Host city | Algiers, Algeria |
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Nations | 52 |
Events | 24 sports |
Opening | 11 July 2007 |
Closing | 23 July 2007 |
Opened by | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Main venue | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
Website | coja2007.dz |
The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games. [1]
The following 24 sports were competed:
Paralympic sports: Athletics, Basketball and Goalball
Three disciplines, Baseball, Softball and Field Hockey were dropped by the hosts, since these sports are hardly played in Algeria and consequently lack suitable facilities. [3] The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games. [4]
Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams. [5] It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.
* Host nation (Algeria)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt (EGY) | 74 | 62 | 63 | 199 |
2 | Algeria (ALG)* | 70 | 58 | 77 | 205 |
3 | South Africa (SAF) | 61 | 66 | 53 | 180 |
4 | Ethiopia | 54 | 5 | 10 | 69 |
5 | Nigeria (NGR) | 50 | 55 | 54 | 159 |
6 | Tunisia (TUN) | 48 | 41 | 58 | 147 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 13 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
8 | Senegal (SEN) | 8 | 12 | 26 | 46 |
9 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
10 | Botswana (BOT) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
11 | Cameroon (CMR) | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
12 | Libya | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
13 | Angola (ANG) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
14 | Ghana (GHA) | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
15 | Seychelles (SEY) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
16 | Eritrea (ERI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
17 | Sudan (SUD) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
19 | Gabon (GAB) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
20 | Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
21 | Lesotho (LES) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
22 | Mali (MLI) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
23 | Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
24 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
25 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
26 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
27 | Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
29 | Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Malawi (MAW) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
31 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
32 | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Togo (TOG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
35 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
36 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
37 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (37 entries) | 424 | 372 | 462 | 1258 |
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