2015 African Games

Multi-sport event in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

XI African Games

Host city| Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Nations| 54 (projected)
Athletes| 15,000 (projected athletes, coaches, officials)[1]
Events| 323 in 20 sports
Opening| 4 September 2015
Closing| 19 September 2015
Opened by| Denis Sassou Nguesso
President of the Republic of the Congo
Torch lighter| Christoffer Mafoumbi
Main venue| Kintele Stadium
Website| Cojabrazzaville2015.com

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The 11th African Games (French: 11es Jeux africains), also known as Brazzaville 2015, took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.[2] This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965.

## Host awarding

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Ghana,[3] Kenya[4] and Congo all showed interest in bidding for the 11th edition of the Games. On September 14, 2011, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa awarded the rights to Brazzaville to host.[5]

## Name change

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In January 2012 during the Executive Council meeting of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was taken a decision for the name change from All-Africa Games to African Games. The 11th edition of Brazzaville 2015 started under this new name.[6]

## Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony was held on 4 September 2015 at the newly built Kintele Stadium. Congolese national anthem started the ceremony, performed by Abel Mona.[7] Parade of nations then started with Mozambique entering first as the previous host in 2011 and Republic of Congo came out last as the current host. In the artistic sequence, performers dressed with the colors of Congolese flag formed the word bienvenue (welcome) and followed by various dances and the lighting of the torch.

## Participating nations

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Brazzaville

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Location of Brazzaville in Republic of the Congo.

All countries participating in the 2015 All-Africa Games in green. Host country (Republic of the Congo) in red.

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic were to take part in the games for the first time. However, because the country was not yet affiliated with the international federations of the sports that it had intended to attend, the Congolese organising committee determined its athletes could not participate.[8][9] Morocco protested the decision by pulling out of the Games.

*  Algeria (235)
*  Angola
*  Benin
*  Botswana
*  Burkina Faso
*  Burundi
*  Cameroon
*  Cape Verde
*  Central African Republic
*  Chad (40)
*  Comoros
*  Republic of the Congo (host)
*  Ivory Coast
*  Djibouti
*  Democratic Republic of the Congo
*  Egypt (298)[10]
*  Equatorial Guinea
*  Eritrea
*  Ethiopia
*  Gabon
*  The Gambia
*  Ghana
*  Guinea
*  Guinea-Bissau
*  Kenya (364)[11]
*  Lesotho
*  Liberia (7)[12]
*  Libya
*  Madagascar
*  Malawi
*  Mali
*  Mauritania
*  Mauritius
*  Mozambique
*  Namibia (79)[13]
*  Niger
*  Nigeria (573)[14]
*  Rwanda
*  São Tomé and Príncipe
*  Senegal (287)
*  Seychelles
*  Sierra Leone
*  Somalia
*  South Africa (150)[15]
*  South Sudan
*  Sudan (90)
*  Swaziland
*  Tanzania
*  Togo
*  Tunisia (111)[16]
*  Uganda
*  Zambia
*  Zimbabwe

## Sports

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22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games (2 demonstration), and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Weightlifting):[17]

* Athletics (46 + 28)
* Badminton (6)
* Basketball (2)
* Beach volleyball (2)
* Boxing (13)
* Cycling (6)
* Fencing (12)
* Football (2)
* Gymnastics (16)
* Handball (2)
* Judo (14)
* Karate (16)
* Pétanque (2)
* Swimming (42)
* Tennis (6)
* Table tennis (7)
* Taekwondo (16)
* Volleyball (2)
* Weightlifting (45 + 14)
* Wrestling (24)
* Nzango (demonstration)
* Pharaoh Boxing (demonstration)

## Calendar

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The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.[18]

OC  | Opening ceremony  |  ●   | Event competitions  |  1  | Event finals  |  CC  | Closing ceremony

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Wed  | 3rd
Thu  | 4th
Fri  | 5th
Sat  | 6th
Sun  | 7th
Mon  | 8th
Tue  | 9th
Wed  | 10th
Thu  | 11th
Fri  | 12th
Sat  | 13th
Sun  | 14th
Mon  | 15th
Tue  | 16th
Wed  | 17th
Thu  | 18th
Fri  | 19th
Sat  | Events

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Ceremonies |  |  | OC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | CC |
Athletics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    4    |    12    |    9    |    8    |    13    |  |  | 46
Badminton | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Basketball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    |  | 2
Beach volleyball |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    |  |  | 2
Boxing |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |    13    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13
Cycling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    2    |    2    |    1    |    1    |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Football |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  |  | ●  |    2    |  | 2
Fencing |    2    |    2    |    2    |    3    |    3    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12
Gymnastics |    2    |    2    |    4    |    4    |    4    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16
Handball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    | 2
Judo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    5    |    5    |    4    |  |  |  |  | 14
Karate |  |  |  |    5    | ●  |    4    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9
Pétanque |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Swimming |  |  |  |  |    7    |    8    |    8    |    6    |    6    |    7    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42
Table tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |
Taekwondo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  |    8    |    8    |  | 16
Tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |
Volleyball | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |    2    |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Weightlifting |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wrestling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | 14
Total events | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Cumulative total | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 101 | 111 | 130 | 143 | 151 | 174 | 182 | 184 |
September  | 2nd
Wed  | 3rd
Thu  | 4th
Fri  | 5th
Sat  | 6th
Sun  | 7th
Mon  | 8th
Tue  | 9th
Wed  | 10th
Thu  | 11th
Fri  | 12th
Sat  | 13th
Sun  | 14th
Mon  | 15th
Tue  | 16th
Wed  | 17th
Thu  | 18th
Fri  | 19th
Sat  | Events

