# Basketball at the African Games

Basketball has been a discipline of the African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
Starting at the 2019 event, "regular" 5-on-5 basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.

## Men's tournaments
### Participating nations

| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | Years |
| Algeria | 4th | | 4th | | | ? | | | 5th | 4th | | 5 |
| Angola | | | | 1st | | ? | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | | ? | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | 2nd | | | | | 4th | | 8th | | ? | 4 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | 6th | ? | 2 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | 1 |
| Congo | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 2 |
| DR Congo | | | | | | | | | 9th | | | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | | ? | 2nd | 3rd | | | | 4th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7 |
| Egypt | 1st | 3rd | | | 1st | 1st | 1st | | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 8 |
| Gabon | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 1 |
| Kenya | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Liberia | | | | | | | | | 11th | | | 1 |
| Madagascar | | | | ? | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mali | | | 3rd | | | 2nd | | | 4th | 9th | 4th | 5 |
| Mozambique | | | | | ? | | | | | 2nd | 5th | 3 |
| Nigeria | | ? | | ? | | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 8 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Senegal | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | 5th | 2nd | | | | 7 |
| Seychelles | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 1 |
| Somalia | | | | ? | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | 6th | | 7th | 10th | | 3 |
| Tunisia | | 1st | 3rd | | | | | | 10th | | | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | ? | | ? | | | | | | 2 |

### Medal Table, men's

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Angola | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Senegal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Women's tournaments
### Participating nations

| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | Years |
| Algeria | | | ? | | | | | | 6th | 8th | 9th | 4 |
| Angola | | | | 2nd | | | | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5 |
| Cameroon | | | 2nd | | | | | | | 9th | 5th | 3 |
| Congo | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 1 |
| DR Congo | | | | 1st | 3rd | | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 10th | | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | | | | | 6th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 4 |
| Egypt | 3rd | 3rd | | | ? | 3rd | | | | | | 4 |
| Gabon | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 1 |
| Kenya | | | | 7th | | | | 5th | 5th | 6th | | 4 |
| Madagascar | 2nd | 2nd | | | | | | | | | ? | 3 |
| Mali | | | | | | | | | 10th | 12th | 1st | 3 |
| Mozambique | | | | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7 |
| Nigeria | | | 3rd | 6th | | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Senegal | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 11 |
| Somalia | | | | 5th | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | 6th | | | | ? | 2 |
| Tunisia | | | | | | | 4th | | 7th | | | 2 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | | | ? | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | ? | | | 11th | 11th | | 3 |

### Medal Table, women's

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Senegal | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | DR Congo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Angola | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Madagascar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Medal table, combined

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Senegal (SEN) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Angola (ANG) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | DR Congo (COD) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mali (MLI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
* DR Congo : ex. Zaire