Football at the African Games

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.

Men's tournament Summaries Ed.YearHostFinalThird Place MatchGold MedalScoreSilver MedalBronze MedalScoreFourth PlaceSenior teams1 1965Brazzaville, Congo0–0 (7–2 c) 1–0 – 1969Bamako, Mali(Disrupted by military coup) 2 1973Lagos, Nigeria2–0 2–1 3 1978Algiers, Algeria1–0 1–0 4 1987Nairobi, Kenya1–0 3–1 U-23 teams 5 1991Cairo, Egypt1–0 3–0 6 1995Harare, Zimbabwe3–1 1–1 7 1999Johannesburg, South Africa0–0 2–0 8 2003Abuja, Nigeria2–0 2–2 9 2007Algiers, Algeria1–0 1–0 10 2011Maputo, Mozambique1–1 1–1 11 2015Brazzaville, Congo1–0 0–0 U-20 teams 12 2019Rabat, Morocco2–0 0–0 13 2023Accra, Ghana1–0 2–0 Notes

Performances by countries for men TeamGold medalsSilver medalsBronze medalsFourth place4 (1991, 1999, 2003, 2007)1 (2011)1 (1987)2 (2011, 2023)2 (1978, 2003)1 (1973)2 (1987, 1995)1 (1973)1 (1973)3 (1978, 2003, 2019)3 (1991, 1995, 2015)1 (2019)1 (2015)1 (2015)2 (2019, 2023)1 (2011)1 (1965)2 (2015, 2023)1 (1978)1 (1965)2 (1973, 2007)1 (1995)1 (1991)1 (2007)1 (2011)1 (1999)1 (1999)2 (2003, 2007)1 (2023)1 (1999)1 (1965)1 (2019)1 (1995)1 (1991)1 (1987)1 (1987)1 (1978)1 (1965)

Top scorers Year Top scorer(s) Goals 1987 Bertin Ollé Ollé Lawrence Waya 4 1991 1995 1999 Adama Kone Siyabonga Nomvethe 3 2003 Marcus Mokaké 6 2007 A. K. Bangoura 3 2011 Mahatma Otoo 4 2015 Mohamed Sydney Sylla Ibrahima Keita 3 2019 Djibril Ouattara Tahiru Awudu 4 2023 Jerry Afriyie 3

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

Nation65737887919599030711151923Years4Y1 YYYY 7 Y1 Y 213 Y1 Y41 1113 71Y Y 4 Y5Y 13 Y Y 3 31Y1 YY 7 Y1 43 3Y1YYY8 2 4 2 3 2 1 1Y Y 2 43 22 Y Y Y 45 YYY 3 Y1 Y 1 12 33 2 32Y8 Y Y 413Y6banned 3YY2 Y5 Y1 Y 1 Y 1Y 1 Y2 3 Y4Y Y 4 Y Y5 Y244 4 42 Y 3 Total nations (31)8888888886789

Women's tournament Summaries Ed.YearHostFinalThird Place MatchGold MedalScoreSilver MedalBronze MedalScoreFourth PlaceSenior Teams 1 2003 Abuja, Nigeria1–0 1–0 2 2007 Algiers, Algeria4–0 3–1 3 2011 Maputo, Mozambique1–0 3–0 4 2015 Brazzaville, Congo1–0 2–1 U20 Teams 5 2019 Rabat, Morocco0–0 2–1 6 2023 Accra, Ghana2–1 0–0

Performances by countries for women TeamGold medalsSilver medalsBronze medalsFourth place3 (2003, 2007, 2019)1 (2023)1 (2015)2 (2015, 2023)1 (2011)1 (2007)1 (2011)2 (2015, 2019)1 (2003)2 (2003, 2007)1 (2011)1 (2011)2 (2007, 2019)1 (2023)1 (2015)1 (2019)1 (2023)1 (2003)

Top scorers Year Top scorer(s) Goals 2015 Desire Oparanozie 5 2019 2023 Tracey Twum 3

Winning coaches 2003 Ntiero Effiom 2007 Joseph Ladipo 2011 Carl Enow 2015 Yusif Basigi 2019 Christopher Danjuma 2023 Yusif Basigi

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

Nation030711151923YearsY43 443 122Y5 Y 1Y 1 Y1YY Y3 321 Y4 Y 1 3 14 Y2 3Y2 Y 111 41Y5 Y Y2224YY5 YY Y3 Y1 Y1Y Y 2 Total nations (19)868788

Medal table Overall

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Women

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