The African Games are open to all the nations on the continent of Africa.
The francophone African Friendship Games held
in the early sixties can be considered a forerunner of the event.
Since 1987 the games have been held on a quadrennial schedule.
Since 1991 it is an U-23 competition.
In 2003 a women's competition was added for the first time.
The ANOCA (Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa) decided
the hosts.
The 2019 edition was played by under-20 sides since CAF postponed the
qualifying matches for the U-23 Africa Championship 2019 to September,
which served also as qualifications for the Games.
Year City Country Champions Runners-up Third 1965 Brazzaville Congo Congo 0-0 Mali [*1] Ivory Coast 1973 Lagos Nigeria Nigeria 2-0 Guinea Egypt 1978 Algiers Algeria Algeria 1-0 Nigeria Ghana 1987 Nairobi Kenya Egypt 1-0 Kenya Malawi 1991 Cairo Egypt Cameroon 1-0 Tunisia Nigeria 1995 Harare Zimbabwe Egypt 3-1 Zimbabwe Nigeria 1999 Johannesburg South Africa Cameroon 0-0 Zambia [*2] South Africa 2003 Abuja Nigeria Cameroon 2-0 Nigeria Ghana 2007 various Algeria Cameroon 1-0 Guinea Tunisia 2011 Maputo Mozambique Ghana 1-1 South Africa [*3] Cameroon 2015 Brazzaville Congo Senegal 1-0 Burkina Faso Nigeria 2019 Rabat Morocco Burkina Faso 2-0 Nigeria Senegal 2024 Accra Ghana Ghana 1-0 Uganda Senegal [*1] Congo won 7-2 on corner kicks [*2] Cameroon won 4-3 on penalties [*3] Ghana won 4-2 on penalties
G S B
Cameroon 4 1
Ghana 2 2
Egypt 2 1
Nigeria 1 3 3
Burkina Faso 1 1
Senegal 1 2
Algeria 1
Congo(-Brazzaville) 1
Guinea 2
South Africa 1 1
Tunisia 1 1
Kenya 1
Mali 1
Uganda 1
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Ivory Coast 1
Malawi 1
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