African Games

African multi-sport event

African Games

Games

* 1965
* 1973
* 1978
* 1987
* 1991
* 1995
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Sports

* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Chess
* Cricket
* Cycling
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Field hockey
* Judo
* Karate
* Kick-boxing
* Netball
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Softball
* Squash
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Organisations

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* ANOCA
* AASC
* NOCs

Olympic Games

Main topics

* Bids
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The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the Association of African Sports Confederation.

All of the competing nations are from the African continent. The first Games were held in 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo. The International Olympic Committee granted these Games official recognition as a continental multi-sport event, along with the Asian Games and Pan American Games. Since 1999, the Games have also included athletes with a disability.[1]

The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) was the organizing body for the Games. On 26 July 2013, the Extraordinary Assembly of the SCSA held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers recommended the dissolution of the SCSA and transfer of all its functions, assets & liabilities to the African Union Commission.[2][3] The organization of the African Games is now managed by three parts, the AU (the owners of the game), the ANOCA (occupying the technical aspects) and the AASC (developing marketing policy, sponsorship and research resources).

After running previous 11 editions as the All-Africa Games, the games has been renamed the African Games. The decision for the name change was arrived at, during the Executive Council meeting of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2012.[4] 54 countries were participating in the most recent edition in Morocco 2019. In 2023, the 13th edition of the game was hosted in Accra, Ghana.[5][6] It was aim to use sports for national and continental development, aligning with Ghana's transformative agenda and the African Union's Agenda 2063, "Africa We Want."[7]

## History

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### Beginning

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Modern Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Pan African Games as early as 1920. The colonial powers who ruled Africa at the time were wary of the idea, suspecting the unifying aspect of sport among African people would cause them to assert their independence.

Attempts were made to host the games in Algiers, Algeria in 1925 and Alexandria, Egypt in 1928, but despite considerable preparations taken by coordinators, the efforts failed. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) first African member, Greek-born Egyptian sprinter Angelo Bolanachi, donated funds to erect a stadium, but still the Games were set back for another three decades.

### The Friendship Games

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In the early 1960s, French-speaking countries of Africa including France organized the Friendship Games. The Games were organized by Madagascar (1960) and then Ivory Coast (1961). The third games were set for Senegal in 1963. Before they were completed, African Ministers of Youth and Sport met in Paris in 1962; as a few English-speaking countries were already participating, they rechristened the Games as the Pan African Games. The Games were granted official recognition by the IOC as being on par with other continental Games such as the Asian Games and the Pan American Games.

### The games

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In July 1965, the first games were held in Brazzaville, Congo, now called the All-Africa Games. From 30 countries, around 2,500 athletes competed. Egypt topped the medal count for the first Games.

In 1966, the SCSA was organized in Bamako; it manages the All-Africa Games. The second edition were awarded to Mali in 1969, but a military coup forced the cancellation of the Games. Lagos, Nigeria stepped in as host for the Games in 1971. Those Games were finally held in 1973 due to the Biafra War, which had just ended in Nigeria.

In 1977, the 3rd Games were scheduled to take place in Algeria but due to technical reasons had to be postponed for a year and were held in 1978. Continuing the pattern, the next Games were scheduled to take place in Kenya in 1983, but were pushed back to 1985 and finally took place in Nairobi in 1987.

The four-year Olympic rhythm has not missed a beat since, and the Games have been organized in Cairo, Harare, Johannesburg, and Abuja. In 2007, Algiers once again hosted, becoming the first repeat host. The 2011 edition of the All-Africa Games was held in Maputo, Mozambique in September 2011. Brazzaville hosted the 2015 edition in honor of the Games' 50th anniversary.

## Participation

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See also: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

All 53 members affiliated to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) are eligible to take part in the Games. In history, the 53 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have sent competitors to the Games.

South Africa was banned since the beginning of the games in the 1965 All-Africa Games till the 1995 All-Africa Games because Apartheid officially ended when it was invited for the first time to compete the games.

