Football_at_the_African_Games
Football at the African Games
Football tournament
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.
Quick Facts Organising body, Founded ...
| Organising body | ANOCA CAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1965; 59 years ago (1965) |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Current champions | M:  Ghana (2nd title)W: Ghana (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | M:  Cameroon (4 titles)W:  Nigeria (3 titles) |
 Football at the 2023 African Games | |
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The first tournament started in 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo and was won by the hosts Congo. The first women's tournament started in 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria and was won by Nigeria.
Between 1991 and 2015, age limit for men teams was under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics but since 2019, age limit for men teams was under-20.
Summaries
More information Ed., Year ...
| 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 |
 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 |  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 | ||
| U20 Teams | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | Burkina Faso |
2–0 | Nigeria |
Senegal |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Mali | ||
| 13 | 2023 | Accra, Ghana | Ghana |
1–0 | Uganda |
Senegal |
2–0 | Congo | ||
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- Notes
- Match won by corner kicks obtained.
- Under-23 tournament between 1991 and 2015.
- Under-20 since the 2019 edition.
Performances by countries for men
More information Team, Gold medals ...
| Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon |
4 (1991, 1999, 2003, 2007) | 1 (2011) | 1 (1987) | |
| Ghana |
2 (2011, 2023) | 2 (1978, 2003) | 1 (1973) | |
 Egypt |
2 (1987, 1995) | 1 (1973) | ||
| Nigeria |
1 (1973) | 3 (1978, 2003, 2019) | 3 (1991, 1995, 2015) | |
 Burkina Faso |
1 (2019) | 1 (2015) | ||
 Senegal |
1 (2015) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 1 (2011) | |
 Congo |
1 (1965) | 2 (2015, 2023) | ||
 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) | ||
 Uganda |
1 (2023) | 1 (1999) | ||
 Mali |
1 (1965) | 1 (2019) | ||
 Zimbabwe |
1 (1995) | 1 (1991) | ||
 Kenya |
1 (1987) | |||
 Malawi |
1 (1987) | 1 (1978) | ||
 Ivory Coast |
1 (1965) |
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Participating nations
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
More information Nation, Years ...
| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
4 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||||
 Benin |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso |
Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Burundi |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | Y | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| Congo |
1 | Y | Y | 4 | Y | 5 | ||||||||||
 DR Congo |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
3 | Y | Y | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Egypt |
3 | w/o | 1 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | 7 | ||||||||
 Gambia |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana |
4 | 3 | 3 | Y | 1 | Y | Y | Y | 8 | |||||||
| 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 | Y | 8 | |||||||
| Senegal |
Y | Y | 4 | 1 | 3 | Y | 6 | |||||||||
| South Africa |
3 | Y | Y | 2 | Y | 5 | ||||||||||
 South Sudan |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Sudan |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Tanzania |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Togo |
Y | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tunisia |
Y | 2 | 3 | Y | 4 | |||||||||||
| Uganda |
Y | Y | 4 | Y | Y | 5 | ||||||||||
| Zambia |
Y | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Zimbabwe |
4 | 2 | Y | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Total nations (31) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Summaries
More information Ed., Year ...
| 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 | ||
| 6 | 2023 | Accra, Ghana | Ghana |
2–1 | Nigeria |
Uganda |
0–0 (6–5 p) |
Senegal | ||
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- Teams for Under-20 since the 2019 edition.
Performances by countries for women
More information Team, Gold medals ...
| Team | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
3 (2003, 2007, 2019) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2015) | |
| Ghana |
2 (2015, 2023) | 1 (2011) | 1 (2007) | |
| Cameroon |
1 (2011) | 2 (2015, 2019) | 1 (2003) | |
| South Africa |
2 (2003, 2007) | 1 (2011) | ||
| Algeria |
1 (2011) | 2 (2007, 2019) | ||
| Uganda |
1 (2023) | |||
| Ivory Coast |
1 (2015) | |||
| Morocco |
1 (2019) | |||
| Senegal |
1 (2023) | |||
| Mali |
1 (2003) |
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Participating nations
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
More information Nation, Years ...
| Nation | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
Y | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Y | 5 | ||
| Congo |
Y | 1 | ||||||
| DR Congo |
Y | 1 | ||||||
 Equatorial Guinea |
Y | 1 | ||||||
 Ethiopia |
Y | Y | Y | 3 | ||||
| Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | Y | 4 | |||
| Guinea |
Y | 1 | ||||||
| Ivory Coast |
3 | 1 | ||||||
| Mali |
4 | Y | 2 | |||||
| Morocco |
3 | Y | 2 | |||||
| Mozambique |
Y | 1 | ||||||
| Nigeria |
1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Y | 5 | ||
| Senegal |
Y | Y | 2 | |||||
| South Africa |
2 | 2 | 4 | Y | Y | 5 | ||
| Tanzania |
Y | Y | Y | 3 | ||||
| Uganda |
Y | 1 | ||||||
| Zambia |
Y | 1 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe |
Y | Y | 2 | |||||
| Total nations (19) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
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Overall
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  Ghana (GHA) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 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) | 19 | 17 | 17 | 53 | |
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Men
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 | |
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Women
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Cameroon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 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) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
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- 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