2019 African Games

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

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.

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

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

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

Rabat

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
  • Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex
  • Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium - athletics and ceremonies
  • Main Arena-karate, judo and taekwondo
  • Urban Forest - 3x3 Basketball
  • Nahda Arena - weightlifting
  • Al Amal Arena - boxing
  • Ibn Rochd Center - gymnastics
  • Bou Regreg Valley - triathlon
  • Moulay Al Hassan Arena - table tennis
  • Dar Essalam Royal Equestrian Complex - equestrian
  • Cheminots Club - tennis

Salé

  • 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

Casablanca

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

Benslimane

  • Road Cycling
  • Stade Municipal El Mansouria - football

El Jadida

  • El Jadida Sports Hall - wrestling

Branding

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

Participating nations

Participating National Olympic Committees[10]

Sports

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

Calendar

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

  *   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

  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

  • Official website
  • African Games 2019 Medal Tally

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