## Venues

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Brazzaville |

Brazzaville

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Kintélé Sports Complex
Brazzaville | Brazzaville
Kintele Aquatic Complex
Capacity: 2,000 | Palais des Sports
Capacity: 10,134

Venues used in these Games mostly located in the new Kintele Sport Complex in the northern part of Brazzaville[19] and the existing Alphonse Massemba-Débat Sport Complex. The list below shows venues used in these Games.[20][21][22][23]

### Kintele Sports Complex

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Venue | Capacity | Sports

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Kintele Stadium | 60,056 | Athletics, Football, Ceremonies
Palais des Sports | 10,134 | Handball, Karate
Kintele Aquatic Complex | 2,000 | Swimming
Kintele Tennis Courts | 1,000 | Tennis
Beach Volleyball Arena |  | Beach volleyball
Petanque Field |  | Petanque

### Other venues

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Venue | Capacity | Sports

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Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat | 17,000 | Football
Hall des Pompiers |  | Pharaons boxing
Gymnase Révolution | 3,000 | Badminton, Table tennis
Massamba Debat Gymnasium | 3,000 | Volleyball, Wrestling
Makelekele Gymnasium | 3,000 | Basketball, Gymnastics
Talangaï Gymnasium | 10,000 | Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo

## Medal table

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323 medal events in 20 sports (consists of 2 para sports but excludes 2 demonstration sports).

Key

*   Host nation (Congo)

Rank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt (EGY)| 85| 64| 68| 217
2|  Nigeria (NGR)| 47| 55| 42| 144
3|  South Africa (RSA)| 41| 41| 37| 119
4|  Algeria (ALG)| 40| 41| 36| 117
5|  Tunisia (TUN)| 23| 26| 41| 90
6|  Republic of the Congo (CGO)*| 8| 4| 19| 31
7|  Senegal (SEN)| 7| 10| 19| 36
8|  Kenya (KEN)| 7| 9| 17| 33
9|  Cameroon (CMR)| 7| 8| 16| 31
10|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 7| 5| 10| 22
11|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 7| 4| 15| 26
12|  Namibia (NAM)| 5| 4| 6| 15
13|  Mauritius (MRI)| 5| 4| 5| 14
14|  Angola (ANG)| 4| 3| 5| 12
Seychelles (SEY)| 4| 3| 5| 12
16|  Libya (LBA)| 3| 5| 8| 16
17|  Botswana (BOT)| 3| 4| 7| 14
18|  Eritrea (ERI)| 3| 1| 1| 5
19|  Zimbabwe (ZIM)| 3| 0| 6| 9
20|  Ghana (GHA)| 2| 9| 8| 19
21|  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)| 2| 4| 10| 16
22|  Mali (MLI)| 2| 1| 7| 10
23|  Rwanda (RWA)| 2| 0| 2| 4
24|  Mozambique (MOZ)| 1| 3| 2| 6
25|  Burkina Faso (BUR)| 1| 1| 4| 6
26|  Uganda (UGA)| 1| 1| 2| 4
27|  Cape Verde (CPV)| 1| 1| 0| 2
28|  Niger (NIG)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Zambia (ZAM)| 1| 0| 1| 2
30|  Gabon (GAB)| 0| 3| 4| 7
31|  Benin (BEN)| 0| 3| 2| 5
32|  Togo (TOG)| 0| 2| 1| 3
33|  Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 1| 6| 7
34|  Djibouti (DJI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sudan (SUD)| 0| 1| 0| 1
The Gambia (GAM)| 0| 1| 0| 1
37|  Chad (CHA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
38|  Guinea (GUI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guinea-Bissau (GBS)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Lesotho (LES)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (40 entries)| 323| 323| 418| 1,064

Source:[24][25]

## Broadcasters

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Territory  | Broadcaster

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Botswana | Botswana TV
Republic of the Congo | TeleCongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo | RTNC
Egypt | ERTU
Sub-Saharan Africa | Canal+ Afrique
SuperSport
Africa 24
Middle East and North Africa | beIN Sports
Senegal | RTS
South Africa | SuperSport
SABC
Other countries  | BrazzaTV (Website)

Source:[26]

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## External links

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* Official website

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African Games

* AU
* AASC
* ANOCA
* Medal table

Games|

* Brazzaville 1965
* Bamako 1969
* Lagos 1973
* Algiers 1978
* Nairobi 1987
* Cairo 1991
* Harare 1995
* Johannesburg 1999
* Abuja 2003
* Algiers 2007
* Maputo 2011
* Brazzaville 2015
* Rabat 2019
* Accra 2023
* Cairo 2027
* Kinshasa 2031

* African Beach Games
* African Youth Games

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Events at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Congo

* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Beach volleyball
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Fencing
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Judo
* Karate
* Pétanque
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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Nations at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville, Congo

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Congo
* DR Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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