| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| City | Lagos |
| Dates | 8–16 January |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Guinea |
| Third place |  Egypt |
| Fourth place |  Ghana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 65 (4.06 per match) |
←1965 1978 → | |
The1973 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 2nd edition of theAfrican Games men's football tournament for men. Thefootball tournament was held inLagos,Nigeria between 8–16 January 1973 as part of the1973 All-Africa Games.
The following teams qualified for the final tournament:
| Zone | Team |
|---|---|
| Hosts | Nigeria |
| Zone I |  Algeria |
| Zone II | Guinea |
| Zone III | Ghana |
| Zone IV |  Upper Volta |
| Zone V |  Congo |
| Zone VI | Egypt |
| Zone VII |  Tanzania |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 14 January –Lagos | ||||||
| Nigeria | 4 | |||||
| 16 January –Lagos | ||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| 14 January –Ibadan | ||||||
| Guinea | 0 | |||||
| Guinea | 2 | |||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 16 January –Lagos | ||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria(H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Guinea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | Ghana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | ||||
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Upper Volta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 32 | |||||
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