen]
25-10 Burkina Faso  0-1 Uzbekistan
        [Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy 66]
27-10 Uzbekistan    1-1 Zimbabwe
        [Ilkom Suyunov 50; Leonard Tsipa 17]
27-10 Burkina Faso  2-1 Iran
        [Abdul Moctar Diallo, Germain Bationo; Germain Bationo (og)]

 1.UZBEKISTAN U-21    3  2  1  0  3- 1  7
 2.ZIMBABWE           3  1  2  0  6- 3  5
 3.Burkina Faso       3  1  0  2  3- 6  3
 4.Iran U-23          3  0  1  2  2- 4  1  [Malavan Anzali]

Semifinals
29-10 India         5-3 Zimbabwe
        [IM Vijayan 25, 33, Baichung Bhutia 41, 83pen, Renedy Singh 58;
         Albert Mbano 5, Edmore Mashiri 81pen, Simon Chipunza 87]
29-10 Uzbekistan    2-1 Rwanda             [asdet]
        [Mansur Saidov 63, Konstantin Boev 102; Jimmy Mulisa 73]

Third Place Match
31-10 Zimbabwe      2-2 Rwanda             [asdet, 5-3 pen]
        [Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni 65, Albert Mbano 90; Hassan Milly 37,
         Jimmy Iraguha 75]

Final [Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium; ref: Lu Jun (China)]
31-10 India         0-1 Uzbekistan
        [Islom Inomov 90]
        [India: Sangram Mukherjee, Mahesh Gawli, Selwyn Fernandes,
           Satish Kumar Bharti (Arun Malhotra), Tomba Singh,
           Jo Paul Ancheri (Shanmugam Venkatesh), Jatin Singh Bisht,
           Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence, Baichung Bhutia,
           IM Vijayan (Ashim Biswas);
         Uzbekistan: Ignatiy Nesterov, Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy,
           Islom Inomov, Sherzod Jalolov, Ilkom Suyunov,
           Muzaffar Kholiqov, Shavkat Raimqulov, Rustam Qodirov,
           Jasur Hasanov (Shavkat Salomov), Mansur Saidov,
           Alexandr Geynrikh]


Topscorers:

4 Albert Mbano (Zimbabwe)
  IM Vijayan (India)
3 Jimmy Iraguha (Rwanda)
  Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni (Zimbabwe)
2 Baichung Bhutia (India)

Squad Lists:

Burkina Faso
4-Mamadou Tail, 2-Daouda Diakite, 2-Saybou Diallo, 6-Daouda Kinda, 
7-Amadou Coulibaly, 8-Ibrahim Djaho, 9-Barro Samba Seydou, 
12-Roland Sanou a Sibiri, 14-Karim Bamba, 17-Souleymane Ouedraogo, 
10-Maiga Bureima, 18-Ouattara Amed Amare, 5-Abdul Moctar Diallo, 
3-Traore Lassina, 11-Djibril Compaore. 13-Germain Bationo, 
15-Fousseni Traore, 16-Siaka Coulibaly.
Headcoach: Mart Nooy (The Netherlands)

India
GK: 1-Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal Club), 24-Sandip Nandy (East Bengal Club)
DF: 14-Mahesh Gawli (East Bengal Club), 2-Muttath Suresh (East Bengal Club),
    4-Arun Malhotra (Mahindra United), 20-Selwyn Fernandes (Vasco SC),
    3-Satish Kumar Bharti (Mohammedan Sporting Club). 
MF: 11-Jo Paul Ancheri (JCT Mills), 8-Renedy Singh (Mohun Bagan AC),
    5-Climax Lawrence (Salgaocar SC), 18-Krishnan Nair Ajayan (Vasco SC),
    7-Tomba Singh (Salgaocar SC), 19-Jatin Singh Bisht (Salgaocar SC),
    23-James Singh (Mahindra United), 6-Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United)
FW: 15-Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal Club - CAPTAIN), 10-IM Vijayan (JCT Mills),
    12-Ashim Biswas (Mohun Bagan AC), 9-Abhishek Yadav (Mahindra United),
    16-Sukhwinder Singh (Vasco SC)
Coach: Stephen Constantine

Iran (Malavan Anzali)
24-Hamid-Reza Nazari-Saberi, 17-Mohsen Kiahi-Barchi, 13-Javad Shirzadeh, 
5-Bahman Faris, 14-Morteza Beheshti, 7-Mahmoud Shafei, 33-Seyed Ali Hassani-Sefat, 
8-Hossein Maleki-Roudposhti, 22-Massoud Nasseh, 27-Gholam-Alizadeh, 
16-Siamak Zadeh-Talebian, 10-Ahmad-Reza Taqipour, 6-Hassan Ashjari, 
4-Seyed Jalal Hosseini-Khoshkbijari, 12-Ahmad Jamshidian, 
23-Mohammad Gholamin-Navidi, 2-Seyed Ebrahim Sadeqi, 3-Hadi Lahiji-Tamin, 
21-Mehdi Zadnouri, 11-Hassan Shakouri.

