All-Africa University Games

African regional multi-sport event

All-Africa University Games

First event| 1975 Accra
Occur every| Four years
Last event| 2018 Mekelle
Purpose| Multi-sport event for universities in Africa.
Organization| FASU

The All-Africa University Games is a regional multi-sport event representing Africa, organized for university athletes by the Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in Accra, Ghana.

## History

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The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in Accra, Ghana and again at the same time of year in 1978–79 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.[1]

It was set for a tenth edition in 2020, but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

## Editions

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Games  | Year  | Host country  | Host city  | Dates  | Nations  | Competitors  | Sports  | Top nation

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Men  | Women  | Total
I | 1975  |  Ghana | Accra | 27 December 1974 – 1 January 1975  | 13  |  |  |  | 8  |  Liberia
II | 1979  |  Kenya | Nairobi | 29 December 1978 – 8 January 1979  | 14  |  |  |  | 10  |  Angola
III | 2004  |  Nigeria | Bauchi | 14–22 April  | 15  |  |  |  | 7  |
IV[3] | 2006  |  South Africa | Tshwane | 1–8 July  | 16  |  |  | 1000  | 14  |  South Africa
V | 2008  |  Uganda | Kampala | 6–16 July  | 14  |  |  | 803  | 17  |  South Africa
VI | 2012  |  Namibia | Windhoek | 15–22 December  | 18  |  |  | 750  | 12  |  Egypt
VII | 2014  |  Kenya | Nairobi | 11–18 July[4][5] |  |  |  |  |  |
VIII | 2016  |  South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 June – 2 July[6] | 35  | 328  | 146  | 476  | 10  |  South Africa[7]
IX | 2018  |  Ethiopia | Mekelle | 1–8 July[8] |  |  |  |  |  |
X | 2022  |  Kenya | Nairobi[2] | 6–10 June[9] | 14[10] |  |  | 1450  | 12  |
XI | 2024  |  Nigeria | Lagos[11] | 20–29 September  |  |  |  |  | 13  |

## See also

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* FISU World University Games (Universiade)

## References

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1. ^ "All-Africa University Games". GBR Athletics. 1999–2005.
2. ^ a b 10th FASU Games Pushed to 2022. Africa University Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
3. ^ "FASU GAMES REPORT 2006" (PDF). FUSU. 8 July 2006.
4. ^ 7th FASU Games. University of Nairobi. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
5. ^ 10th All-Africa University Games to be held at Kenyatta University. FISU (2020-02-09). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
6. ^ 8th FASU University Games concluded. EUSA (2016-07-03). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
7. ^ "8th All Anica University Games South Africa 2016: Final Results 2nd July 2006" (PDF). FUSA. 2 July 2016.
8. ^ 9th FASU University Games concluded. EUSA (2018-07-21). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
9. ^ "10th All Africa University Games set for June 2022". www.fisu.net. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
10. ^ "10th All Africa University Games underway in Kenya". www.fisu.net. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
11. ^ FASU Games \- Africa University Sports

## External links

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* Official website of FASU

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