The men's and women's beach volleyball contests at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie were held between 28 September and 4 October. The venue for the competition was Byblos beach in northern Beirut. [1] Canada and France were the men's and women's tournament winners respectively. The host, Lebanon, entered two separate teams into both the men's and women's tournament. The competition was a demonstration sport at the 2009 edition of the Games, thus the medals awarded did not count towards the countries' overall totals.
|
|
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| B1 |  France | 2 | ||||||||||||
| C3 |  Cyprus | 0 | ||||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 2 | |||||||||||||
| B2 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
| C2 |  Lebanon (2) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||||||
| C1 |  Quebec | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A3 |  New Brunswick | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Quebec | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Lebanon (1) | 0 | ||||||||||||
|
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Canada | |||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| A2 | Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B3 |  Republic of the Congo | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 1 | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Quebec | |||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Quebec | 0 | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||||||
| A3 | New Brunswick | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | France | 2 | ||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The Jeux de la Francophonie are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the Francophonie, mostly French-speaking nations, held every four years since 1989.
Stade Général Seyni Kountché (SGSK) is a multi-purpose stadium in Niamey, Niger. Used for football matches, it is home to the Niger national squad, as well as Niger Premier League clubs Sahel SC, Olympic FC de Niamey, Zumunta AC and JS du Ténéré, as well as club competitions such as the Niger Cup. The venue is also sometimes used for rugby union. It is the largest stadium in Niamey, followed by the 10,000-capacity Stade municipal.
The Lusofonia Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, most countries competing are countries that are members of the CPLP, but some are countries with significant Portuguese communities or have a history with Portugal.
The 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as VIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie, were held from 27 September to 6 October in Beirut, Lebanon.
Lutte Traditionnelle is a style of West African folk wrestling, known as Laamb in Senegal, Boreh in The Gambia, Evala in Togo, and KoKowa / Kokawa in Hausa areas of Nigeria and Niger, or simply Lutte Traditionnelle, in Niger and Burkina Faso. International competition takes place during the Jeux de la Francophonie and the newly organised Championship of African Lutte Traditionnelle.
The France national under-20 football team represents France in men's international football at this age level and is controlled by the French Football Federation. Since there is no under-20 UEFA tournament, the team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The under-20 team also participates in the Toulon Tournament, usually replacing the under-21 team, and in the football tournaments of the Mediterranean Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie.
At the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, the judo events were held at the Michel el Murr stadium from September 28 to September 30. A total of 14 events were contested according to gender and weight division.
At the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, the athletics events were held at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium from 1 to 6 October. A total of 46 track and field events were contested.
Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Congo won the tournament after a penalty shootout against the Ivorians.
The basketball competition at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie was held between 28 September and 5 October. The events took place at the courts of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, in Lebanon. Romania won the competition overall, beating runners up Senegal in the final. Both a men's and a women's tournament was announced in the programme but a schedule conflict with the EuroBasket 2009 tournament meant that only the women's competition was held.
The men's boxing competition at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie took place between 29 September and 5 October. There were a total of 106 entrants competing in eleven different weight classes, following the classes that are contested in the Olympic boxing programme.
Cultural events were held at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie between 27 September and 4 October. There were seven cultural competitions: song, storytelling, traditional inspiration dance, poetry, painting, photography and sculpture.
At the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, the table tennis events were hosted at the club facilities of Homenetmen Beirut from 28 September to 4 October. A total of 54 competitors, 28 men and 26 women, took part in four different tournaments: a men's individual competition, a women's individual competition, a mixed doubles competition, and a team tournament.
At the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, the athletics events were held at Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada between 19–23 July 2001. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Included in this were two disability athletics events for wheelchair racers. A total of 23 Games records were broken or equalled in the competition.
Abraham Niyonkuru is a Burundian track and field athlete who specialises in the marathon, the 10,000 metres and cross country running. Niyonkuru competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the Olympics, he competed in the marathon. Niyonkuru has also competed in a World Junior Championships, two World Cross Country Championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, a World Military Track and Field Championships and an Auray-Vannes Half Marathon.
The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of the games to be hosted in Ivory Coast.
Sofian Kiyine is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Venezia, on loan from Lazio. Born in Belgium, he has represented the Morocco U20 and Morocco U23 national teams at international level.
The football tournament at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie took place from 21 to 30 July in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The organization of the football competition has been considered to be a fiasco by some participating countries. The tournament was supposed to follow the FIFA tiebreaker rules. However, the organizing committee decided to change the rules in the midst of the competition in favour of Ivory Coast, thus eliminating Guinea from the group stage. Due to these changes, D.R. Congo also qualified for the semifinals instead of Quebec. Also in the semifinals, Mali delegation protested the referee's call of a frivolous penalty that won the game for the hosts Ivory Coast.
At the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie, the judo events were held in Niamey. A total of 14 events were contested according to gender and weight division.
YounessEl Mouaffaq (1994), better known by his stage name Cri6, is a London-based Moroccan competitive b-boy. As of July 2017, he has won a silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa.
