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Football at the African Games#Women's tournament

{{infobox football tournament

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| organiser = ANOCA

| founded = {{start date and age|1965}}

| region = Africa

| number of teams = 8 (from 1 confederation)

| current champions = {{nowrap|M: {{fbu|20|GHA}} {{small|(2nd title)}}}}
{{nowrap|W: {{fbwu|20|GHA}} {{small|(2nd title)}}}}

| most successful team = {{nowrap|M: {{fb|CMR}} {{small|(4 titles)}}}}
{{nowrap|W: {{fbw|NGR}} {{small|(3 titles)}}}}

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| motto =

| website =

| current = Football at the 2023 African Games

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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.

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.

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Men's tournament

=Summaries=

class= "wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size=95%"
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

!rowspan=2| Ed.

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15%|Gold Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Silver Medal

!width=15%|Bronze Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth Place

colspan="11" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|Senior teams
bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|1

1965

|align=left|Brazzaville, Congo

!width=1% rowspan=5 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fb-big|Congo}}

|0–0 {{aet}}
(7–2 c){{refn|Match won by corner kicks obtained.|group=n|name=corner}}

|{{fb-big|Mali}}

!width=1% rowspan=1 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fb-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}

| 1–0

|{{fb-big|Algeria}}

bgcolor=#fcd3c7 style="height: 4em;"

| –

1969

|align=left|Bamako, Mali

|colspan=7|(Disrupted by military coup)

21973

|align=left|Lagos, Nigeria

|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}

|2–0

|{{fb-big|Guinea}}

!width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fb-big|Egypt|1972}}

| 2–1

|{{fb-big|Ghana}}

31978

| align=left|Algiers, Algeria

|{{fb-big|Algeria}}

|1–0

|{{fb-big|Nigeria}}

|{{fb-big|Ghana}}

| 1–0

|{{fb-big|Malawi}}

41987

|align=left|Nairobi, Kenya

|{{fb-big|Egypt}}

|1–0

|{{fb-big|Kenya}}

|{{fb-big|Malawi}}

| 3–1

|{{fb-big|Cameroon}}

colspan="11" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|U-23 teams
51991

|align=left|Cairo, Egypt

!width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}

|1–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Tunisia|1959}}

!width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}

| 3–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Zimbabwe}}

61995

|align=left|Harare, Zimbabwe

|{{fbu-big|23|Egypt}}

|3–1

|{{fbu-big|23|Zimbabwe}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}

| 1–1
{{pso|4–1}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Guinea}}

71999

| align=left|Johannesburg, South Africa

|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}

|0–0 {{aet}}
{{pso|4–3}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Zambia}}

|{{fbu-big|23|South Africa}}

| 2–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Uganda}}

82003

| align=left|Abuja, Nigeria

|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}

|2–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Ghana}}

| 2–2
{{pso|4–1}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Zambia}}

92007

| align=left|Algiers, Algeria

|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}

|1–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Guinea}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Tunisia|1959}}

| 1–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Zambia}}

102011

| align=left|Maputo, Mozambique

|{{fbu-big|23|Ghana}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{pen|4–2}}

|{{fbu-big|23|South Africa}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}

| 1–1 {{aet}}
{{pso|5–4}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Senegal}}

112015

| align=left|Brazzaville, Congo

|{{fbu-big|23|Senegal}}

|1–0

|{{fbu-big|23|Burkina Faso}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}

| 0–0 {{aet}}
{{pso|5–3}}

|{{fbu-big|23|Congo}}

colspan="11" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|U-20 teams
122019

| align=left|Rabat, Morocco

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbu-big|20|Burkina Faso}}

|2–0

|{{fbu-big|20|Nigeria}}

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbu-big|20|Senegal}}

| 0–0 {{aet}}
{{pso|4–3}}

|{{fbu-big|20|Mali}}

style="height: 4em;"

| 13

2023

| align=left|Accra, Ghana

|{{fbu-big|20|GHA}}

|1–0

|{{fbu-big|20|UGA}}

|{{fbu-big|20|Senegal}}

| 2–0

|{{fbu-big|20|Congo}}

;Notes

{{reflist|group=n}}

::{{small|Under-23 tournament between 1991 and 2015.}}

::{{small|Under-20 since the 2019 edition.}}

=Performances by countries for men=

class=wikitable
Team

!Gold medals

!Silver medals

!Bronze medals

!Fourth place

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|CMR}}

|bgcolor=gold|4 (1991, 1999, 2003, 2007)

|

|1 (2011)

|1 (1987)

