2015 African Games

Multi-sport event in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo XI African Games 2015 All-Africa Games.png 205 Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 54 (projected) 15,000 (projected athletes, coaches, officials)http://fie.org/media/news/101 African Games, September 2015 in Brazzaville - News - Media - FIE - International Fencing Federation FIE 2015-09-12 2015-09-30 2017-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20170224032125/http://fie.org/media/news/101 dead 323 in 20 sports 4 September 2015 19 September 2015 Cojabrazzaville2015.com Denis Sassou NguessoPresident of the Republic of the Congo Christoffer Mafoumbi Kintele Stadium 2011 Maputo Rabat 2019 The 11th African Games (fr 11es Jeux africains), also known as Brazzaville 2015, took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.https://www.facebook.com/Brazzaville2015/photos/a.128881980639622.1073741829.126318894229264/137409613120192/?type=1 Mobile Uploads - Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015 Facebook 2015-09-30 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,http://www.modernghana.com/news2/245862/2/ghana-looks-to-build-sports-industry.html Ghana HomePage - Breaking News, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News Modernghana.com 2015-09-30 KenyaMackay Duncan http://www.insidethegames.biz/commonwealth-games/2018/5129-nairobi-planning-bid-for-2018-commonwealth-games Nairobi planning bid for 2018 Commonwealth Games Insidethegames.biz 2009-08-30 2015-09-30 2014-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20141011224232/http://www.insidethegames.biz/commonwealth-games/2018/5129-nairobi-planning-bid-for-2018-commonwealth-games dead 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.http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=218838 Congo to host 2015 All Africa Games Other Sports 2011-09-14 Ghanaweb.com 2011-09-14 2015-09-30 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.All-Africa Games now renamed African Games http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/all-africa-games-now-renamed-african-games Lagos, Nigeria September 13, 2015 The Guardian 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.11èmes Jeux Africains : Une ouverture pleine de séquences et de symboles http://www.adiac-congo.com/content/11emes-jeux-africains-une-ouverture-pleine-de-sequences-et-de-symboles-37961 29 August 2016 adiac-congo.com 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 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Green_pog.svg -4.267778 15.291944 230 right thumb A map of Republic of the Congo with Brazzaville marked in the south of the country. Location of Brazzaville in Republic of the Congo. thumb|All countries participating in the 2015 All-Africa Games in green. Host country (Republic of the Congo) in red. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic were to take part in the games for the first time. However, because the country was not yet affiliated with the international federations of the sports that it had intended to attend, the Congolese organising committee determined its athletes could not participate.SADR participates in the All Africa Games in Brazzaville http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/17-08-2015/131666-sadr_all_africa-0 Pravda.ru Isabel Lourenço August 16, 2015 Jeux africains : le coureur révolté du peuple sahraoui http://mobile.lemonde.fr/athletisme/article/2015/09/10/spo-le-coureur-revolte-du-peuple-sahraoui_4751641_1616661.html Le Monde.fr 2015-09-13 Morocco protested the decision by pulling out of the Games. 22em ALG 2015 African Games (235) ANG 2015 African Games BEN 2015 African Games BOT 2015 African Games BUR 2015 African Games BDI 2015 African Games CMR 2015 African Games CPV 2015 African Games CAF 2015 African Games CHA 2015 African Games (40) COM 2015 African Games CGO 2015 African Games (host) CIV 2015 African Games DJI 2015 African Games COD 2015 African Games EGY 2015 African Games (298)Egypt in All Africa Games http://www.egyptianolympic.org GEQ 2015 African Games ERI 2015 African Games ETH 2015 African Games GAB 2015 African Games GAM 2015 African Games GHA 2015 African Games GUI 2015 African Games GBS 2015 African Games KEN 2015 African Games (364)Arocho Fred Kenya Field Bigger Squad in All Africa Games http://allafrica.com/stories/201509070228.html AllAfrica.com The Star 9 September 2015 LES 2015 African Games LBR 2015 African Games (7)Liberia Out of All-Africa Games https://www.liberianobserver.com/sports/liberia-out-of-all-africa-games/ Liberian Observer 2 September 2015 7 January 2020 7 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210507045256/https://www.liberianobserver.com/sports/liberia-out-of-all-africa-games/ dead LBA 2015 African Games MAD 2015 African Games MAW 2015 African Games MLI 2015 African Games MTN 2015 African Games MRI 2015 African Games MOZ 2015 African Games