2023 African Games

The 13th African Games are expected to be held in Ghana between 8 and 23 March 2024.^[2] This is the second time in history that the games will be decentralized, as three cities on country will host the event.^[3] The three cities chosen for these functions are Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast.^[4][5]

XIII African Games

Host city	Accra
Nations	53 (expected)
Opening	8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)
Closing	23 March 2024 (2024-03-23)
Opened by	TBD
Main venue	Accra Borteyman Olympic Standard Stadium (50,000)^[1]
Website	Accra2023ag.com
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Bids

•   Accra, Ghana^[6][7] (elected)
•   Abuja, Nigeria^[7]
•   Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso^[7]

Ghana won the rights to host the event in October 2018.^[8] In November 2021, Ghana signed an agreement with the African Union to host the event.^[5]

Venues

Plans to build a new stadium for the event were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

The new Borteyman Sports Complex located in Borteyman, Accra is intended to be used for indoor sports.^[10]

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Accra Sports Stadium	Opening and Closing Ceremony	40,000	Existing
	Football (details)
Borteyman Sports Complex^[11]	Aquatics (details)	500	Construction
	Handball (details)   Judo (details)   Karate (details)   Taekwondo (details)	500
	Badminton (details)   Boxing (details)   Volleyball (details)   Weightlifting (details)	1,000
	Tennis (details)	1,000
Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium^[12]	Field hockey (details)		Existing
Achimota Oval^[13]^[14]	Cricket (details)   Squash (details)		Existing
University of Ghana Stadium^[13]	Athletics (details)   Rugby sevens (details)		Renovation

Branding

The mascot, the logo and the website of the event were unveiled in December 2021.^[15][16][17]

Participating nations

Participating National Olympic Committees
Ghana (Host)   Algeria

Sports

Squash is expected to feature at the 13th African Games.^[18][19] In February 2022, it was announced that cricket will make its debut in the 2023 edition of the games.^[20][21] Arm wrestling and rugby union are also set to make their debut.^[22] A total of 23 sports games have been confirmed for the continental event.^{[23][24][25][26]}

•   Arm wrestling (details)
•   Athletics (details)
•   Badminton (details)
•   Basketball 3x3 (details)
•   Beach volleyball (details)
•   Boxing (details)
•   Cricket (details)
•   Cycling (details)
•   Diving (details)
•   Field hockey (2) (details)
•   Football (details)
•   Handball (details)
•   Judo (details)
•   Karate-do (details)
•   Netball (details)
•   Rugby sevens (details)
•   Squash (details)
•   Swimming (details)
•   Table tennis (details)
•   Taekwondo (details)
•   Tennis (details)
•   Volleyball (details)
•   Weightlifting (details)
•   Wrestling (details)

Demonstration sports:^[27]

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

2023 African Para Games

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 are also to be held in Ghana.^[28][29]

See also

• African Games
• 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

References

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External links

• Official website
• All about African Games