First event | 2019 |
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Occur every | Four years |
Last event | 2023 |
3x3 basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. It had replaced the 5-on-5 basketball since this edition.
Men's 3x3 basketball | |||||
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Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
2019 Details [1] | Rabat | Madagascar | Egypt | Nigeria | |
2023 Details [2] | Accra | Algeria | Ghana | Uganda |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ghana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Nation | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
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Algeria | 1st | 1 | |
Angola | 5th | 1 | |
Benin | 16th | 1 | |
Botswana | 4th | 1 | |
Burkina Faso | 5th | 1 | |
Central African Republic | 7th | 1 | |
DR Congo | 6th | 14th | 2 |
Egypt | 2nd | 11th | 2 |
Equatorial Guinea | 7th | 1 | |
Ghana | 2nd | 1 | |
Ivory Coast | 10th | 1 | |
Kenya | 9th | 9th | 2 |
Madagascar | 1st | 6th | 2 |
Mali | 4th | 13th | 2 |
Morocco | 8th | 1 | |
Niger | 10th | 1 | |
Nigeria | 3rd | 1 | |
Rwanda | 8th | 1 | |
Togo | 12th | 1 | |
Uganda | 3rd | 1 | |
Zambia | 15th | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 16 |
Women's 3x3 basketball | |||||
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Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
2019 Details [3] | Rabat | Nigeria | Mali | DR Congo | |
2023 Details [4] | Accra | Mali | Nigeria | DR Congo |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Nation | 2019 | 2023 | Years |
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Algeria | 12th | 1 | |
Benin | 4th | 1 | |
Ivory Coast | 8th | 1 | |
DR Congo | 3rd | 3rd | 2 |
Egypt | 7th | 6th | 2 |
Equatorial Guinea | 12th | 1 | |
Ethiopia | 10th | 13th | 2 |
Gambia | 8th | 1 | |
Ghana | 7th | 1 | |
Kenya | 4th | 1 | |
Madagascar | 9th | 1 | |
Mali | 2nd | 1st | 2 |
Morocco | 9th | 1 | |
Niger | 11th | 1 | |
Nigeria | 1st | 2nd | 2 |
Rwanda | 5th | 1 | |
Togo | 11th | 1 | |
Tunisia | 6th | 1 | |
Uganda | 5th | 10th | 2 |
Total | 12 | 13 |
Dunk contest | ||||
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Year | Host | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists |
2023 Details | Accra | Soumaila Sissouma | Zimé Nazif Mora Lafia | Zayd Yahiaoui |
Shoot-out contest | ||||
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Year | Host | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists |
2023 Details | Accra | Habiba El-Gizawy | Abdoul Sami Ouattara | Hannah Amoako |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mali (MLI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mali (MLI) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | DR Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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