Football at the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games – Men's tournament

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

Teams
The following six teams will take part in the competition. The Maldives will compete in the games but its football team will not take part.
 * 🇰🇲 comoros
 * 🇾🇹 mayotte
 * 🇷🇪 réunion
 * 🇾🇹 mayotte
 * 🇷🇪 réunion

Venues
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" !rowspan="6"   | ! colspan=2}|Antananarivo
 * Mahamasina Municipal Stadium
 * Elgeco Plus Stadium
 * Capacity: 40,888
 * Capacity: 2,000
 * Capacity: 40,888
 * Capacity: 2,000
 * Capacity: 2,000

Format
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.