Association football is one of seventeen events at the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games to be held in Madagascar from 25 August to 2 September 2023.

[1] Matches for the men's football tournament will be played in the nation's capital, Antananarivo.

The Maldives will compete in the games but its football team will not take part.

[4][5] Source: [3] The six participating nations were drawn into two groups of three.

The first and second place finishers from each group will advance to the knockout rounds.