 3x3 basketball | |
| 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.
| 3x3 basketball | |
| First event | 2019 |
|---|---|
| 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 |  Rabat |  Madagascar |  Egypt |  Nigeria | |
| 2023 Details |  Accra |  Algeria |  Ghana |  Uganda | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Women's 3x3 basketball | |||||
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| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 2019 Details | Rabat | Nigeria |  Mali |  DR Congo | |
| 2023 Details | Accra | Mali | Nigeria | DR Congo | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Mali (MLI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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