2015 African Games

XI African Games
Host city  Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Nations participating 54 (projected)
Athletes participating 15,000(projected athletes, coaches, officials)[1]
Events 22
Opening ceremony 4 September 2015
Closing ceremony 19 September 2015
Officially opened by Denis Sassou Nguesso
President of the Republic of the Congo
Torch lighter Christoffer Mafoumbi
Main venue New Kintele Stadium
Website Cojabrazzaville2015.com
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The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.[2] This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965.

Host awarding

Ghana,[3] Kenya[4] and Congo all showed interest in bidding for the 11th edition of the Games. On September 14, 2011, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa awarded the rights to Brazzaville to host.[5]

Name change

Denis Sassou Nguesso served as President from 1979 to 1992 and has remained in power ever since his rebel forces ousted President Pascal Lissouba during the 1997 Civil War.

In January 2012 during the Executive Council meeting of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was taken a decision for the name change from All-Africa Games to African Games. The 11th edition of Brazzaville 2015 started under this new name.[6]

Host Country

The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo Republic,[7] West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.

The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa.[8] Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.

Host city

Nabemba Tower

Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo and is located on the Congo River. As of the 2007 census, it had a population of 1,373,382. The projection of the CNSEE (national statistics centre) shows an increase to 1.7 million by 2015,[9] but the projection was made before 2007 and based on a lower estimate of the population (1.26 million) than recorded in the census. The United Nations Population Division estimate for 2014 is 1.827 million. The populous city of Kinshasa (more than 10 million inhabitants in 2014),[10] capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lies across the Congo River from Brazzaville. Together with Kinshasa, the combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has thus about 12 million inhabitants (although significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection). Over a third of the population of the Republic of Congo lives in the capital, and it is home to 40% of non-agricultural employment. It is also a financial and administrative capital.

Ceremony

The program for this ceremony:[11]

-Chinese ceremony with gymnastic movements. -Independence of 1960 and the first African games, images and videos projected on a central cube. -Parade of athletes, -Origins and roots of the Congolese nation. -Kingdoms and chiefdoms, the 4 pre-colonial kingdoms represented by series of masks projected on the petals of the cube, -Sports Minister's Speech. -Kintélé, future of the country, the central cube pulse again if slick stardust when suddenly a girl takes off toward the rostrum ... she flies up to the President. -Extinction of women, accompanied by Mona Abel and a choir.

This celebration ended with many fireworks and making appointments in four years in a different African city to be determined for the next edition of the Games.

Participating nations

A map of Republic of the Congo with Brazzaville marked in the south of the country.
Brazzaville
Location of Brazzaville in Republic of the Congo.
All countries participating in the 2015 All-Africa Games in green. Host country ( Republic of the Congo) in red.

Western Sahara (Sahrawi Republic) to take part to the games for the first time.[12]

Western Sahara athletes not allowed to participate after all, because the country is not yet affiliated to the international federations of the sports that it intended to attend, according to the Congolese organisation committee.[13]

  • Algeria (235)
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad (40)
  • Comoros
  • Congo (host)
  • Ivory Coast
  • Djibouti
  • DR Congo
  • Egypt (298)[14]
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya (364)[15]
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia (79)[16]
  • Niger
  • Nigeria (573)[17]
  • Rwanda
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Republic
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal(287)
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa (150)[18]
  • South Sudan South Sudan
  • Sudan (90)
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia (111)[19]
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Sports

22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games, and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Weightlifting):[20]

Calendar

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.[21]

 OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
September 2nd
Wed		 3rd
Thu		 4th
Fri		 5th
Sat		 6th
Sun		 7th
Mon		 8th
Tue		 9th
Wed		 10th
Thu		 11th
Fri		 12th
Sat		 13th
Sun		 14th
Mon		 15th
Tue		 16th
Wed		 17th
Thu		 18th
Fri		 19th
Sat		 Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Athletics    4       12       9       8       13    46
Badminton ● ● ●    2    ● ● ●    2    4
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    2    2
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    2    2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ●    13    13
Cycling    2       2       1       1    6
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    2    2
Fencing    2       2       2       3       3    12
Gymnastics    2       2       4       4       4    16
Handball 
|
 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    2    2
Judo    5       5       4    14
Karate    5    ●    4    9
Pétanque ● ● ● ● ●
Swimming    7       8       8       6       6       7    42
Table tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Taekwondo 
|
 ●    8       8    16
Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    2    2
Weightlifting ● ● ● ● ●
Wrestling ● ● ● ● 14
Total events 4 4 6 14 14 12 8 8 8 9 14 10 19 13 8 15 4 2
Cumulative total 4 8 14 28 42 54 62 70 78 87 101 111 130 143 151 166 170 172
September 2nd
Wed		 3rd
Thu		 4th
Fri		 5th
Sat		 6th
Sun		 7th
Mon		 8th
Tue		 9th
Wed		 10th
Thu		 11th
Fri		 12th
Sat		 13th
Sun		 14th
Mon		 15th
Tue		 16th
Wed		 17th
Thu		 18th
Fri		 19th
Sat		 Events

