Football at the African Games

The men's association football tournament has been held at every edition of the African Games since 1965. Women's competition was added in 2003.

Football at the African Games

Organising body	ANOCA
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Region	Africa
Number of teams	8 (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

History

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.

Men's tournament

Summaries

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
U-23 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
U-20 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

Notes

1. Match won by corner kicks obtained.

Under-23 tournament between 1991 and 2015.

Under-20 since 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)
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)

Top scorers

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals
1987	Bertin Ollé Ollé Lawrence Waya	4
1991
1995
1999	Adama Kone Siyabonga Nomvethe	3
2003	Marcus Mokaké	6
2007	A. K. Bangoura	3
2011	Mahatma Otoo	4
2015	Mohamed Sydney Sylla Ibrahima Keita	3
2019	Djibril Ouattara Tahiru Awudu	4
2023	Jerry Afriyie	3

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	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	banned					b		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

Women's tournament

Summaries

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

• Teams for Under-20 since the 2019 edition.

Performances by countries for women

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)

Top scorers

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals
2015	Desire Oparanozie	5
2019
2023	Tracey Twum	3

Winning coaches

2003	Nigeria	Ntiero Effiom
2007	Nigeria	Joseph Ladipo
2011	Cameroon	Carl Enow
2015	Ghana	Yusif Basigi
2019	Nigeria	Christopher Danjuma
2023	Ghana	Yusif Basigi

Participating nations

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.

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

Medal table

Overall

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

Men

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

Women

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

See also

• Football in Africa portal

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