The 1991 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 5th edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 21 and 30 September 1991 as part of the 1991 All-Africa Games.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Egypt |
| City | Cairo |
| Dates | 21–30 September 1991 |
| Teams | 8 (from CAF (Africa) confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Cameroon (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Tunisia |
| Third place | Nigeria |
| Fourth place | Zimbabwe |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 45 (2.5 per match) |
← 1987 1995 → | |
Qualification
The following countries qualified for the final tournament. For the first time, teams of Under-23 took part in the tournament.
Squads
Final tournament
All times given as local time (UTC+2)
Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the semifinals | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 3−0 | Mauritius |
|---|---|---|
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
| Mali | 5−0 | Mauritius |
|---|---|---|
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
| Mauritius | 0−1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Knockout stage
| Fifth place | ||
| 28 September – Ismailia | ||
| Egypt (p) | 1 (5) | |
| Mali | 1 (4) | |
| Seventh place | ||
| 28 September – Alexandria | ||
| Mauritius | 1 | |
| Uganda | 0 | |
7th Place Match
| Mauritius | 1−0 | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
5th Place Match
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 28 September – Ismailia | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| 30 September – Cairo | ||||||
| Cameroon | 1 | |||||
| Cameroon | 1 | |||||
| 28 September – Alexandria | ||||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 3 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 September – Cairo | ||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
Semifinals
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 3 500
Third-place match
Final
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Nigeria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | ||||
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Egypt (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Mali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | Mauritius | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Uganda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | ||||
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