A team official says a goalkeeper has died after being kicked in the head during a championship tournament match in the west African country of Gabon.

Sylvain Azougoui of the AC Bongoville football club had just stopped a shot on goal, but the attacker lost his balance on the wet grass and stepped on the goalkeeper's head.

The team official said the 30-year-old from Benin died on the way to the hospital on Sunday. The game against Centre Mberi Sportif was played in Bongoville, about 700km (430 miles) south of Gabon's capital of Libreville.