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2015 African Games

Multi-sport event in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Summary

Multi-sport event in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Field	Value
name	XI African Games
logo	2015 All-Africa Games.png
size	205
host_city	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
nations	54 (projected)
athletes	15,000 (projected athletes, coaches, officials)
events	323 in 20 sports
opening	4 September 2015
closing	19 September 2015
website	Cojabrazzaville2015.com
opened_by	Denis Sassou Nguesso
President of the Republic of the Congo
torch_lighter	Christoffer Mafoumbi
stadium	Kintele Stadium
previous	2011 Maputo
next	Rabat 2019

President of the Republic of the Congo

The 11th African Games (), also known as Brazzaville 2015, took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. 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, Kenya 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.

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.

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. 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

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. Morocco protested the decision by pulling out of the Games.

ALG (235)
ANG
BEN
BOT
BUR
BDI
CMR
CPV
CAF
CHA (40)
COM
CGO (host)
CIV
DJI
COD
EGY (298)
GEQ
ERI
ETH
GAB
GAM
GHA
GUI
GBS
KEN (364)
LES
LBR (7)
LBA
MAD
MAW
MLI
MTN
MRI
MOZ
NAM (79)
NIG
NGR (573)
RWA
STP
SEN (287)
SEY
SLE
SOM
RSA (150)
SSD
SUD (90)
SWZ
TAN
TOG
TUN (111)
UGA
ZAM
ZIM

Sports

22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games (2 demonstration), and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Weightlifting):

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.

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	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
Ceremonies			OC															CC
[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Athletics
[[File:Badminton pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Badminton
[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Basketball
[[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Beach volleyball
[[File:Boxing pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Boxing
[[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Cycling
[[File:Football pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Football
[[File:Fencing pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Fencing
[[File:Gymnastics pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Gymnastics
[[File:Handball pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Handball
[[File:Judo pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Judo
[[File:Karate pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Karate
[[File:Petanque pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Pétanque
[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Swimming
[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Table tennis
[[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Taekwondo
[[File:Tennis pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Tennis
[[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Volleyball
[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Weightlifting
[[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg	20px	alt=	link=]] Wrestling

Venues

Brazzaville		rowspan=6	{{location map+	Republic of the Congo	float=	width=400	caption=	places=	Brazzaville	Brazzaville
Kintélé Sports Complex
Kintele Aquatic Complex
Capacity: 2,000	Palais des Sports
Capacity: 10,134

Venues used in these Games mostly located in the new Kintele Sport Complex in the northern part of Brazzaville and the existing Alphonse Massemba-Débat Sport Complex. The list below shows venues used in these Games.

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: Host nation (Congo)

Source:

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
[[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg	22px]] Middle East and North Africa	beIN Sports
Senegal	RTS
South Africa	SuperSport
SABC
	Other countries	BrazzaTV (Website)

Source:

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