# Baseball at the 1999 All-Africa Games

Baseball was one of 19 sports included in the 1999 All-Africa Games held during September of that year in Johannesburg, South Africa. It marked the first of two editions of the Games during which baseball would be included. Six teams participated in the tournament, with the winner being qualified for a playoff with the champion of Oceania, the winner of which would be then qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia.
South Africa dominated the tournament handily, outscoring their opponents by double digits. They went on to the Olympic qualifying playoff against Guam where they similarly were successful, sweeping a best-of-five-series played in Johannesburg in December 1999, earning the team's first and only qualification for Olympic baseball. South African players led most of the statistical categories for the tournament, including the top hitter, Ian Holness, who batted .909 with 10 hits in 11 at-bats.

## Participants

* Ghana
* Lesotho
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

## Format

The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, with each team playing each other team once.

## Results
### Standings

| Pos. | Team | W | L | RS | RA |
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 158 | 6 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 68 | 39 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 3 | 84 | 76 |
| 4 | Ghana | 2 | 3 | 93 | 80 |
| 5 | Lesotho | 2 | 3 | 39 | 105 |
| 6 | Uganda | 0 | 5 | 13 | 128 |

### Game log

| 9 September 10:00 | South Africa | 43–0 (F/5) | Lesotho | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 9 September 10:00 | WP: Braydon Bartle | Boxscore | LP: Teboho Shelile | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 9 September 14:00 | Zimbabwe | 11–12 (F/9) | Nigeria | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 9 September 14:00 | LP: Nhauro Mpanguri | Boxscore | WP: Michael Oguwuche | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 09:00 | Lesotho | 18–14 (F/6) | Ghana | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 09:00 | WP: Justice Tsuniyane | Boxscore | LP: Joshua Amponsah | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 12:30 | Zimbabwe | 2–37 (F/6) | South Africa | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 12:30 | LP: Ozias Moyo | Boxscore | WP: Darryn Smith | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 16:00 | Uganda | 1–27 (F/5) | Nigeria | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 11 September 16:00 | LP: Henry Odong | Boxscore | WP: Augustine Gabriel | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 09:00 | Lesotho | 5–31 (F/6) | Zimbabwe | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 09:00 | LP: Teboho Shelile | Boxscore | WP: Nhauro Mpanguri | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 12:30 | Nigeria | 1–19 (F/7) | South Africa | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 12:30 | LP: Ceaser Ofoedu | Boxscore | WP: Carl Michaels | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 16:00 | Ghana | 27–6 (F/5) | Uganda | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 12 September 16:00 | WP: Ishmael Abayaa | Boxscore | LP: Henry Odong | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 09:00 | South Africa | 31–0 (F/7) | Uganda | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 09:00 | WP: Vaughn Beariman | Boxscore | LP: Rockfeller Erima | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 12:30 | Nigeria | 14–3 (F/8) | Lesotho | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 12:30 | WP: Emmanuel Motoni | Boxscore | LP: Bahzakoana Shelike | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 14:00 | Zimbabwe | 10–24 (F/7) | Ghana | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 13 September 14:00 | LP: Tinei Billiat | Boxscore | WP: Charles Andam | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 14 September 11:00 | Uganda | 1–30 (F/6) | Zimbabwe | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 14 September 11:00 | LP: Henry Odong | Boxscore | WP: Nhauro Mpanguri | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 14 September 15:00 | Ghana | 3–28 (F/5) | South Africa | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 14 September 15:00 | LP: Mohammed Sherrif | Boxscore | WP: Wesley Botha | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 15 September 11:00 | Uganda | 3–13 (F/7) | Lesotho | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 15 September 11:00 | LP: Rockfeller Erima | Boxscore | WP: Justice Tsuniyane | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 15 September 15:00 | Ghana | 5–14 (F/7) | Nigeria | Randburg Sports Stadium |
| 15 September 15:00 | LP: Charles Andam | Boxscore | WP: Emmanuel Motoni | Randburg Sports Stadium |