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 (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).
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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 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 organisation body for the game. On 26 July 2013, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Supreme Council for Sports held in Abidjan , Ivory Coast that was held on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers that started on 22 July 2013 recommended the dissolution of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa and to also transfer all functions, assets & liabilities of SCSA 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 edit Beginning edit 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 Bolanaki, donated funds to erect a stadium, but still the Games were set back for another three decades.
The Friendship Games edit 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 edit 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 edit Editions edit class=notpageimage|
Host cities of the African Games
Games Year Host[11] Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nation Men Women Total 1 1965 Brazzaville Alphonse Massemba 18 – 28 July 30 2,500 10 54 Egypt 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 23 242 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 edit 1925 Algiers , Algeria - Not held 1928 Alexandria , Egypt - Not held 1960 African Friendship Games - Madagascar - French-speaking countries of Africa 1961 African Friendship Games - Ivory Coast - French-speaking countries of Africa 1963 African Friendship Games - Senegal - Not held African Para Games edit Sports edit 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 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 18 Beach volleyball 19 3x3 basketball 20 Cricket 21 Field Hockey 22 Football 23 Handball 24 Netball Dem 25 Rugby sevens 26 Softball 27 Volleyball Racquet Sports 28 Badminton 29 Squash 30 Table Tennis 31 Tennis Other Sports 32 Archery 33 Chess 34 Cue Sports (Snooker ) 35 Diving Dem 36 Equestrian 37 Petanque 38 Triathlon 39 Weightlifting Demonstration Sports 40 Esports 40 Mixed martial arts 40 Nzango
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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 AU with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ANOCA and the Association of African Sports Confederations AASC African GamesOfficial logo of the GamesGames1965 1973 1978 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027SportsAthletics 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 WrestlingOrganisationsCharter AU ANOCA AASC NOCsAll of the competing nations are from the African continent The first Games were held in 1965 in Brazzaville Congo The International Olympic Committee granted 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 organisation body for the game On 26 July 2013 the Extraordinary Assembly of the Supreme Council for Sports held in Abidjan Ivory Coast that was held on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers that started on 22 July 2013 recommended the dissolution of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa and to also transfer all functions assets amp liabilities of SCSA 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 Beginning 1 2 The Friendship Games 1 3 The games 2 Participation 3 Editions 3 1 Unofficial editions 3 2 African Para Games 4 Sports 5 All time Medal Table 6 Legacy 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editBeginning edit 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 Bolanaki donated funds to erect a stadium but still the Games were set back for another three decades The Friendship Games edit 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 edit 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 editSee 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 edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1965 201519731978 200719871991 20271995199920032011201920232031class notpageimage Host cities of the African Games Games Year Host 11 Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nationMen Women Total1 1965 nbsp Brazzaville Alphonse Massemba 18 28 July 30 2 500 10 54 nbsp Egypt2 1973 nbsp Lagos Yakubu Gowon 7 18 January 36 12 92 nbsp Egypt3 1978 nbsp Algiers Houari Boumediene 13 28 July 38 3 000 12 117 nbsp Tunisia4 1987 nbsp Nairobi Daniel Arap Moi 1 12 August 41 14 164 nbsp Egypt5 1991 nbsp Cairo Hosni Mubarak 20 September 1 October 43 18 213 nbsp Egypt6 1995 nbsp Harare Robert Mugabe 13 23 September 46 6 000 19 224 nbsp South Africa7 1999 nbsp Johannesburg Thabo Mbeki 10 19 September 51 6 000 20 224 nbsp South Africa8 2003 nbsp Abuja Olusegun Obasanjo 5 17 October 50 6 000 22 332 nbsp Nigeria9 2007 nbsp Algiers Abdelaziz Bouteflika 11 23 July 52 4 793 27 374 nbsp Egypt10 2011 nbsp Maputo Armando Guebuza 3 18 September 53 5 000 20 244 nbsp South Africa11 2015 nbsp Brazzaville Denis Nguesso 4 19 September 54 15 000 22 323 nbsp Egypt12 2019 nbsp Rabat Prince Moulay Rachid 19 31 August 54 4 386 26 343 nbsp Egypt13 2023 nbsp Accra Nana Akufo Addo 8 23 March 2024 52 1 490 1 154 2 644 23 242 nbsp Egypt14 2027 nbsp Cairo President of Egypt expected 20 January 7 February Future event15 2031 nbsp Kinshasa President of DR Congo expected TBD Future eventUnofficial editions edit 1925 Algiers Algeria Not held 1928 Alexandria Egypt Not held 1960 African Friendship Games Madagascar French speaking countries of Africa 1961 African Friendship Games Ivory Coast French speaking countries of Africa 1963 African Friendship Games Senegal Not heldAfrican Para Games edit Main article African Para Games Edition Year Host city 11 Host nation Opened by Date Nations Athletes Sports Events Most gold medals1 2023 Accra nbsp Ghana Mustapha Ussif 3 12 September 18 400 3 7 nbsp Morocco2 2027 Cairo nbsp EgyptSports editMain 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 2023Main Sports1 Athletics nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Cycling nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Gymnastics nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Shooting nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Swimming nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Boat Sports6 Canoeing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Rowing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Sailing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Combat Sports9 Arm Wrestling nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Boxing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Fencing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Judo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 Karate nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Kickboxing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 Taekwondo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Wrestling nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Team Sports17 Baseball nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 Basketball nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 Beach volleyball nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 3x3 basketball nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 Cricket 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