Morocco was banned from the games from the 1987 All-Africa Games to the 2015 African Games because of a political dispute over Western Sahara. Morocco claims the territory as its "Southern Provinces" and controls 80% of it while the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which claims to be a sovereign state, controls the remaining 20% as the "Free Zone". In 2018, after the Moroccan government signed its treaty of return to the African Union, the country also pledged to return to the African Games. Rabat, Morocco hosted the 2019 African Games.[8][9][10]

## Editions

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1965, 2015

1973

1978, 2007

1987

1991, 2027

1995

1999

2003

2011

2019

2023

2031

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Host cities of the African Games

Games  | Year  | Host[11] | Opened by  | Dates  | Nations  | Competitors  | Sports  | Events  | Top nation

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1 | 1965  |  Brazzaville | Alphonse Massemba | 18 – 28 July  | 30  |  |  | 2,500  | 10  | 54  |  Egypt
–  | 1969 |  Bamako | Disrupted by military coup
2 | 1973  |  Lagos | Yakubu Gowon | 7 – 18 January  | 36  |  |  |  | 12  | 92  |  Egypt
3 | 1978  |  Algiers | Houari Boumediene | 13 – 28 July  | 38  |  |  | 3,000  | 12  | 117  |  Tunisia
4 | 1987  |  Nairobi | Daniel Arap Moi | 1 – 12 August  | 41  |  |  |  | 14  | 164  |  Egypt
5 | 1991  |  Cairo | Hosni Mubarak | 20 September – 1 October  | 43  |  |  |  | 18  | 213  |  Egypt
6 | 1995  |  Harare | Robert Mugabe | 13 – 23 September  | 46  |  |  | 6,000  | 19  | 224  |  South Africa
7 | 1999  |  Johannesburg | Thabo Mbeki | 10 – 19 September  | 51  |  |  | 6,000  | 20  | 224  |  South Africa
8 | 2003  |  Abuja | Olusegun Obasanjo | 5 – 17 October  | 50  |  |  | 6,000  | 22  | 332  |  Nigeria
9 | 2007  |  Algiers | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 11 – 23 July  | 52  |  |  | 4,793  | 27  | 374  |  Egypt
10 | 2011  |  Maputo | Armando Guebuza | 3 – 18 September  | 53  |  |  | 5,000  | 20  | 244  |  South Africa
11 | 2015  |  Brazzaville | Denis Nguesso | 4 – 19 September  | 54  |  |  | 15,000  | 22  | 323  |  Egypt
12 | 2019  |  Rabat | Prince Moulay Rachid | 19 – 31 August  | 54  |  |  | 4,386  | 26  | 343  |  Egypt
13 | 2023  |  Accra | Nana Akufo-Addo | 8 – 23 March 2024  | 52  | 1,490  | 1,154  | 2,644  | 23  | 335  |  Egypt
14 | 2027  |  Cairo | President of Egypt (expected) | 20 January – 7 February  | Future event
15 | 2031  |  Kinshasa | President of DR Congo (expected) | TBD  | Future event

### Unofficial editions

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1. 1925 Algiers, Algeria \- Not held
2. 1928 Alexandria, Egypt \- Not held
3. 1960 African Friendship Games \- Madagascar \- French-speaking countries of Africa
4. 1961 African Friendship Games \- Ivory Coast \- French-speaking countries of Africa
5. 1963 African Friendship Games \- Senegal \- Not held

### African Para Games

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Main article: African Para Games

Edition  | Year  | Host city[11] | Host nation  | Opened by  | Date  | Nations  | Athletes  | Sports  | Events  | Most gold medals

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1 | 2023  | Accra |  Ghana | Mustapha Ussif | 3–12 September  | 18  | 400  | 3  | 7  |  Morocco
2 | 2027  | Cairo |  Egypt |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Sports

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Main article: African Games sports

35 sports, 2 demonstration sports and 6 Para sports were presented in African Games history until 2019 African Games (also 1991 Diving and 1999 Netball were demonstration).

