2023 African Games

XIII African Games

Host city	Accra
Nations	53
Athletes	2,644
Events	335
Opening	8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)
Closing	23 March 2024 (2024-03-23)
Opened by	Nana Akufo-Addo (President of Ghana)
Closed by	Mustapha Ussif Minister for Youth and Sports of Ghana
Torch lighter	Benjamin Azamati
Main venue	Legon Sports Stadium
Website	Accra2023ag.com
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The 13th African Games, also known as Accra 2023, were hosted by Ghana from 8–23 March 2024.^[1] Despite having Accra as the main host city, the games were held in two sub-host cities:^[2] Kumasi and Cape Coast.^[3][4] The games were initially planned to be held in August 2023, however a failure to complete facilities on time and arguments over marketing revenue resulted in the games being delayed to March 2024.^[5][6]

• Accra, Ghana^[7][8] (selected)
• Abuja, Nigeria^[8]
• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso^[8]

Ghana won the rights to host the event in October 2018.^[9] In November 2021, Ghana signed an agreement with the African Union to host the event.^[4]

Plans to build a new stadium for the event were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

The new Borteyman Sports Complex located in Borteyman, Accra is intended to be used for indoor sports.^[11]

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Accra Sports Stadium	Football (details)	40,000	Existing
Borteyman Sports Complex[12][13][14][15]	Swimming (details)	500	Commissioned
	Handball (details)  Wrestling (details)	500
	Badminton (details)  Volleyball (details)	1,000
	Tennis (details)	1,000
Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium[16]	Field hockey (details)		Existing
Achimota Oval[17][18]	Cricket (details)		Existing
University of Ghana Sports Facilities[17]	Athletics (details)  Rugby sevens (details)  Weightlifting (details)		Renovation
Ga-Mashiae Hall	Judo (details)  Karate (details)  Taekwondo (details)		Existing
Bukom Boxing Arena	Boxing (details)	4000	Existing

The mascot, the logo and the website of the event were unveiled in December 2021.^[19][20][21]

The mascot, known asɔkɔdeɛ (come on), is an anthropomorphic eagle wearing the Ghanaian Flag.^[22][23]

From the 54 members of the ANOCA. 53 sent delegations to compete in the event, the only exception was Cape Verde. Also noteworthy was the presence of a delegation from the African Judo Union. This happened because the National Sports Federation in Angola was suspended and the country's athletes competed as neutrals in the sport. However, their 3 medals are added to the Angolan delegation in the final table.

Squash was expected to feature at the 13th African Games. But, when the final list of events, they were cut from the games program.^[24][25] In February 2022, it was announced that cricket and arm wrestling will make its debut in the 2023 edition of the games.^[26][27] Rugby union (sevens) is also set to make its debut.^[28] A total of 23 sports games have been confirmed for the continental event.^{[29][30][31][32]}

Demonstration sports:^[33]

The schedule for the Games was as follows.^[34]

March		4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	23rd Sat	Events
Ceremonies						OC															CC
Arm wrestling													14	14								28
Athletics																3	12	11	7	14		47
Badminton					●	●	●	5														5
3x3 basketball																●	●	●	●	4		4
Beach volleyball								●	●	●	●	2										2
Boxing													●	●	●	●	●	●	●	25		25
Chess							1	2	3													6
Cricket					●	●		●	●		1				●	●		●	●		1	2
Cycling							2	2		4		2	4	1								15
Field hockey															●	●		●		2		2
Football					●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●		1	1		2
Handball											●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	2		2
Judo										5	4	5	1									15
Karate					8	6	2															16
Rugby sevens																	●	●	2			2
Swimming							7	9	10	8	8											42
Table tennis		●	2	●	●	2	1	2														7
Taekwondo															4	4	4	4	1	8		25
Tennis													●	●	●	●	●	●	4	●	2	6
Triathlon													2									2
Volleyball									●	●	●	●	●		●	●		●		●	2	2
Weightlifting								12	12	12	12	12										60
Wrestling							6	6	6													18
Daily medal events		0	2	0	8	8	19	38	31	29	25	21	21	15	4	7	16	15	15	56	5	335
Cumulative total		0	2	2	10	18	37	75	106	135	160	181	202	217	221	228	244	259	274	330	335
March		4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon	12th Tue	13th Wed	14th Thu	15th Fri	16th Sat	17th Sun	18th Mon	19th Tue	20th Wed	21st Thu	22nd Fri	23rd Sat	Events

Source:^[35][36][37]

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	103	47	43	193
2	Nigeria	47	34	40	121
3	South Africa	32	32	42	106
4	Algeria	29	38	48	115
5	Tunisia	22	27	38	87
6	Ghana*	19	29	21	69
7	Morocco	9	12	14	35
8	Ethiopia	9	8	5	22
9	Mauritius	9	5	11	25
10	Kenya	8	8	21	37
11	Eritrea	7	2	6	15
12	Senegal	4	7	18	29
13	Uganda	4	6	10	20
14	Zambia	4	5	5	14
15	Madagascar	4	4	7	15
16	Niger	4	1	6	11
17	Cameroon	3	13	14	30
18	Zimbabwe	3	4	4	11
19	Benin	3	1	0	4
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	7	9	18
21	Angola	2	1	5	8
	Mali	2	1	5	8
23	The Gambia	2	0	0	2
24	Libya	1	11	1	13
25	Namibia	1	4	5	10
26	Burkina Faso	1	2	7	10
27	Guinea	1	1	1	3
28	South Sudan	1	0	0	1
29	Ivory Coast	0	9	9	18
30	Mozambique	0	5	1	6
31	Botswana	0	3	10	13
32	Liberia	0	2	2	4
33	Central African Republic	0	1	3	4
	Gabon	0	1	3	4
	Togo	0	1	3	4
36	Equatorial Guinea	0	1	0	1
	Somalia	0	1	0	1
38	Republic of the Congo	0	0	5	5
39	Tanzania	0	0	3	3
40	Chad	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti	0	0	1	1
	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		336	334	430	1,100

In January 2022, president of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons visited Ghana in support of the 2023 African Para Games which were also to be held in Ghana.^[38][39]

For the first time in the history of the games, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) was introduced as a demonstration sport in the African Games. The event was conducted by Global Association Of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA). MMA athletes from all over the continent came to participate. Over a span of 2 days (11 and 12 March 2024) nearly 50 fights were conducted to finally crown the African Games Champions in their respective weight classes.^[40]

The 2023 African Games MMA tournament included athletes from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sudan, and Togo.^[41]

The final results of the 2023 African Games MMA tournament were announced by GAMMA on their website.^[42]

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