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|GHA}}

|bgcolor=gold|2 (2011, 2023)

|

|2 (1978, 2003)

|1 (1973)

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|EGY}}

|bgcolor=gold|2 (1987, 1995)

|

|1 (1973)

|

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|NGR}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1973)

|3 (1978, 2003, 2019)

|3 (1991, 1995, 2015)

|

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|BFA}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2019)

|1 (2015)

|

|

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|SEN}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2015)

|

|2 (2019, 2023)

|1 (2011)

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|CGO}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1965)

|

|

|2 (2015, 2023)

bgcolor=gold|{{fb|ALG}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (1978)

|

|

|1 (1965)

{{fb|GUI}}

|

|2 (1973, 2007)

|

|1 (1995)

{{fb|TUN}}

|

|1 (1991)

|1 (2007)

|

{{fb|RSA}}

|

|1 (2011)

|1 (1999)

|

{{fb|ZAM}}

|

|1 (1999)

|

|2 (2003, 2007)

{{fb|UGA}}

|

|1 (2023)

|

|1 (1999)

{{fb|MLI}}

|

|1 (1965)

|

|1 (2019)

{{fb|ZIM}}

|

|1 (1995)

|

|1 (1991)

{{fb|KEN}}

|

|1 (1987)

|

|

{{fb|MWI}}

|

|

|1 (1987)

|1 (1978)

{{fb|CIV}}

|

|

|1 (1965)

|

=Top scorers=

class="wikitable"
YearTop scorer(s)Goals
1987

| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Bertin Ollé Ollé
{{flagicon|Malawi}} Lawrence Waya

| align=center| 4

1991

|

|

1995

|

|

1999

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Adama Kone
{{flagicon|RSA}} Siyabonga Nomvethe

| align=center| 3

2003

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Marcus Mokaké

| align=center| 6

2007

| {{flagicon|GUI}} A. K. Bangoura

| align=center| 3

2011

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Mahatma Otoo

| align=center| 4

2015

| {{flagicon|BFA}} Mohamed Sydney Sylla
{{flagicon|Senegal}} Ibrahima Keita

| align=center| 3

2019

| {{flagicon|BFA}} Djibril Ouattara
{{flagicon|Ghana}} Tahiru Awudu

| align=center| 4

2023

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Jerry Afriyie

| align=center| 3

=Participating nations=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Nation

!65

!73

!78

!87

|rowspan=33 bgcolor=lightblue|

!91

!95

!99

!03

!07

!11

!15

|rowspan=33 bgcolor=lightblue|

!19

!23

!Years

align=left|{{fbu|23|ALG}}

|4

Ybgcolor=gold|1YYYY!7
align=left|{{fb|BEN}}

|

Y

!1

align=left|{{fb|BFA}}

|

Ybgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=gold|1!3
align=left|{{fb|BDI}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbu|23|CMR}}Y4bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=#cc9966|3!7
align=left|{{fb|CGO}}

|bgcolor=gold|1

YY4Y

!5

align=left|{{fb|COD}}

|Y

!1
align=left|{{fb|CIV}}

|bgcolor=#cc9966|3

YY!3
align=left|{{fbu|23|EGY}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=Red|{{Tooltip|w/o|Withrew in the tournament}}bgcolor=gold|1Ybgcolor=gold|1YY!7
align=left|{{fb|GAM}}

|

Y

!1

align=left|{{fbu|23|GHA}}

|

4bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=#cc9966|3Ybgcolor=gold|1YYY

!8

align=left|{{fb|GUI}}

|

bgcolor=silver|24bgcolor=silver|2!3
align=left|{{fb|KEN}}

|

bgcolor=silver|2!1
align=left|{{fb|LBY}}

|

bgcolor=Red|{{Tooltip|dq|Disqualified in the tournament}}!1
align=left|{{fb|MAD}}

|Y

Y!2
align=left|{{fb|MWI}}

|

4bgcolor=#cc9966|3!2
align=left|{{fb|MLI}}

|bgcolor=silver|2

YYY4!5
align=left|{{fb|MRI}}

|

YYY!3
align=left|{{fb|MAR}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fb|MOZ}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbu|23|NGR}}

|

bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=silver|2Y

!8

align=left|{{fbu|23|SEN}}

|

YY4bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=#cc9966|3Y

!6

align=left|{{fbu|23|RSA}}

|bgcolor=Red colspan=4|banned

bgcolor=Red|{{tooltip|b|banned}}bgcolor=#cc9966|3YYbgcolor=silver|2Y!5
align=left|{{fb|SSD}}

|

Y

!1

align=left|{{fb|SUD}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fb|TAN}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fb|TOG}}

|Y

!1
align=left|{{fb|TUN}}

|

Ybgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=#cc9966|3Y

!4

align=left|{{fb|UGA}}

|Y

Y4YY

!5

align=left|{{fb|ZAM}}

|

Ybgcolor=silver|244!4
align=left|{{fb|ZIM}}

|

4bgcolor=silver|2Y!3
align=left| Total nations (31)

