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.

Football at the African Games

Founded	1965
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

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1965 Details	Brazzaville, Congo		Congo	0–0 after two extra time (7–2) match won by corner kicks obtained	Mali		Ivory Coast	1–0	Algeria
1969	Bamako, Mali		Disrupted by military coup
1973 Details	Lagos, Nigeria		Nigeria	2–0	Guinea		Egypt	2–1	Ghana
1978 Details	Algiers, Algeria		Algeria	1–0	Nigeria		Ghana	1–0	Malawi
1987 Details	Nairobi, Kenya		Egypt	1–0	Kenya		Malawi	3–1	Cameroon
1991 Details	Cairo, Egypt		Cameroon	1–0	Tunisia		Nigeria	3–0	Zimbabwe
1995 Details	Harare, Zimbabwe		Egypt	3–1	Zimbabwe		Nigeria	1–1 (4–1) on penalties	Guinea
1999 Details	Johannesburg, South Africa		Cameroon	0–0 (4–3) on penalties	Zambia		South Africa	2–0	Uganda
2003 Details	Abuja, Nigeria		Cameroon	2–0	Nigeria		Ghana	2–2 (4–1) on penalties	Zambia
2007 Details	Algiers, Algeria		Cameroon	1–0	Guinea		Tunisia	1–0	Zambia
2011 Details	Maputo, Mozambique		Ghana	1–1 (4–2) on penalties	South Africa		Cameroon	1–1 (5–4) on penalties	Senegal
2015 Details	Brazzaville, Congo		Senegal	1–0	Burkina Faso		Nigeria	0–0 (5–3) on penalties	Congo
2019 Details	Rabat, Morocco		Burkina Faso	2–0	Nigeria		Senegal	0–0 (4–3) on penalties	Mali

*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