Football at the Central African Games

Football at the Central African Games was an event held 3 times for national football (soccer) teams in Central Africa. Possibly served twice as qualifying section for the African Games.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1976 Details	Gabon		Cameroon	3 - 2	Congo		Gabon	3 - 1	Central African Republic
1981 Details	Angola		Zaire	League format, thus no final	Congo		Gabon	League format, thus no final	Angola
1987 Details	Congo		Cameroon	2 - 0	Angola		Congo	3 - 2	Gabon

Most wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
2 times	Cameroon	1976, 1987
1 time	Zaire	1981

Precedent games

Precedent games before the Central African Games were helds in central Africa. The Jeux de la Coupe des Tropiques from 1962 to 1964 and the Central African Cup in 1972.

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth
Jeux de la Coupe des Tropiques
1962	Bangui, Central African Rep.	Congo	3–0	Cameroon	No third place match
1964	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Cameroon	2–1	Congo-Léopoldville	Gabon	w/o1	Congo
Central African Cup
1972	Brazzaville, Congo	Congo	n/a	Central African Rep.	Cameroon	n/a	Gabon
1974	N'Djamena, Chad	Cancelled

^1 Gabon won the third place match, Congo-Brazzaville refused to play.

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

External links

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