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.
Organising body | ANOCA CAF |
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Founded | 1965 |
Region | Africa |
Number of teams | 16 (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
editThe 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
editSummaries
edit- Notes
- ^ Match won by corner kicks obtained.
- Under-23 tournament between 1991 and 2015.
- Under-20 since the 2019 edition.
Performances by countries for men
editTeam | 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) |
Participating nations
editNumbers 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 | 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
editSummaries
editEd. | 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
editTeam | 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) |
Participating nations
editNumbers 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
editOverall
editRank | 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
editRank | 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
editRank | 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
editExternal links
edit- 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
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