Football at the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's tournament

2023 Men's Indian Ocean Island Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMadagascar
Dates (2023-08-25) (2023-09-02)25 August – 2 September 2023
(8 days)
Teams (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Madagascar (3rd title)
Runners-up Réunion
Third place Mauritius
Fourth place Comoros
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored18 (1.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Madagascar Tendry Randrianarijaona
(4 goals)
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International football competition

Association football is one of seventeen events at the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games to be held in Madagascar from 25 August to 2 September 2023.[1] Matches for the men's football tournament will be played in the nation's capital, Antananarivo.[2][3]

Teams

The following six teams will take part in the competition. The Maldives will compete in the games but its football team will not take part.[4][5]

Venues

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Antananarivo
Antananarivo
Antananarivo
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium Elgeco Plus Stadium
Capacity: 40,888 Capacity: 2,000

Source: [3]

Format

The six participating nations were drawn into two groups of three. The first and second place finishers from each group will advance to the knockout rounds.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Madagascar (H) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
2  Mauritius 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3  Seychelles 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: IOCS
(H) Hosts


Madagascar 1–0 Seychelles
  • Tendry 19'
 Report
Elgeco Plus Stadium, Antananarivo
Madagascar 1–1 Mauritius
  • Tsiry 4'
 Report
  • François 73'
Mauritius 1–0 Seychelles
  • François 17'
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Réunion 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
2  Comoros 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3  Mayotte 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source: IOCS


Comoros 0–0 Mayotte
Report
Elgeco Plus Stadium, Antananarivo
Réunion 0–0 Mayotte
Report
Elgeco Plus Stadium, Antananarivo
Comoros 1–1 Réunion
  • Ali Mze 76'
 Report
  • Bakary 38'
Elgeco Plus Stadium, Antananarivo

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Madagascar 4–2 Comoros
  • El Hadari 2', 48'
  • Tendry 4', 64'
 Report
  • Saïd 18'
  • Razafindraibeharimihanta 59' (o.g.)
Réunion 2–1 Mauritius
  • Vardapin 45+2'
  • Lagourd 48'
 Report
  • Aristide 57'

Third place match

Comoros 0–2 Mauritius
Report
Elgeco Plus Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Final

Madagascar 1–0 Réunion
  • Tendry 119' (pen.)
 Report
Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 18 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match (as of 4 September 2023).

4 goals

  • Madagascar Tendry Randrianarijaona

2 goals

  • Madagascar Raheriniaina El Hadary
  • Mauritius Aurélien François

1 goal

  • Comoros Moudhoiffar Ali Mze
  • Comoros Sadad Abdallah Saïd
  • Madagascar Randriatsiferana toky olivier Tsiry
  • Mauritius Jason Ferré
  • Mauritius Yannick Aristide
  • Mauritius Ashley Nazira
  • Réunion Bakary
  • Réunion Ludovic Lagourd
  • Réunion Anjy Vardapin

1 own goal

  • Madagascar Soloniaina Razafindraibeharimihanta (against Comoros)

References

  1. ^ Nicette, Sedrick. "2023 Indian Ocean Island Games to feature 17 sporting events". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Indian Ocean Island Games 2023, the cities where the games will be played are now known". Archy Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b Houssamdine, Boina. "Le Football donnera le coup d'envoi des JIOI 2023 le 25 août" (in French). comorosfootball.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. ^ Duval, Roland. "Football League champions Foresters choose 'country over club'". nation.sc. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b Houssamdine, Boina. "Tirage au sort du tournoi de football des JIOI 2023" (in French). comorosfootball.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

External links

  • match reports at Global Sports Archive
  • Group B standings