Football at the African Games

Organising body	ANOCA CAF
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Region	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 2023 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.

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
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		Future Event				Future Event

Notes

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)
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 (28)	8	8	8	8		8	8	8	8	8	6	7		8

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		Future Event				Future Event

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 (18)	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 entries)		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 entries)		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 entries)		5	5	6	16