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.
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| Founded | 1965 |
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| Region | CAF (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 2019 African Games | |
Men's tournament
Summaries
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- *Under-23 tournament since 1991.
- *Under-20 for the 2019 edition.
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 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Women's tournament
Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2003 Details |
Abuja, Nigeria | Nigeria |
1–0 | South Africa |
Cameroon |
1–0 | Mali | ||
| 2007 Details |
Algiers, Algeria | Nigeria |
4–0 | South Africa |
Ghana |
3–1 | Algeria | ||
| 2011 Details |
Maputo, Mozambique | Cameroon |
1–0 | Ghana |
Algeria |
3–0 | South Africa | ||
| 2015 Details |
Brazzaville, Congo | Ghana |
1–0 | Cameroon |
Ivory Coast |
2–1 | Nigeria | ||
| 2019 Details |
Rabat, Morocco | Nigeria |
0–0 (3–2) on penalties |
Cameroon |
Morocco |
2–1 | Algeria | ||
* Under-20 for the 2019 edition.
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 | 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 nations) | 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 nations) | 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 nations) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
External links
- African Games at CAFonline.com
- African Games Women at CAFonline.com
- African Games - RSSSF
- Football All Africa Games index - todor66.com
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