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2019 African Games

The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.

XII African Games
Host cityRabat, Morocco
Nations53
Athletes4386
Events340 in 26 Sports
Opening19 August 2019
Closing31 August 2019
Opened byPrince Moulay Rachid
Torch lighterAssia Raziki
Main venuePrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.[1]

Bidding process edit

The 12th African Games was scheduled in September 2019. Accra, Nairobi and Lusaka announced that they would bid for these Games, but none of them were selected.[2]

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea was initially chosen to organise the 2019 African Games at the Second Ordinary Session of the Specialist Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports, which was held at the headquarters of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13 to 17 June 2016.[3]

However, Equatorial Guinea was unable to host the Games due to economic problems.[4] Lusaka, the capital of Zambia was later speculated to host the Games but refused, citing lack of facilities.[5][6] In July 2018, Rabat, Morocco was selected to replace Malabo, Equatorial Guinea as host of the 2019 edition.[7]

Venues edit

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra edit

Rabat edit

 
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Salé edit

  • Moulay Rachid National Sports Center - archery, fencing
  • Salle El Bouâzzaoui - volleyball
  • Al Arjat Shooting Center - shooting (skeet)
  • Salé Beach - beach volleyball
  • Mohamed Ben Abdellah Dam - rowing, canoe kayak (flatwater)
  • Stade Boubker Ammar - football
  • ASFAR Football Academy - football
  • Stade des Chênes - football

Casablanca-Settat edit

Casablanca edit

  • Stade Mohammed V Sports Complex - swimming, handball
  • Ain Chok Arena - badminton
  • Grand Mogador Hotel - chess
  • Hotel Farah - snooker

Benslimane edit

  • Road Cycling
  • Stade Municipal El Mansouria - football

El Jadida edit

  • El Jadida Sports Hall - wrestling

Branding edit

The logo is a door with Moroccan mosaic, while the mascot is an Atlas lion or a Barbary lion.[8][9]

Participating nations edit

Participating National Olympic Committees[10]

Sports edit

The Rabat 2019 African Games featured 26 sports.[11]

Calendar edit

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar was completed with event finals information.[12]

 OC  Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1  Gold medal events  CC  Closing ceremony
August 16th
Fri 		17th
Sat 		18th
Sun 		19th
Mon 		20th
Tue 		21st
Wed 		22nd
Thu 		23rd
Fri 		24th
Sat 		25th
Sun 		26th
Mon 		27th
Tue 		28th
Wed 		29th
Thu 		30th
Fri 		31st
Sat 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC
  3x3 basketball ● ● ● ● 2 2
  Archery ● ● ● 5 5
  Athletics 4 11 10 7 14 46
  Badminton ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● 5 6
  Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 13 13
  Canoeing 4 6 8 18
  Chess ● 1 ● 2 2 5
Cycling   Mountain biking 2 2 10
  Road cycling 2 2 1 1
  Equestrian ● 1 1 2
  Fencing 2 2 2 3 3 12
  Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
  Gymnastics 2 2 5 5 14
  Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
  Judo 8 6 14
  Karate ● ● 16 16
  Rowing ● 4 4 1 9
  Shooting ● 2 1 ● 2 5
  Snooker 1 1 ● ● 1 3
  Swimming 12 10 10 10 42
  Table tennis ● ● ● 2 1 2 ● ● 2 7
  Taekwondo 6 6 4 16
  Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● 4 ● 2 6
  Triathlon 2 1 3
Volleyball   Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● 2 4
  Indoor volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
  Weightlifting 9 9 9 9 9 15 60
  Wrestling 6 6 6 18
Daily medal events 8 6 0 1 27 21 19 16 15 39 27 39 64 55 3 340
Cumulative total 8 14 14 15 42 63 82 98 113 152 179 218 282 337 340
August 16th
Fri 		17th
Sat 		18th
Sun 		19th
Mon 		20th
Tue 		21st
Wed 		22nd
Thu 		23rd
Fri 		24th
Sat 		25th
Sun 		26th
Mon 		27th
Tue 		28th
Wed 		29th
Thu 		30th
Fri 		31st
Sat 		Events


Later five Egyptian athletes were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.[13]




Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt (EGY)949472260
2  Nigeria (NGR)463648130
3  Algeria (ALG)363554125
4  South Africa (RSA)33262483
5  Morocco (MAR)*313255118
6  Tunisia (TUN)26363597
7  Kenya (KEN)11101031
8  Mauritius (MRI)661224
9  Ethiopia (ETH)651223
10  Madagascar (MAD)64212
11  Cameroon (CMR)514928
12  Ivory Coast (CIV)55818
13  Botswana (BOT)53614
14  Burkina Faso (BUR)4228
15  Ghana (GHA)22913
16  Angola (ANG)2248
  Namibia (NAM)2248
18  Seychelles (SEY)2114
19  The Gambia (GAM)2103
20  Gabon (GAB)2046
21  Niger (NIG)2013
22  Senegal (SEN)151622
23  Mozambique (MOZ)1315
24  Zambia (ZAM)1135
25  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)1113
26  Eritrea (ERI)0303
27  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)02911
28  Uganda (UGA)02810
29  Libya (LBA)0224
  Mali (MLI)0224
31  Republic of the Congo (CGO)0134
  Zimbabwe (ZIM)0134
33  Djibouti (DJI)0112
34  Guinea-Bissau (GBS)0101
  Lesotho (LES)0101
36  Chad (CHA)0044
37  Rwanda (RWA)0033
38  Benin (BEN)0022
  Guinea (GUI)0022
  Togo (TOG)0022
41  Cape Verde (CPV)0011
  Central African Republic (CAF)0011
Totals (42 entries)3323424361110


Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "The ITA imposes two-year sanctions on six Egyptian weightlifters". International Testing Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Ghana to bid for 2019 All Africa Games". GhanaWeb. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Equatorial Guinea to hold 2019 African Games". Guinea Ecuatorial Press. 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ New host needed for 2019 African Games after Equatorial Guinea withdraw. Inside the Games, 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ we Ain’t ready To stage 2019 AAG
  6. ^ All Africa Games. FEI. Retrieved on 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Morocco To Host African Games Around The Rings, 25 July 2018". Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Seven Moroccan cities set to host 12th African Games".
  9. ^ "Logo".
  10. ^ "Countries". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  11. ^ 2019 AG (Disciplines) - 2019 AG official website
  12. ^ "Schedule & Results". 2019 AG official website. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ^ "The ITA imposes two-year sanctions on six Egyptian weightlifters". International Testing Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  14. ^ "The ITA imposes two-year sanctions on six Egyptian weightlifters". International Testing Agency. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

Medal table[1]

External links edit

  1. ^ "Medal table". cijm.org.gr.
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