NAM 2015 African Games (79)http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=30634&page_type=story_detail Namibia ready for All Africa Games The Namibian 2015-08-19 2015-09-09 2020-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20200125070143/https://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=30634&page_type=story_detail dead NIG 2015 African Games NGR 2015 African Games (573)http://www.nigerianoc.org/nigerias-contingent-to-all-africa-games-departs/ Nigeria's contingent to All-Africa Games departs NOC 2015-08-01 2015-08-01 2018-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20180310102119/http://www.nigerianoc.org/nigerias-contingent-to-all-africa-games-departs/ dead RWA 2015 African Games STP 2015 African Games SEN 2015 African Games (287) SEY 2015 African Games SLE 2015 African Games SOM 2015 African Games RSA 2015 African Games (150)http://www.sascoc.co.za/2015/07/29/team-sa-named-for-11th-african-games/ Team SA named for 11th African Games SASCOC 2015-07-29 2015-07-29 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190143/http://www.sascoc.co.za/2015/07/29/team-sa-named-for-11th-african-games/ dead SSD 2015 African Games SUD 2015 African Games (90) SWZ 2015 African Games TAN 2015 African Games TOG 2015 African Games TUN 2015 African Games (111)http://sport.tn/ar/system/files/pdf/liste%20de%20la%20delegation.pdf 11èmes Editions des jeux Africains BRAZZAVILLE 4 au 19 Septembre 2015 : Delegation Officielle fr Sport.tn 2015-09-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150929135208/http://sport.tn/ar/system/files/pdf/liste%20de%20la%20delegation.pdf 2015-09-29 UGA 2015 African Games ZAM 2015 African Games ZIM 2015 African Games Sports 22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games (2 demonstration), and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Weightlifting):https://www.facebook.com/Brazzaville2015/posts/130668473794306 Liste des 22 épreuves des Jeux Africains... - Jeux Africains Brazzaville 2015 Facebook 2015-09-30 22em Athletics (46 + 28) Badminton (6) Basketball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Boxing (13) Cycling (6) Fencing (12) Football (2) Gymnastics (16) Handball (2) Judo (14) Karate (16) Pétanque (2) Swimming (42) Tennis (6) Table tennis (7) Taekwondo (16) Volleyball (2) Weightlifting (45 + 14) Wrestling (24) Nzango (demonstration) Pharaoh Boxing (demonstration) Calendar The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/schedule/ Schedule COJA BRAZZAVILLE 2015 2015-09-01 2015-09-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150903162453/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/schedule/ 2015-09-03  OC Opening ceremony ●  Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony September2ndWed3rdThu4thFri5thSat6thSun7thMon8thTue9thWed10thThu11thFri12thSat13thSun14thMon15thTue16thWed17thThu18thFri19thSatEventsCeremonies OC CC 20px|alt=|link= Athletics | | | | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   12    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   9    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   8    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   13    | | | 46 20px|alt=|link= Badminton |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | | | | | | | | | | | 4 20px|alt=|link= Basketball | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | | 2 20px|alt=|link= Beach volleyball | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | | | 2 20px|alt=|link= Boxing | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   13    | | | | | | | | 13 20px|alt=|link= Cycling | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   1    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   1    | | | | | | | 6 20px|alt=|link= Football | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | | 2 20px|alt=|link= Fencing |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   3    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   3    | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 20px|alt=|link= Gymnastics |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 20px|alt=|link= Handball | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | 2 20px|alt=|link= Judo | | | | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   5    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   5    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    | | | | | 14 20px|alt=|link= Karate | | | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   5    |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   4    | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 20px|alt=|link= Pétanque | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | | | | | | | | | | | 20px|alt=|link= Swimming | | | | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   7    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   8    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   8    