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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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

Football at the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's tournament is located in MadagascarMadagascar
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'

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August - Antananarivo
 
 
 Madagascar4
 
2 September 2023 - Antananarivo
 
 Comoros2
 
 Madagascar (a.e.t.)1
 
31 August - Antananarivo
 
 Réunion0
 
 Réunion2
 
 
 Mauritius1
 
Third place
 
 
2 September 2023 - Antananarivo
 
 
 Comoros0
 
 
 Mauritius2

Semi-finals

Madagascar 4–2 Comoros
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

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

2 goals

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.