Football at the African Games
The men's Association football tournament has been held at every session of the African Games since 1965. Women's competition was added in 2003. Since 1991, age limit for men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.
| Organising body | ANOCA CAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965 |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Current champions | M:  Burkina Faso (1st title)W:  Nigeria (3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | M:  Cameroon (4 titles)W: Nigeria (3 titles) |
 Football at the 2023 African Games | |
| Football tournaments | |
|---|---|
Men's tournament
Summaries
- Under-23 tournament since 1991.
- Under-20 for the 2019 edition.
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
| Senior Teams | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1965 | Brazzaville, Congo |  Congo |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–2 c)[n 1] |
 Mali |
 Ivory Coast |
1–0 |  Algeria | ||
| – | 1969 | Bamako, Mali | (Disrupted by military coup) | |||||||
| 2 | 1973 | Lagos, Nigeria | Nigeria |
2–0 |  Guinea |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Egypt |
2–1 |  Ghana | ||
| 3 | 1978 | Algiers, Algeria | Algeria |
1–0 | Nigeria |
Ghana |
1–0 |  Malawi | ||
| 4 | 1987 | Nairobi, Kenya |  Egypt |
1–0 |  Kenya |
Malawi |
3–1 | Cameroon | ||
| U23 Teams | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1991 | Cairo, Egypt | Cameroon |
1–0 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tunisia |
Nigeria |
3–0 |  Zimbabwe | ||
| 6 | 1995 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Egypt |
3–1 | Zimbabwe |
Nigeria |
1–1 (4–1 p) |
Guinea | ||
| 7 | 1999 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Cameroon |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
 Zambia |
 South Africa |
2–0 |  Uganda | ||
| 8 | 2003 | Abuja, Nigeria | Cameroon |
2–0 | Nigeria |
Ghana |
2–2 (4–1 p) |
Zambia | ||
| 9 | 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | Cameroon |
1–0 | Guinea |
Tunisia |
1–0 | Zambia | ||
| 10 | 2011 | Maputo, Mozambique | Ghana |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
South Africa |
Cameroon |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |
 Senegal | ||
| 11 | 2015 | Brazzaville, Congo | Senegal |
1–0 | Burkina Faso |
Nigeria |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) |
Congo | ||
| 12 | 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | Burkina Faso |
2–0 | Nigeria |
Senegal |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Mali | ||
- Notes
- Match won by corner kicks obtained.
Performances by countries for men
| Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon |
4 (1991, 1999, 2003, 2007) | 1 (2011) | 1 (1987) | |
| Egypt |
2 (1987, 1995) | 1 (1973) | ||
| Nigeria |
1 (1973) | 3 (1978, 2003, 2019) | 3 (1991, 1995, 2015) | |
| Burkina Faso |
1 (2019) | 1 (2015) | ||
| Ghana |
1 (2011) | 2 (1978, 2003) | 1 (1973) | |
| Senegal |
1 (2015) | 1 (2019) | 1 (2011) | |
| Congo |
1 (1965) | 1 (2015) | ||
| Algeria |
1 (1978) | 1 (1965) | ||
| Guinea |
2 (1973, 2007) | 1 (1995) | ||
 Tunisia |
1 (1991) | 1 (2007) | ||
| South Africa |
1 (2011) | 1 (1999) | ||
| Zambia |
1 (1999) | 2 (2003, 2007) | ||
| Mali |
1 (1965) | 1 (2019) | ||
| Zimbabwe |
1 (1995) | 1 (1991) | ||
| Kenya |
1 (1987) | |||
| Malawi |
1 (1987) | 1 (1978) | ||
| Ivory Coast |
1 (1965) | |||
| Uganda |
1 (1999) |
Participating nations
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
4 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||
| Burkina Faso |
Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
 Burundi |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cameroon | Y | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Congo |
1 | Y | Y | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
 DR Congo |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
3 | Y | Y | 3 | ||||||||||
| Egypt |
3 | w/o | 1 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||
| Ghana |
4 | 3 | 3 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||
| Guinea |
2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Kenya |
2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Libya |
dq | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Madagascar |
Y | Y | 2 | |||||||||||
| Malawi |
4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mali |
2 | Y | Y | Y | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
 Mauritius |
Y | Y | Y | 3 | ||||||||||
 Morocco |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Mozambique |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nigeria |
1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Senegal |
Y | Y | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| South Africa |
3 | Y | Y | 2 | Y | 5 | ||||||||
 Sudan |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Tanzania |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Togo |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tunisia |
Y | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Uganda |
Y | Y | 4 | Y | 4 | |||||||||
| Zambia |
Y | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe |
4 | 2 | Y | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total nations (28) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Women's tournament
Summaries
- Under-20 for the 2019 edition.
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
| Senior Teams | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2003 | Abuja, Nigeria | Nigeria |
1–0 | South Africa |
Cameroon |
1–0 | Mali | ||
| 2 | 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | Nigeria |
4–0 | South Africa |
Ghana |
3–1 | Algeria | ||
| 3 | 2011 | Maputo, Mozambique | Cameroon |
1–0 | Ghana |
Algeria |
3–0 | South Africa | ||
| 4 | 2015 | Brazzaville, Congo | Ghana |
1–0 | Cameroon |
Ivory Coast |
2–1 | Nigeria | ||
| U20 Teams | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | Nigeria |
0–0 (3–2 p) |
Cameroon |
Morocco |
2–1 | Algeria | ||
Performances by countries for women
| Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
3 (2003, 2007, 2019) | 1 (2015) | ||
| Cameroon |
1 (2011) | 2 (2015, 2019) | 1 (2003) | |
| Ghana |
1 (2015) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2007) | |
| South Africa |
2 (2003, 2007) | 1 (2011) | ||
| Algeria |
1 (2011) | 2 (2007, 2019) | ||
| Ivory Coast |
1 (2015) | |||
| Morocco |
1 (2019) | |||
| Mali |
1 (2003) |
Participating nations
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
| Nation | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
Y | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Congo |
Y | 1 | |||||
| DR Congo |
Y | 1 | |||||
 Equatorial Guinea |
Y | 1 | |||||
 Ethiopia |
Y | Y | 2 | ||||
| Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Guinea |
Y | 1 | |||||
| Ivory Coast |
3 | 1 | |||||
| Mali |
4 | Y | 2 | ||||
| Morocco |
3 | 1 | |||||
| Mozambique |
Y | 1 | |||||
| Nigeria |
1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Senegal |
Y | 1 | |||||
| South Africa |
2 | 2 | 4 | Y | Y | 5 | |
| Tanzania |
Y | Y | 2 | ||||
| Zambia |
Y | 1 | |||||
| Zimbabwe |
Y | Y | 2 | ||||
| Total nations (18) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Medal table
Overall
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria (NGR) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Cameroon (CMR) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mali (MLI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Malawi (MAW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ghana | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Senegal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Guinea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 12 | 13 | 12 | 37 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ghana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
See also
External links
- 1965–2007 editions (men's) at CAF (archived)
- 2003–2007 editions (women's) at CAF (archived)
- African Games at the RSSSF
- Football All Africa Games index at todor66.com
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