!8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||6||7||8||9||

Women's tournament

=Summaries=

class="wikitable" style= "font-size:95%; width:%; text-align:center"
rowspan=2|Ed.

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15%|Gold Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Silver Medal

!width=15%|Bronze Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth Place

colspan="11" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|Senior Teams
12003

|align=left| Abuja, Nigeria

!width=1% rowspan=4 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbw-big|Nigeria}}

|1–0

|{{fbw-big|South Africa}}

!width=1% rowspan=4 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbw-big|Cameroon}}

| 1–0

|{{fbw-big|Mali}}

22007

| align=left| Algiers, Algeria

|{{fbw-big|Nigeria}}

|4–0

|{{fbw-big|South Africa}}

|{{fbw-big|Ghana}}

| 3–1

|{{fbw-big|Algeria}}

32011

| align=left| Maputo, Mozambique

|{{fbw-big|Cameroon}}

|1–0

|{{fbw-big|Ghana}}

|{{fbw-big|Algeria}}

| 3–0

|{{fbw-big|South Africa}}

42015

| align=left| Brazzaville, Congo

|{{fbw-big|Ghana}}

|1–0

|{{fbw-big|Cameroon}}

|{{fbw-big|Côte d'Ivoire}}

| 2–1

|{{fbw-big|Nigeria}}

colspan="11" bgcolor="#cccccc"align=center|U20 Teams
52019

| align=left| Rabat, Morocco

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbwu-big|20|Nigeria}}

|0–0
{{pso|3–2}}

|{{fbwu-big|20|Cameroon}}

!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|

|{{fbwu-big|20|Morocco}}

| 2–1

|{{fbwu-big|20|Algeria}}

style="height: 4em;"

| 6

2023

| align=left| Accra, Ghana

|{{fbwu-big|20|GHA}}

|2–1

|{{fbwu-big|20|NGR}}

|{{fbwu-big|20|UGA}}

| 0–0
{{pso|6–5}}

|{{fbwu-big|20|SEN}}

{{small div|

  • Teams for Under-20 since the 2019 edition.

}}

=Performances by countries for women=

class=wikitable
Team

!Gold medals

!Silver medals

!Bronze medals

!Fourth place

bgcolor=gold|{{fbw|NGR}}

|bgcolor=gold|3 (2003, 2007, 2019)

|1 (2023)

|

|1 (2015)

bgcolor=gold|{{fbw|GHA}}

|bgcolor=gold|2 (2015, 2023)

|1 (2011)

|1 (2007)

|

bgcolor=gold|{{fbw|CMR}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2011)

|2 (2015, 2019)

|1 (2003)

|

{{fbw|RSA}}

|

|2 (2003, 2007)

|

|1 (2011)

{{fbw|ALG}}

|

|

|1 (2011)

|2 (2007, 2019)

{{fbw|UGA}}

|

|

|1 (2023)

|

{{fbw|CIV}}

|

|

|1 (2015)

|

{{fbw|MAR}}

|

|

|1 (2019)

|

{{fbw|SEN}}

|

|

|

|1 (2023)

{{fbw|MLI}}

|

|

|

|1 (2003)

=Top scorers=

class="wikitable"
YearTop scorer(s)Goals
2015

| {{flagicon|NGR}} Desire Oparanozie

| align=center| 5

2019

|

|

2023

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Tracey Twum

| align=center| 3

=Winning coaches=

class="wikitable"
2003

| {{fbw|Nigeria}}

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Ntiero Effiom

2007

| {{fbw|Nigeria}}

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Joseph Ladipo

2011

| {{fbw|CMR}}

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Carl Enow

2015

| {{fbw|GHA}}

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Yusif Basigi

2019

| {{fbwu|20|Nigeria}}

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Christopher Danjuma

2023

| {{fbwu|20|Ghana}}

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Yusif Basigi

=Participating nations=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Nation

