2025 African Youth Games

2025 African Youth Games

Host	Luanda
Country	Angola
Nations	51
Athletes	2,076
Events	23 sports
Opening	10 December
Closing	20 December
Ceremony venue	José Armando Sayovo Sports Complex, Caxito, Angola
Website	jajangola2025.com
←  Algiers 2018

The 2025 African Youth Games were the 4th edition of the African multi-sport event, the African Youth Games. The award to Angola, as the first Portuguese-speaking host, was announced on 29 April 2025. ^[1]

The games took place from 10 to 20 December 2025, in 33 sports in Luanda, Benguela, Lubango, Huambo, Moçâmedes and Caxito. ^[2]

Participating nations

•   Algeria  (151)
•   Angola  (165)(host)
•   Benin
•   Botswana
•   Burkina Faso
•   Burundi
•   Cameroon
•   Cape Verde
•   Central African Republic
•   Chad
•   Comoros
•   Republic of the Congo
•   Ivory Coast
•   Djibouti
•   Democratic Republic of the Congo
•   Egypt  (105)
•   Equatorial Guinea
•   Ethiopia
•   Gabon
•   The Gambia
•   Ghana
•   Guinea
•   Kenya
•   Lesotho
•   Liberia
•   Libya
•   Madagascar
•   Malawi  (3)
•   Mali
•   Mauritania
•   Mauritius
•   Morocco
•   Mozambique
•   Namibia
•   Niger
•   Nigeria
•   Rwanda
•   São Tomé and Príncipe
•   Senegal
•   Seychelles  (4)
•   Sierra Leone
•   Somalia  (3)
•   South Africa  (108)
•   South Sudan
•   Eswatini
•   Tanzania
•   Togo
•   Tunisia  (137)
•   Uganda
•   Zambia
•   Zimbabwe

Sports

•   3x3 basketball ( details )
•   Athletics ( details )
•   Badminton ( details )
•   Beach handball ( details )
•   Beach volleyball ( details )
•   Beach wrestling ( details )
•   Boxing ( details )
•   Breaking ( details )
•   Canoeing ( details )
•   Cycling ( details )
  • BMX racing
  • Road
•   Equestrian ( details )
•   Fencing ( details )
•   Golf ( details )
•   Judo ( details )
•   Karate ( details )
•   Swimming ( details )
•   Rowing ( details )
•   Table tennis ( details )
•   Taekwondo ( details )
•   Tennis ( details )
•   Weightlifting ( details )

Traditional sports such as Wela and Kiela

Medal table

Source:

  Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa  (RSA)	45	43	17	105
2	Algeria  (ALG)	39	26	36	101
3	Egypt  (EGY)	33	22	21	76
4	Tunisia  (TUN)	27	28	38	93
5	Nigeria  (NGR)	22	8	11	41
6	Cameroon  (CMR)	14	5	7	26
7	Angola  (ANG)*	9	24	17	50
8	Ethiopia  (ETH)	8	8	14	30
9	Kenya  (KEN)	7	12	14	33
10	Libya  (LBA)	6	1	1	8
11	Senegal  (SEN)	5	2	7	14
12	Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	3	9	4	16
13	Ghana  (GHA)	3	6	8	17
14	Seychelles  (SEY)	3	6	1	10
15	DR Congo (COD)	3	1	1	5
16	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	2	8	4	14
17	Niger  (NIG)	2	4	3	9
18	Madagascar  (MAD)	2	2	0	4
19	Morocco  (MAR)	2	1	3	6
20	Congo (CGO)	2	1	2	5
21	Zambia  (ZAM)	2	0	4	6
22	Sierra Leone  (SLE)	2	0	0	2
	São Tomé and Príncipe  (STP)	2	0	0	2
24	Mauritius  (MRI)	1	8	7	16
25	Namibia  (NAM)	1	5	8	14
26	Botswana  (BOT)	1	3	5	9
27	Eritrea  (ERI)	1	0	1	2
28	Eswatini  (SWZ)	0	4	3	7
29	Burundi  (BDI)	0	2	0	2
	Rwanda  (RWA)	0	2	0	2
31	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	0	1	4	5
32	The Gambia  (GAM)	0	1	3	4
	Uganda  (UGA)	0	1	3	4
34	Djibouti  (DJI)	0	1	2	3
	Gabon  (GAB)	0	1	2	3
36	Togo  (TOG)	0	1	1	2
37	Guinea  (GUI)	0	0	5	5
38	Mozambique  (MOZ)	0	0	4	4
39	Liberia  (LBR)	0	0	3	3
40	Benin  (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Central African Republic  (CAF)	0	0	1	1
	Mali  (MLI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		247	247	267	761

See also

• 2024 African Games

References

1. bjm (2025-04-29). "ANOCA virtual extraordinary general assembly discusses the African School Games and the African Youth Games 2025". ANOCA. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
2. "4th African Youth Games Angola 2025: Africa celebrates its youths through sport". ANOCA. 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-12-22.

External links

• Official website