Football at the All-Africa Games

Football at the All-Africa Games

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

The men's Association football tournament has been held at every session of the All-Africa Games since 1965. Women's competition was added in 2003.

Since the 1991 All-Africa Games, age limit for men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament [edit]

Summaries [edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			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

Participating nations [edit]

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

Nation	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	Years
Algeria	4	Y	1			Y	Y	Y	Y		7
Burkina Faso		Y									1
Cameroon			Y	4	1		1	1	1	3	7
Congo	1	Y				Y					3
Congo DR	Y										1
Ivory Coast	3			Y			Y				3
Egypt		3	Y	1	Y	1		Y	Y		7
Ghana		4	3					3	Y	1	5
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			5
Senegal				Y				Y		4	3
South Africa							3	Y	Y	2	4
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					2

Women's tournament [edit]

Summaries [edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			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

Participating nations [edit]

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

Nation	03	07	11	Years
Algeria	Y	4	3	3
Cameroon	3		1	2
Congo DR	Y			1
Ethiopia	Y	Y		2
Ghana		3	2	2
Guinea			Y	1
Mali	4			1
Mozambique			Y	1
Nigeria	1	1		2
Senegal		Y		1
South Africa	2	2	4	3
Tanzania			Y	1
Zimbabwe	Y		Y	2

Medal table [edit]

Overall [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cameroon (CMR)	5	0	2	7
2	Nigeria (NGR)	3	2	2	7
3	Egypt (EGY)	2	0	1	3
4	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	3	5
5	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	1	2
6	Congo (CGO)	1	0	0	1
7	South Africa (RSA)	0	3	1	4
8	Guinea (GUI)	0	2	0	2
9	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	1	2
10	Kenya (KEN)	0	1	0	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	1	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	0	1
14	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	1	1
	Malawi (MAW)	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Men [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cameroon	4	0	1	5
2	Egypt	2	0	1	3
3	Nigeria	1	2	2	5
4	Ghana	1	0	2	3
5	Algeria	1	0	0	1
	Congo	1	0	0	1
7	Guinea	0	2	0	2
8	South Africa	0	1	1	2
	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
10	Kenya	0	1	0	1
	Mali	0	1	0	1
	Zambia	0	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe	0	1	0	1
14	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Malawi	0	0	1	1

Women [edit]

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

External links [edit]

• RSSSF: African Games
• Soccer World Info All-Africa Games history

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