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   6    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   6    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   7    | | | | | | | | | 42 20px|alt=|link= Table tennis | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | 20px|alt=|link= Taekwondo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   8    |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   8    | | 16 20px|alt=|link= Tennis | | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | | 20px|alt=|link= Volleyball |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|   2    | | | | | | 2 20px|alt=|link= Weightlifting | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | | | | | | | | 20px|alt=|link= Wrestling | | | | | | | | | | | | | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | | 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 September2ndWed3rdThu4thFri5thSat6thSun7thMon8thTue9thWed10thThu11thFri12thSat13thSun14thMon15thTue16thWed17thThu18thFri19thSatEvents Venues Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 400 Republic of the Congo -4.267778 15.291944 Brazzaville leftKintélé Sports Complex Brazzaville BrazzavilleKintele Aquatic ComplexCapacity: 2,000 Palais des SportsCapacity: 10,134 Venues used in these Games mostly located in the new Kintele Sport Complex in the northern part of BrazzavilleAfrican Games, September 2015 in Brazzaville http://fie.org/media/news/101 International Fencing Federation 8 September 2015 24 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170224032125/http://fie.org/media/news/101 dead and the existing Alphonse Massemba-Débat Sport Complex. The list below shows venues used in these Games.Jeux Africains 2015: découvrez le calendrier complet de la compétition - Africa Top Sports http://www.africatopsports.com/2015/06/23/jeux-africains-2015-decouvrez-le-calendrier-complet-de-la-competition/ africatopsports.com 8 September 2015Techniqe des Site Jeux Aricains Brazzaville 2015 http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FicheTechniqedesSiteJeuxAricainsBrazzaville2015.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220120061045/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FicheTechniqedesSiteJeuxAricainsBrazzaville2015.pdf dead January 20, 2022 8 September 2015http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/schedule/ Schedule - African Games Brazzaville 2015 COJA cojabrazzaville2015.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150903162453/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/schedule/ 2015-09-03 http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/spectators/venues VENUES COJA cojabrazzaville2015.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150912073545/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/spectators/venues/ 2015-09-12 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 323 medal events in 20 sports (consists of 2 para sports but excludes 2 demonstration sports). Key #ccccff  *  Host nation (Congo) flagIOC2team 2015 African Games NOC 85 64 68 47 55 42 41 41 37 40 41 36 23 26 41 8 4 19 yes 7 10 19 7 9 17 7 8 16 7 5 10 7 4 15 5 4 6 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 5 8 3 0 6 3 4 7 2 9 8 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 3 4 2 4 10 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 2 1 7 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Source:http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/MedalTable_Paralympics.pdf MEDALS TABLE PARALYMPICS 2015 Brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com 2015-09-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151001100619/http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/MedalTable_Paralympics.pdf 2015-10-01 http://www.paralympic.org/powerlifting/results Powerlifting - Results, Records and Rankings - Results paralympic.org Broadcasters TerritoryBroadcasterBotswanaBotswana TVRepublic of the CongoTeleCongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoRTNCEgyptERTUSub-Saharan AfricaCanal+ AfriqueSuperSportAfrica 2422px Middle East and North AfricabeIN SportsSenegalRTSSouth AfricaSuperSportSABC Other countrieshttps://archive.today/20150920121708/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/brazzatv/ BrazzaTV (Website) Source:http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/spectators/tv-broadcasters-list/ TV Broadcasters list - African Games Brazzaville 2015 COJA cojabrazzaville2015.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150915174528/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/spectators/tv-broadcasters-list/ 2015-09-15 References 30em External links www.cojabrazzaville2015.com All-Africa Games All-Africa Games All-Africa Games Category:African Games Category:Multi-sport events in the Republic of the Congo Category:Sports competitions in Brazzaville Category:21st century in Brazzaville Category:September 2015 sports events in Africa