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It was the 22nd final of the men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested for the men's under-23 national teams of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. In front of a crowd of 89,102, Argentina won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in football, beating Nigeria, 1–0. [2]
The top two teams in each pool advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket. The tournament was won by Argentina, who beat Nigeria 1–0 in the final, as part of a record streak of 12 consecutive wins in football competitions at the Summer Olympics (six wins in 2004, six wins in 2008).
The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in men's ... 13 February 2000 2000 AfCoN Final: Nigeria ... 24 March 2007 2008 AFCON Qualification: Nigeria ...
Final Opposition Result Rank Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Monday Merotohun Kazeem Nosiru Segun Toriola: Men's team: Group D Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3 Hong Kong (HKG) L 0 – 3 Russia (RUS) W 3 – 2 3 Did not advance Bose Kaffo Cecilia Offiong Olufunke Oshonaike: Women's team: Group ...
2.4 Nigeria. 3 Group C. Toggle Group C subsection. ... This article lists the official squads for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, ... football African Nations Cup results
The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated with the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was staged at four venues around Ghana between 20 ...
Ronwen Williams saves four penalties as South Africa beat Cape Verde in shootout. South Africa team news. 16:17, Ben Fleming. South Africa, meanwhile, also make just one change from their penalty ...
Nigeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on twenty occasions. Nigeria has won the cup three times: the first time was in 1980 [1] [2] and they won a second title in the 1994, [3] [4] held in Tunisia. Nigeria won their third African title in 2013, [5] [6] [7] held in South Africa.