2015 African Games

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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

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]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 4 September 2015 at the newly-built Kintele Stadium. Congolese national anthem started the ceremony, performed by Abel Mona.[7] Parade of nations then started with Mozambique entering first as the previous host in 2011 and Republic of Congo came out last as the current host. In the artistic sequence, performers dressed with the colors of Congolese flag formed the word bienvenue (welcome) and followed by various dances and the lighting of the torch.

Participating nations

A map of Republic of the Congo with Brazzaville marked in the south of the country.
A map of Republic of the Congo with Brazzaville marked in the south of the country.
Brazzaville
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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) were to take part in the games for the first time, however, because the country is not yet affiliated with the international federations of the sports that it intended to attend, the Congolese organising committee determined its athletes could not participate.[8][9]

Sports

22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games, and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Weightlifting):[16]

Calendar

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.[17]

 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 23 8 2
Cumulative total 4 8 14 28 42 54 62 70 78 87 101 111 130 143 151 174 182 184
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
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Venues used in these Games mostly located in the new Kintele Sport Complex in the northern part of Brazzaville[18] and the existing Alphonse Massemba-Débat Sport Complex. The list below shows venues used in these Games.[19][20][21][22]

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

  *   Host nation (Congo)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)856468217
2 Nigeria (NGR)475542144
3 South Africa (RSA)414140122
4 Algeria (ALG)404342125
5 Tunisia (TUN)30263894
6 Senegal (SEN)7102037
7 Kenya (KEN)691732
8 Mauritius (MRI)53412
9 Republic of the Congo (CGO)*521219
10 Cameroon (CMR)421016
11 Angola (ANG)4138
12 Seychelles (SEY)34512
13 Zimbabwe (ZIM)3014
14 Libya (LBA)24814
15 Botswana (BOT)23914
16 Ghana (GHA)2248
17 Ivory Coast (CIV)2237
18 Eritrea (ERI)2103
19 Ethiopia (ETH)2068
20 Burkina Faso (BUR)1023
21 Rwanda (RWA)1012
22 Gabon (GAB)0235
 Namibia (NAM)0235
24 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)0213
25 Togo (TOG)0202
26 Benin (BEN)0112
27 Djibouti (DJI)0101
 The Gambia (GAM)0101
29 Madagascar (MAD)0066
30 Mali (MLI)0033
31 Mozambique (MOZ)0022
 Uganda (UGA)0022
33 Guinea (GUI)0011
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)0011
 Lesotho (LES)0011
 Niger (NIG)0011
 Zambia (ZAM)0011
Totals (37 entries)294283361938

Source: [23][24]

Broadcasters

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

Source: [25]

References

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