The 1987 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 4th edition of the
African Games men's football tournament. The
football tournament was held in
Nairobi
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between 1–12 August 1987 as part of the
1987 All-Africa Games
The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.
From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti ...
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Qualification
Squads
Final tournament
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.
''All times given as local time (
UTC+3
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout Stage
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Semifinals
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Third place match
Final
Final ranking
External links
All-African Games 1987- ''rsssf.com''
{{Football at the African Games
1987
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1987 All-Africa Games
All-Africa Games