Malaysia
GK: 21-Mohamed Anis Faron Bin Ahmad Arsidi, 22-Mohamed Al Hafiz Hamzah
DF: 2-Somchart Narong, 3-Mohamed Fauzi Naan, 4-Ronny Harun, 11-Saiful Sabtu,
    8-Mat Saiful Mohamed, 16-Norfandy Mohammad Yatim, 12-Norhainazam Shahabuddin
MF: 6-Mohamed Zaidi Zaing, 18-Ahmad Shahril Faizal Sharifuddin,
    17-Mohamed Amri Yahyah, 13-Mohamed Norhisham Hassan (Captain),
    15-Tengku Ibrahim, 5-Mohamed Firdaus Mokhtar
FW: 23-Bobby Gonzales, 20-Rudie Ramli, 7-Mohamed Haris Safwan, 9-Hasmawi Hassan,
    14-Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli
Coach: Norizan Bakar

Rwanda
GK: 8-Abdul Sibomana, 17-Frodouard Buryakera
DF: 19-Felix Muvunyi, 16-Eric N'yamana (Captain), Lem's, Moussa,
    3-Leandre Bizagwtra, 20-Michel Ndayiragie, Ramadhan Nkunzingoma 
MF: 9-Canesius N'yamana, 5-Jeremy Bitana, 14-Jimmy Mulisa, 10-Jimmy Iraguha,
    Freby, 2-Jean Paul Nsengiymval, 4-Lita Mana, 13-Elias Ntangada,
    6-Frederic Rusanganwa
FW: 12-Aziz Balinda, Pascal Hitimana, 7-Hassan Milly, 11-Olivier Karekezi,
    1-Mossi Mahmud, Jimmy Gatete
Coach: Ratomir Dujkovic (Serbia & Montenegro)

Uzbekistan 
GK: Ignatiy Nesterov (Pakhtakor), Anton Mayeranov (Traktor)
DF: Yaroslav Krushilnitskiy (Pakhtakor), Islom Inomov (Bukhoro), Ilkom
    Suyunov (Mashal), Temur Sultonov (Navbakhor), Muzaffar Kholiqov
    (Kyzylkum), Sherzod Jalolov (Kimyogar), Vladimir Anikin (Riga, Latvia)
MF: Elyor Magdiev (Pakhtakor), Mansur Saidov (Neftchi), Nodir Quziboev
    (Neftchi), Rustam Qodirov (Mashal), Shavkat Raimqulov (Traktor),
    Dmitriy Chepur (Sogdiana), Jasur Hasanov (Navbakhor)
FW: Marat Bikmoev (Pakhtakor), Konstantin Boev (Mashal), Shavkat Salomov
    (Bukhoro), Alexandr Geynrikh (CSKA, Russia)
Coach: Viktor Borisov

Zimbabwe
GK: 29-Chenjerai Dube (Highlanders), 18-Tafadzwa Dube (Lancashire Steel)
DF: 11-David Sengu (CAPS United), 3-Peter Obert Moyo (Sporting Lions),
    13-Francis Madziva (Sporting Lions), 19-Regis Marere (Kambuzuma),
    6-David Mkandawire (Amazulu)
MF: 8-Edmore Mashiri, 10-Mthulisi Maphosa, 14-Matora Asani, 
    17-Prince Vusumuzi Nyoni, 22-Tawanda Magunje 
FW: 5-Leonard Tsipa (CAPS United), 12-Simon Chipunza (Lancashire Steel),
    9-Isaac Nyausaru (Njube Sundowns), 15-Albert Mbano (Shabanie Mine),
    7-Patrick Mandizha (Shabanie Mine), 2-Ronald Brian Badza (CAPS United)
Coach: Nelson Matongorere

Thanks to Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (miguelgonzalez@openlink.com.br) and Jean-Michel Cazal (Jean-Michel.Cazal@wanadoo.fr)

Prepared and maintained by Arunava Chaudhuri and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Arunava Chaudhuri (chaudhua@uni-duesseldorf.de) and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 29 Jun 2004

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