!03

!07

!11

!15

|rowspan=21 bgcolor=lightblue|

!19

!23

!Years

align=left|{{fbw|ALG}}

|Y

4bgcolor=#cc9966|34!4
align=left|{{fbw|CMR}}

|bgcolor=#cc9966|3

bgcolor=gold|1bgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=silver|2Y

!5

align=left|{{fbw|CGO}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbw|COD}}

|Y

!1
align=left|{{fbw|EQG}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbw|ETH}}

|Y

YY

!3

align=left|{{fbw|GHA}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3bgcolor=silver|2bgcolor=gold|1Y

!4

align=left|{{fbw|GUI}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbw|CIV}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3!1
align=left|{{fbw|MLI}}

|4

Y!2
align=left|{{fbw|MAR}}

|

bgcolor=#cc9966|3Y

!2

align=left|{{fbw|MOZ}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbw|NGR}}

|bgcolor=gold|1

bgcolor=gold|14bgcolor=gold|1Y

!5

align=left|{{fbw|SEN}}

|

YY

!2

align=left|{{fbw|RSA}}

|bgcolor=silver|2

bgcolor=silver|24YY!5
align=left|{{fbw|TAN}}

|

YYY

!3

align=left|{{fbw|UGA}}

|

Y

!1

align=left|{{fbw|ZAM}}

|

Y!1
align=left|{{fbw|ZIM}}

|Y

Y!2
align=left| Total nations (19)

!8||6||8||7||8||8||

Medal table

=Overall=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC2team

| event = African Games

| team =

| gold_NGR = 4 | silver_NGR = 3 | bronze_NGR = 3

| gold_CMR = 5 | silver_CMR = 2 | bronze_CMR = 2

| gold_GHA = 4 | silver_GHA = 1 | bronze_GHA = 3

| gold_EGY = 2 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 1

| gold_BUR = 1 | silver_BUR = 1 | bronze_BUR = 0

| gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1

| gold_CGO = 1 | silver_CGO = 0 | bronze_CGO = 0

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 3 | bronze_RSA = 1

| gold_GUI = 0 | silver_GUI = 2 | bronze_GUI = 0

| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 1

| gold_KEN = 0 | silver_KEN = 1 | bronze_KEN = 0

| gold_MLI = 0 | silver_MLI = 1 | bronze_MLI = 0

| gold_ZAM = 0 | silver_ZAM = 1 | bronze_ZAM = 0

| gold_ZIM = 0 | silver_ZIM = 1 | bronze_ZIM = 0

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 2

| gold_MAW = 0 | silver_MAW = 0 | bronze_MAW = 1

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1

}}

=Men=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = fb

| event =

| team =

| gold_CMR = 4 | silver_CMR = 0 | bronze_CMR = 1

| gold_EGY = 2 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 1

| gold_NGR = 1 | silver_NGR = 4 | bronze_NGR = 3

| gold_BUR = 1 | silver_BUR = 1 | bronze_BUR = 0

| gold_GHA = 2 | silver_GHA = 0 | bronze_GHA = 2

| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1

| gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 0

| gold_CGO = 1 | silver_CGO = 0 | bronze_CGO = 0

| gold_GUI = 0 | silver_GUI = 2 | bronze_GUI = 0

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 1

| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 1

| gold_KEN = 0 | silver_KEN = 1 | bronze_KEN = 0

| gold_MLI = 0 | silver_MLI = 1 | bronze_MLI = 0

| gold_ZAM = 0 | silver_ZAM = 1 | bronze_ZAM = 0

| gold_ZIM = 0 | silver_ZIM = 1 | bronze_ZIM = 0

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_MWI = 0 | silver_MWI = 0 | bronze_MWI = 1

}}

=Women=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = fbw

| event =

| team =

| gold_NGR = 3 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1

| gold_CMR = 1 | silver_CMR = 2 | bronze_CMR = 1

| gold_GHA = 2 | silver_GHA = 1 | bronze_GHA = 1

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 2 | bronze_RSA = 0

| gold_ALG = 0 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1

}}

See also

  • {{portal-inline|Football in Africa}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903004154/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/all-africa-games_2011/pastcomp 1965–2007 editions (men's)] at CAF (archived)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816051031/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/all-africa-games-women_2011/pastcomp 2003–2007 editions (women's)] at CAF (archived)
  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afrgames.html African Games] at the RSSSF
  • [http://www.todor66.com/Africa_Games/index_Football.html Football All Africa Games index] at todor66.com

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