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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 ...
Nigeria national football team. Olubayo Adefemi; ... Final / BM; Opposition Score ... The following is the Nigeria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 ...
Afcon quarter-finals: Africa Cup of Nations fixtures, start times and TV channels. FT - Nigeria 1-0 Angola. 19:45, Reuters. Nigeria were the first side to book a semi-final berth at the Africa Cup ...
The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2008 at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana to determine the winner of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of African national teams organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was contested between Cameroon and ...
A review of the goal showed South Africa’s Percy Tau had been fouled inside the penalty area at the start of the move and the score went from 2-0 to Nigeria to 1-1 when Mokoena made no mistake ...
The NFL Africa initiative, NFL International chief operating officer Damani Leech told The Star, is being started “in part because of what we saw so quickly” from three Nigerians who recently ...