2007 All-Africa Games

IX All-Africa Games

Host city	Algiers, Algeria
Nations participating	52
Events	24 sports
Opening ceremony	11 July 2007
Closing ceremony	23 July 2007
Officially opened by	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Main venue	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
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Algiers

Location of Algiers in Algeria.

The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games.^[1]

Competitions

The following 24 sports were competed:

Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Chess Cycling Equestrian Fencing

Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Karate Kickboxing Rowing Sailing

Shooting Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Paralympic sports: Athletics, Basketball and Goalball

Three disciplines, Baseball, Softball and Field Hockey were dropped by the hosts, since these sports are hardly played in Algeria and consequently lack suitable facilities.^[2] The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games.^[3]

Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams.^[4] It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.

Medals

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	74	62	63	199
2	Algeria	70	58	76	204
3	South Africa	61	66	53	180
4	Nigeria	50	55	54	159
5	Tunisia	48	41	57	146
6	Kenya	13	15	10	38
7	Senegal	8	12	26	46
8	Zimbabwe	7	8	8	23
9	Botswana	6	2	5	13
10	Cameroon	4	6	17	27
11	Ethiopia	4	5	10	19
12	Angola	4	1	7	12
13	Libya	4	5	10	19
14	Ghana	3	10	12	25
15	Eritrea	3	1	2	6
16	Sudan	3	0	1	4
17	Seychelles	3	6	1	11
18	DR Congo	2	2	1	5
19	Zambia	1	2	6	9
20	Gambia	2	1	3	6
21	Lesotho	1	1	2	4
22	Mali	1	0	3	4
23	Uganda	1	0	1	2
24	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
25	Ivory Coast	0	3	12	15
26	Burkina Faso	0	2	1	3
27	Congo	0	1	3	4
	Madagascar	0	1	3	4
29	Guinea	0	1	2	3
	Malawi	0	1	2	3
31	Namibia	0	1	1	2
32	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	1	0	1
33	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
34	Benin	0	0	4	4
35	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	3	3
36	Central African Republic	0	0	1	1
	Togo	0	0	1	1
	Total

References

1. "9th All Africa Games, Algiers, 11 – 23 July 2007" (PDF). Wada-main.
2. Vanguard, 16 December 2006: Africa Games pushed a week back *Hockey, baseball, softball fail to get back in
3. Ghana Hockey Association, 20 April 2007: 2007 All Africa Games - Hockey to be Played Simultaneously in Nairobi
4. Mail & Guardian, 9 July 2007: Algeria ready for All Africa Games

External links

• Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA)
• Competition schedule (French)
• General programme (French)