Host country India Dates 22–31 October 2003 | City Hyderabad Champions Uzbekistan U-21 | |
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Teams 7 (from 2 confederations) Venue(s) Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium | ||
Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games was held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 31 October 2003. The football preliminaries commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
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The football tournament was a men's-only event. 8 teams were set to participate, but only 7 played. Uzbekistan were the gold medalists. The host country took silver, while Zimbabwe won bronze.
Original setting and withdrawals
Initially, 8 teams were set to participate in the football events - India, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Iran, Malaysia, Cameroon and Burkina Faso. However, Cameroon withdrew, and Ghana was decided to replace Cameroon.
Just before the preliminaries were to begin, Ghana pulled out of the football events, leaving only 7 teams participating.
Venues
The football events were held in two stadiums - the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, which was the main stadium of the Games; and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium. The football finals were held in the latter stadium.
Group B
Iran were represented by club side Malavan Bandar Anzali Football Club. Cameroon were replaced by Zimbabwe.