Number | Event | 1965 | 1973 | 1978 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023

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Main Sports
1 | Athletics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2 | Cycling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3 | Gymnastics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 | Shooting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5 | Swimming |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boat Sports
6 | Canoeing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7 | Rowing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8 | Sailing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Combat Sports
9 | Arm Wrestling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
10 | Boxing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
11 | Fencing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
12 | Judo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
13 | Karate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14 | Kickboxing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
15 | Taekwondo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
16 | Wrestling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Team Sports
17 | Baseball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
18 | Basketball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
19 | Beach volleyball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
20 | 3x3 basketball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
21 | Cricket |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
22 | Field Hockey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
23 | Football |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
24 | Handball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
25 | Netball |  |  |  |  |  |  | Dem |  |  |  |  |  |
26 | Rugby sevens |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
27 | Softball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
28 | Volleyball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Racquet Sports
29 | Badminton |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
30 | Squash |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
31 | Table Tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
32 | Tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Sports
33 | Archery |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
34 | Chess |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
35 | Cue Sports (Snooker) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
36 | Diving |  |  |  |  | Dem |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
37 | Equestrian |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
38 | Petanque |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
39 | Triathlon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
40 | Weightlifting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Demonstration Sports
41 | Esports |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
42 | Mixed martial arts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
43 | Nzango |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
44 | Pharaoh Boxing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
45 | Pickleball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
46 | Scrabble |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
47 | Speed-ball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
48 | Sambo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
49 | Teqball  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Para Sports ( from 2019 African Para Games )
50 | Para Athletics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
51 | Goalball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
52 | Para Powerlifting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
53 | Para Swimming |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
54 | Para Table Tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
55 | Wheelchair Basketball |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## All time Medal Table

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Main article: All-time African Games medal table

50 nations have won at least a single medal in the African Games, from 54 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games. 43 NOCs have won at least a single gold medal.[12]

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1  |  Egypt (EGY) | 12 | 753 | 551 | 524 | 1828
2  |  Nigeria (NGR) | 12 | 517 | 462 | 468 | 1447
3  |  South Africa (RSA) | 7 | 429 | 394 | 337 | 1160
4  |  Algeria (ALG) | 12 | 339 | 350 | 448 | 1137
5  |  Tunisia (TUN) | 12 | 282 | 270 | 316 | 868
6  |  Kenya (KEN) | 12 | 142 | 152 | 185 | 479
7  |  Senegal (SEN) | 12 | 69 | 78 | 171 | 318
8  |  Ghana (GHA) | 12 | 55 | 83 | 116 | 254
9  |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 12 | 54 | 62 | 80 | 196
10  |  Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 48 | 55 | 74 | 177

## Legacy

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After hearing about the Pan-African Games whilst on a business trip to Congo, Soviet Union-Armenian diplomat Ashot Melik-Shahnazaryan got the idea to create the Pan-Armenian Games.[13]

## See also

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* Africa portal

* Sport in Africa
* African Youth Games
* African Para Games
* All-Africa University Games
* Asian Games
* South Asian Games
* West Asian Games
* Central Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* European Games
* Pacific Games
* Pan American Games
* South American Games

## References

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1. ^ 9th All African Games Underway in Algeria, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. ^ 27/10/2011 The All Africa Games shall henceforth be organized by ANOCA and the AASC Archived November 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Confederation of African Athletics (CAA)
3. ^ All Africa Games: Popoola hails SCSA dissolution, www.vanguardngr.com
4. ^ "All-Africa Games now renamed "African Games"". The Guardian. NAN. September 13, 2015.
5. ^ Graphic, Online (2024-03-11). "13th African Games open in Accra".
6. ^ "13th African Games". www.accra2023ag.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
7. ^ "Aims and Objectives". www.accra2023ag.com. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
8. ^ Chanda, Davies M.M (April 15, 2018). "'We ain't ready to stage 2019 AAG'". Times of Zambia.
9. ^ All Africa Games. FEI. Retrieved on 29 January 2018.
10. ^ "Morocco To Host African Games". Around The Rings. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
11. ^ a b ANOCA (archived)
12. ^ "BEST sports DB - All Africa Games". bestsports.com.br. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
13. ^ Elliott, Raffi (2019-08-07). "Pan-Armenian Games Open in Show of Unity". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2024-04-24.

