| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa (OSMA) |
| Current champions |  Algeria (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Algeria  Eritrea (1 title each) |
| Football tournaments |
|---|
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer, has been played in the African Military Games since the forst edition in 2002 as a men's competition sport.
The first edition was held in 2002 in Nairobi, Kenya with participation of seven teams. Eritrea military team wins the tournament beating Guinea in the final [1] . In the second edition of 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria. Only four teams taked part to the tournament [2] .
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2002 Details |  Nairobi |  Eritrea | 2–2( a.e.t. ) (8–7 p) |  Guinea |  Rwanda | 2–0 |  Lesotho | ||
| 2006 |  Tunis | Not held | |||||||
| 2012 |  Abuja | ||||||||
| 2024 Details | Abuja |  Algeria | 1–0( a.e.t. ) |  Cameroon |  Nigeria | 4–0 |  Equatorial Guinea | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
| Nation | 02 | 24 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1 | |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1 | |
| Guinea | 2 | 1 | |
| Kenya | GS | 1 | |
 Lesotho | 4 | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | |
| Rwanda | 3 | 1 | |
 South Africa | GS | 1 | |
 Uganda | GS | 1 | |
| Total nations (11) | 7 | 4 |
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