The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.
Bidding process The 12th African Games was scheduled in September 2019. Accra, Nairobi and Lusaka announced that they would bid for these Games, but none of them were selected.
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea was initially chosen to organise the 2019 African Games at the Second Ordinary Session of the Specialist Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports, which was held at the headquarters of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13 to 17 June 2016.
However, Equatorial Guinea was unable to host the Games due to economic problems.New host needed for 2019 African Games after Equatorial Guinea withdraw. Inside the Games, 1 November 2017. Lusaka, the capital of Zambia was later speculated to host the Games but refused, citing lack of facilities.All Africa Games. FEI. Retrieved on 29 January 2018. In July 2018, Rabat, Morocco was selected to replace Malabo, Equatorial Guinea as host of the 2019 edition.
Venues Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Rabat
Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium - athletics and ceremonies Main Arena-karate, judo and taekwondo Urban Forest - 3x3 Basketball Nahda Arena - weightlifting Al Amal Arena - boxing Ibn Rochd Center - gymnastics Bou Regreg Valley - triathlon Moulay Al Hassan Arena - table tennis Dar Essalam Royal Equestrian Complex - equestrian Cheminots Club - tennis
Salé Moulay Rachid National Sports Center - archery, fencing Salle El Bouâzzaoui - volleyball Al Arjat Shooting Center - shooting (skeet) Salé Beach - beach volleyball Mohamed Ben Abdellah Dam - rowing, canoe kayak (flatwater) Stade Boubker Ammar - football ASFAR Football Academy - football Stade des Chênes - football
Casablanca-Settat Casablanca Stade Mohammed V Sports Complex - swimming, handball Ain Chok Arena - badminton Grand Mogador Hotel - chess Hotel Farah - snooker
Benslimane Road Cycling Stade Municipal El Mansouria - football
El Jadida El Jadida Sports Hall - wrestling
Branding The Games' logo was a door with Moroccan mosaic, while the mascot was an Atlas lion or a Barbary lion.
Participating nations
Participating National Olympic Committees Comoros
(Host)
Sports The Rabat 2019 African Games featured 26 sports.2019 AG (Disciplines) - 2019 AG official website
Calendar The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar was completed with event finals information. OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony August16thFri17thSat18thSun19thMon20thTue21stWed22ndThu23rdFri24thSat25thSun26thMon27thTue28thWed29thThu30thFri31stSatEventsCeremonies OC CC 3x3 basketball
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
|2 Archery
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|5 | |5 Athletics
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|11 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|10 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|7 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|14 | |46 Badminton
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|6 Boxing
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|13 Canoeing
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|8 | |18 Chess
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|5 Cycling Mountain biking
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| rowspan=2|10 Road cycling
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 | | Equestrian
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|2 Fencing
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|3 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|3 | |12 Football |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|●
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 | |2 Gymnastics
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|14 Handball
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|2 Judo | |bgcolor=#ffcc00|8 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|6
|14 Karate
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|16 Rowing
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|9 Shooting
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 | |5 Snooker
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|3 Swimming
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|42 Table tennis
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|7 Taekwondo
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|4
|16 Tennis
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|4 |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2 |6 Triathlon
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|3 Volleyball Beach volleyball |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● | |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|2
| rowspan=2|4
|bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#3399ff|● |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|1 Weightlifting
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|9 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|9 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|9 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|9 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|9 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|15 | |60 Wrestling
|bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 |bgcolor=#ffcc00|6 | |18Daily medal events 8 6 0 1 27 21 19 16 15 39 27 39 64 55 3 340Cumulative total 8 14 14 15 42 63 82 98 113 152 179 218 282 337 340August16thFri17thSat18thSun19thMon20thTue21stWed22ndThu23rdFri24thSat25thSun26thMon27thTue28thWed29thThu30thFri31stSatEvents
Later five Egyptian athletes were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.
Medal table
Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations. References
External links
African Games 2019 Medal Tally