2023 African Games

Multi-sport event in Accra, Ghana

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]

## Bids

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* 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]

## Venues

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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

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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

## Marketing

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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]

## Participating nations

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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.

Participating National Olympic Committees

*  Algeria (222)
*  Angola (110)
*  Benin (109)
*  Botswana (65)
*  Burkina Faso (129)
*  Burundi (24)
*  Cameroon (65)
*  Central African Republic (25)
*  Chad (29)
*  Republic of the Congo (77)
*  Comoros (10)
*  Ivory Coast (50)
*  Djibouti (13)
*  Democratic Republic of the Congo (137)
*  Egypt (284)
*  Equatorial Guinea (33)
*  Eritrea (33)
*  Eswatini (13)
*  Ethiopia (161)
*  Gabon (36)
*  The Gambia (68)
*  Ghana (414) (Host)
*  Guinea (20)
*  Guinea-Bissau (5)
*  Kenya (219)
*  Lesotho (9)
*  Liberia (20)
*  Libya (14)
*  Madagascar (65)
*  Malawi (10)
*  Mali (84)
*  Mauritania (10)
*  Mauritius (77)
*  Morocco (81)
*  Mozambique (32)
*  Namibia (89)
*  Niger (28)
*  Nigeria (350)
*  Rwanda (44)
*  São Tomé and Príncipe (7)
*  Senegal (104)
*  Seychelles (48)
*  Sierra Leone (48)
*  Somalia (1)
*  South Africa (189)
*  South Sudan (29)
*  Sudan (7)
*  Tanzania (77)
*  Togo (62)
*  Tunisia (136)
*  Uganda (217)
*  Zambia (73)
*  Zimbabwe (89)

## Sports

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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]

*  Arm wrestling (details)
*  Athletics (details)
*  Badminton (details)
*  3x3 basketball (details)
*  Boxing (details)
*  Chess (details)
*  Cricket (2) (details)
*  Cycling (details)
*  Field hockey (2) (details)
*  Football (2) (details)
*  Handball (details)
*  Judo (details)
*  Karate (details)
*  Rugby sevens (details)
*  Swimming (details)
*  Table tennis (details)
*  Taekwondo (details)
*  Tennis (details)
*  Triathlon (details)
*  Volleyball (details)
*  Beach volleyball (details)
*  Weightlifting (details)
*  Wrestling (details)

Demonstration sports:[33]

*  Esports (details)
*  Mixed martial arts (details)
*  Pickleball (details)
*  Teqball (details)
* Scrabble (details)
*  Speed-ball (details)
*  Sambo (details)

## Calendar

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

OC  | Opening ceremony  |  ●  | Event competitions  |  1  | Gold medal events  |  CC  | Closing ceremony

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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

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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

## Medal table

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Source:[35][36][37]

*   Host nation (Ghana)

Rank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

## African Para Games

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Main article: 2023 African Para Games

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]

## Demonstration Sports

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### MMA

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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]

## See also

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* African Games
* 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
* 2023 African Para Games
* 2023 African Beach Games
* 2024 Summer Olympics
* 2024 Summer Paralympics
* 2024 in Ghana

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## External links

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* Official website
* All about African Games

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Events at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana

Olympic qualif. competitions|

* Athletics
* Badminton
* Cycling
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Wrestling

Non-Olympic qualif. competitions|

* 3x3 basketball
* Arm wrestling
* Boxing
* Chess
* Cricket
* Football
* Handball
* Field hockey
* Judo
* Karate
* Rugby sevens
* Taekwondo
* Volleyball
* Beach volleyball
* Weightlifting

Demonstration competitions|

* Esports
* Mixed martial arts
* Pickleball
* Sambo
* Scrabble
* Speed-ball

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