## External links

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* Background from official website (archived 22 July 2013)
* Medal winners in various events (archived 27 April 2006)
* Event at Ultraviewdirectory (archived 7 October 2011)

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Asia|

OCA – Olympic Council of Asia

Europe|

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Summer sports|

* Archery
* Arm wrestling
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
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* Boxing
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* Chess
* Cricket
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* Diving
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Zone 1 - North Zone|

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* Zambia
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* Comoros
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* European Para Youth Games
* European Youth Olympic Festival
* EuroGames
* European Universities Championships
* European Universities Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* International Erasmus Games

Oceania|

* Australian Youth Olympic Festival
* Micronesian Games
* Pacific Games
* Pacific Mini Games
* Arafura Games

Intercontinental|

* Arab Games
* Arctic Winter Games
* Asia Pacific Deaf Games
* Asia Pacific Masters Games
* Isles
* Indian Ocean Island Games
* Island Games
* Jeux des îles
* Mediterranean Games

National

Americas|

* Canada
* British Columbia
* Ontario
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Western
* Colombia
* United States
* amateur juniors
* seniors
* Warrior Games

NCSG,
United States3|

* Alabama
* California
* Florida
* Massachusetts
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* New York
* North Carolina
* Lakota Nation
* Texas
* Wisconsin

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* China
* All-China Games
* National Games
* National Peasants' Games
* National Youth Games
* India
* Youth
* University
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* National Games
* Para Games
* Student
* Youth
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Summer
* Winter
* Thailand
* Youth
* Vietnam
* Taiwan
* National Games (Taiwan)

Europe|

* Poland (youth)
* WheelPower

Historical1

Pre-Modern Olympics
(in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)|

* Tailteann Games (ancient)
* Panhellenic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games
* Pythian Games
* Nemean Games
* Isthmian Games
* Heraean Games
* Panathenaic Games
* Roman Games
* Cotswold Olimpick Games
* Gog Magog Games
* Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games
* Zappas Olympics

Alternatives to the
Modern Olympics|

* Aryan Games
* Friendship Games
* GANEFO
* Goodwill Games
* Inter-Allied Games
* Islamic Games
* Liberty Bell Classic
* People's Olympiad
* Workers' Olympiads
* Spartakiad

Defunct regional or
community events|

* Afro-Asian Games
* Asian Indoor Games
* Asian Martial Arts Games
* Baltic Sea Games
* Black Sea Games
* Central African Games
* East Asian Games
* Far Eastern Championship Games
* FESPIC Games
* Games of the New Emerging Forces
* Pacific Ocean Games
* Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
* Tailteann Games (modern)
* West African Games
* Women's Islamic Games
* World Youth Games
* IWAS World Games
* Cerebral Palsy Games
* South African Games
* North Dakota
* Netherlands
* Spartakiad of Albania
* Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
* youth

Winter sports

International|

* Olympics
* Paralympics
* Winter University Games
* FIS Games
* Nordic Games1
* Commonwealth1
* World Scout
* Arctic Winter Games
* Kennedy Memorial1
* New Zealand Winter Games
* Winter World Masters Games

Regional|

* National Winter Games of China
* Asian Winter Games
* European Youth Olympic Festival
* Winter X Games Europe
* Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

* 1 Defunct
* 2 Sub-national
* 3 51 component games in 36 U.S. states

* Category
* List
* WikiProject

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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