 Basketball | |
| First event | 1965  Brazzaville |
|---|---|
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2015 Brazzaville |
| Most successful team(s) |  |
Basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
Starting at the 2019 event, "regular" 5-on-5 basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
| Men's Basketball | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
| |
| 1965 Details |
Brazzaville
|
 Egypt |
 Senegal |
 Congo | |
| 1973 Details |
 Lagos
|
 Tunisia |
 Cameroon |
 Egypt | |
| 1978 Details |
 Algiers
|
Senegal |
 Ivory Coast |
Tunisia | |
| 1987 Details |
 Nairobi
|
 Angola |
Senegal |
Ivory Coast | |
| 1991 Details |
Cairo
|
 Egypt |
 Central African Republic |
Senegal | |
| 1995 Details |
 Harare
|
Egypt |
 Mali |
 Nigeria | |
| 1999 Details |
 Johannesburg
|
Egypt |
Angola |
Nigeria | |
| 2003 Details |
Abuja
|
Angola |
Senegal |
Nigeria | |
| 2007 Details |
Algiers
|
Angola |
Egypt |
Nigeria | |
| 2011 Details |
 Maputo
|
Nigeria |
 Mozambique |
Angola | |
| 2015 Details |
Brazzaville
|
Angola |
Egypt |
Nigeria | |
| Nation | 65 |
73 |
78 |
87 |
91 |
95 |
99 |
03 |
07 |
11 |
15 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
4th | 4th | ? | 5th | 4th | 5 | ||||||
 Angola |
1st | ? | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 7 | ||||
 Burkina Faso |
? | 1 | ||||||||||
 Cameroon |
2nd | 4th | 8th | ? | 4 | |||||||
 Cape Verde |
6th | ? | 2 | |||||||||
 Central African Republic |
2nd | 1 | ||||||||||
| Congo |
3rd | 6th | 2 | |||||||||
 DR Congo |
9th | 1 | ||||||||||
 Ivory Coast |
? | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7 | ||||
| Egypt |
1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 8 | |||
 Gabon |
8th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kenya |
4th | 1 | ||||||||||
 Liberia |
11th | 1 | ||||||||||
 Madagascar |
? | 1 | ||||||||||
 Mali |
3rd | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 4th | 5 | ||||||
| Mozambique |
? | 2nd | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Nigeria |
? | ? | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 8 | |||
 Rwanda |
7th | 1 | ||||||||||
 Senegal |
2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 7 | ||||
 Seychelles |
9th | 1 | ||||||||||
 Somalia |
? | 1 | ||||||||||
| South Africa |
6th | 7th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||
 Tunisia |
1st | 3rd | 10th | 2 | ||||||||
| Zimbabwe |
? | ? | 2 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Angola | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Senegal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Women's Basketball | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
| |
| 1965 Details |
Brazzaville
|
Senegal |
 Madagascar |
Egypt | |
| 1973 Details |
Lagos
|
Senegal |
Madagascar |
Egypt | |
| 1978 Details |
Algiers
|
Senegal |
 Cameroon |
Nigeria | |
| 1987 Details |
Nairobi
|
 Zaire |
Angola |
Senegal | |
| 1991 Details |
Cairo
|
Mozambique |
Senegal |
Zaire | |
| 1995 Details |
Harare
|
Senegal |
Mozambique |
Egypt | |
| 1999 Details |
Johannesburg
|
Senegal |
 DR Congo |
Nigeria | |
| 2003 Details |
Abuja
|
Nigeria |
DR Congo |
Senegal | |
| 2007 Details |
Algiers
|
Senegal |
Nigeria |
Angola | |
| 2011 Details |
Maputo
|
Senegal |
Angola |
Nigeria | |
| 2015 Details |
Brazzaville
|
Mali |
Nigeria |
Angola | |
| Nation | 65 |
73 |
78 |
87 |
91 |
95 |
99 |
03 |
07 |
11 |
15 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
? | 6th | 8th | 9th | 4 | |||||||
| Angola |
2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5 | ||||||
| Cameroon |
2nd | 9th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Congo |
10th | 1 | ||||||||||
| DR Congo |
1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 10th | 6 | |||||
| Ivory Coast |
6th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 4 | |||||||
| Egypt |
3rd | 3rd | ? | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
| Gabon |
8th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kenya |
7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4 | |||||||
| Madagascar |
2nd | 2nd | ? | 3 | ||||||||
| Mali |
10th | 12th | 1st | 3 | ||||||||
| Mozambique |
4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7 | ||||
| Nigeria |
3rd | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 | |||
| Rwanda |
7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Senegal |
1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 11 |
| Somalia |
5th | 1 | ||||||||||
| South Africa |
6th | ? | 2 | |||||||||
| Tunisia |
4th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||
 Uganda |
? | 1 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe |
? | 11th | 11th | 3 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Angola | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Madagascar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Senegal (SEN) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 |  Angola (ANG) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Mali (MLI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
