Football at the African Games

Football at the African Games

Founded	1965
Region	CAF (Africa)
Number of teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Current champions	M: Ghana (1st title) W: Cameroon (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	M: Cameroon (4 titles) W: Nigeria (2 titles)
Football at the 2015 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.

Men's tournament

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	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			Disrupted by military coup
1973 Details	Lagos, Nigeria	Nigeria	2–0	Guinea	United Arab Republic	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

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	Years
Algeria	4	Y	1			Y	Y	Y	Y			7
Burkina Faso		Y									2	2
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	Y	1	Y	1		Y	Y			7
Ghana		4	3					3	Y	1	Y	6
Guinea		2				4			2			3
Kenya				2								1
Libya			Y									1
Madagascar	Y			Y								2
Malawi			4	3								2
Mali	2		Y		Y		Y					4
Mauritius					Y	Y	Y					3
Mozambique										Y		1
Nigeria		1	2		3	3		2			3	6
Senegal				Y				Y		4	1	4
South Africa							3	Y	Y	2		4
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

Women's tournament

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	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

Participating nations

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

Nation	03	07	11	15	Years
Algeria	Y	4	3		3
Cameroon	3		1	2	3
Congo				Y	1
DR Congo	Y				1
Ethiopia	Y	Y			2
Ghana		3	2	1	3
Guinea			Y		1
Ivory Coast				3	1
Mali	4				1
Mozambique			Y		1
Nigeria	1	1		4	3
Senegal		Y			1
South Africa	2	2	4	Y	4
Tanzania			Y	Y	2
Zimbabwe	Y		Y		2
Total nations	8	6	8	7

Medal table

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cameroon (CMR)	5	1	2	8
2	Nigeria (NGR)	3	2	3	8
3	Ghana (GHA)	2	1	3	6
4	Egypt (EGY)	2	0	1	3
5	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	1	2
6	Congo (CGO)	1	0	0	1
6	Senegal (SEN)	1	0	0	1
8	South Africa (RSA)	0	3	1	4
9	Guinea (GUI)	0	2	0	2
10	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	1	2
11	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	1	0	1
	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
Total		15	15	15	45

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cameroon	4	0	1	5
2	Egypt	2	0	1	3
3	Nigeria	1	2	3	6
4	Ghana	1	0	2	3
5	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Congo	1	0	0	1
	Senegal	1	0	0	1
8	Guinea	0	2	0	2
9	South Africa	0	1	1	2
9	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
11	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
	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
16	Malawi	0	0	1	1

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	2	0	0	2
2	Cameroon	1	1	1	3
2	Ghana	1	1	1	3
4	South Africa	0	2	0	2
5	Algeria	0	0	1	1
5	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1

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Football at the African Games

Tournaments

1965
1973
1978
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
- men
- women
2007
- men
- women
2011
- men
- women
2015
- men
- women

Qualifications

Men	1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women	2007 2011 2015

Squads

Men	1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women	2003 2007 2011 2015

Sports at the African Games

Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Chess Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Karate Kick-boxing Netball Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

National football associations of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion^† Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan South Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar^† Zimbabwe

^†Associate member of CAF.

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion¹

¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion^†

^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Football in Africa (CAF)

National competitions

Men	Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Women	Africa Women Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament African Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games

Women	U-20 Cup for Women U-17 Cup for Women

Club competitions

Current	Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup

Defunct	CAF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Championship

Lists and awards

Sub-regions

Northern Africa	UNAF

Western Africa	WAFU

Central Africa	UNIFFAC

Eastern Africa	CECAFA

Southern Africa	COSAFA

Arab League	UAFA

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