Venues

Brazzaville
Kintélé Sports Complex
Brazzavile Brazzaville
Kintele Aquatic Complex
Capacity: 2,000 		Palais des Sports
Capacity: 10,134

Venues used in these Games mostly located in the new Kintele Sport Complex in the northern part of Brazzaville[22] and the existing Alphonse Massemba-Débat Sport Complex. The list below shows venues used in these Games.[23][24][25][26]

Kintele Sports Complex

Venue Capacity Sports
Kintele Stadium 60,056 Athletics, Football, Ceremonies
Palais des Sports 10,134 Handball, Karate
Kintele Aquatic Complex 2,000 Swimming
Kintele Tennis Courts 1,000 Tennis
Beach Volleyball Arena Beach volleyball
Petanque Field Petanque

Other venues

Venue Capacity Sports
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat 17,000 Football
Hall des Pompiers Pharaons boxing
Gymnase Révolution 3,000 Badminton, Table tennis
Massamba Debat Gymnasium 3,000 Volleyball, Wrestling
Makelekele Gymnasium 3,000 Basketball, Gymnastics
Talangaï Gymnasium 10,000 Boxing, Judo, Taekwondo

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Egypt (EGY) 85 64 68 217
2  Nigeria (NGR) 47 55 42 144
3  South Africa (RSA) 41 41 40 122
4  Algeria (ALG) 40 43 42 125
5  Tunisia (TUN) 30 26 38 94
6  Senegal (SEN) 7 10 20 37
7  Kenya (KEN) 6 9 17 32
8  Mauritius (MRI) 5 3 4 12
9  Congo (CGO) 5 2 12 19
10  Cameroon (CMR) 4 2 10 16
11  Seychelles (SEY) 3 4 5 12
12  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 3 0 1 4
13  Libya (LBA) 2 4 8 14
14  Botswana (BOT) 2 3 9 14
15  Ivory Coast (CIV) 2 2 3 7
16  Eritrea (ERI) 2 1 0 3
17  Ethiopia (ETH) 2 0 6 8
18  Angola (ANG) 1 1 3 5
19  Burkina Faso (BUR) 1 0 2 3
20  Rwanda (RWA) 1 0 1 2
21  Ghana (GHA) 2 2 4 6
22  Namibia (NAM) 0 2 3 5
 Gabon (GAB) 0 2 3 5
24  DR Congo (COD) 0 2 1 3
25  Togo (TOG) 0 2 0 2
26  Benin (BEN) 0 1 1 2
27  The Gambia (GAM) 0 1 0 1
 Djibouti (DJI) 0 1 0 1
29  Madagascar (MAD) 0 0 6 6
30  Mali (MLI) 0 0 3 3
31  Uganda (UGA) 0 0 2 2
 Mozambique (MOZ) 0 0 2 2
33  Guinea (GUI) 0 0 1 1
 Zambia (ZAM) 0 0 1 1
 Niger (NIG) 0 0 1 1
 Lesotho (LES) 0 0 1 1
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 0 0 1 1
Total 194 193 253 640
Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Para-sports

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Nigeria (NGR) 12 11 8 31
2  Egypt (EGY) 7 7 4 18
3  Namibia (NAM) 5 1 1 7
4  Tunisia (TUN) 4 2 3 9
5  Algeria (ALG) 3 7 5 15
6  South Africa (RSA) 3 2 2 7
7  Mozambique (MOZ) 1 2 0 3
8  Libya (LBA) 1 1 1 3
9  Uganda (UGA) 1 1 0 2
 Cape Verde (CPV) 1 1 0 2
11  Kenya (KEN) 1 0 3 4
 Cameroon (CMR) 1 0 3 4
13  Rwanda (RWA) 1 0 0 1
 Senegal (SEN) 1 0 0 1
15  Ivory Coast (CIV) 0 3 1 4
16  Ghana (GHA) 0 3 0 3
17  Angola (ANG) 0 1 2 3
18  Mali (MLI) 0 0 2 2
 Ethiopia (ETH) 0 0 2 2
20  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 0 0 1 1
 Benin (BEN) 0 0 2 2
 Togo (TOG) 0 0 2 2
Total 42 42 42 126

Source :[27][28]

Broadcasters

Territory Broadcaster
 Botswana Botswana TV
 Republic of the Congo TeleCongo
 Democratic Republic of the Congo RTNC
 Egypt ERTU
Sub-Saharan Africa Canal+ Afrique
Africa 24
Middle East and North Africa beIN Sports
 Senegal RTS
 South Africa SuperSport
SABC
Other countries BrazzaTV (Website)

[29]

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