2019 African Beach Games
| Host city | Sal, Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| Nations participating | 45 |
| Events | 28 events in 11 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 14 June 2019 |
| Closing ceremony | 23 June 2019 |
| Website | sal2019.com |
The 2019 African Beach Games were the inaugural edition of the international competition between the nations of Africa, organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). The first Games were held on the island of Sal, Cape Verde in June 2019.
In the ten-day competition, a total of 45 nations competed in 28 events across 11 sports. Teqball was also included as a demonstration sport on 18 June.
The Games were awarded to the Cabo Verdean Olympic Committee (COC) at the ANOCA General Assembly in Djibouti in May 2017.[1] The host contract was signed in March 2018 between the City Hall of Sal, the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Cabo Verdean Olympic Committee (COC), to carry out of the first African Beach Games 2019.[2]
Branding[]
The logo is the silhouette of the African continent, while the mascot is a tortoise named Krexteu.[3]
Venues[]
- Santa Maria Beach Park - 3×3 Basketball, Beach handball, Coastal rowing, Beach soccer, Football freestyle, Karate, Kiteboarding, Open water swimming, Teqball (demonstration)[4]
- Athletics Circuit - Athletics
- Arena 2 - Beach tennis, Beach volleyball
Participating nations[]
45 out of 54 nations participated. Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia and South Africa did not participate.[5]
Algeria (71)
(7)
(2)
Botswana (10)
(3)
Burundi (5)
(3)
Cape Verde (78)
(3)
(4)
Ivory Coast (8)
Djibouti (22)
(4)
(2)
(10)
(6)
Ghana (10)
(6)
(3)
Kenya (40)
(2)
(1)
(6)
(2)
(2)
Mali (9)
(5)
Mauritius (11)
Morocco (39)
Mozambique (5)
Namibia (10)
(4)
Nigeria (34)
(1)
Senegal (14)
(7)
(25)
(6)
(2)
(2)
Togo (26)
Tunisia (35)
Uganda (2)
(1)
(2)
Calendar[]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| June | 14th Fri |
15th Sat |
16th Sun |
17th Mon |
18th Tue |
19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||
 3x3 basketball
|
● | ● | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
 Athletics
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Beach handball
|
● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
 Beach soccer
|
● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 Beach tennis
|
● | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
 Beach volleyball
|
● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Coastal rowing
|
● | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
 Football freestyle
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Karate
|
2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 Kiteboarding
|
● | ● | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
 Open water swimming
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Daily medal events | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | |
| Cumulative total | 2 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 28 | |
| June | 14th Fri |
15th Sat |
16th Sun |
17th Mon |
18th Tue |
19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
Events | |
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Cape Verde)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morocco (MAR) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Algeria (ALG) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 |  Cape Verde (CPV)* | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 |  Mauritius (MRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Mali (MLI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 |  Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 |  Togo (TOG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 |  Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 NOCs) | 28 | 28 | 31 | 87 | |
Results[]
3×3 Basketball[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Mali (MLI) Benke Diarouma |
Algeria (ALG) Touhami Ghezzoul |
Ivory Coast (CIV) |
| Men's dunk contest | Anderson Correia Cape Verde
|
Benke Diarouma Mali
|
 Ivory Coast
|
| Women's team | Mali (MLI) |
Togo (TOG) |
Nigeria (NGR) Murjanatu Musa Nkem Akaraiwe |
| Women's shootout |  Nigeria
|
 Namibia
|
Mali
|
Athletics[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's half marathon | Robert Chemonges Uganda
|
Charles Yosei Muneria Kenya
|
 Djibouti
|
| Women's half marathon | Riham Senani Algeria
|
Lavinia Haitope Namibia
|
Uganda
|
Beach handball[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Tunisia (TUN) |
Togo (TOG) |
Morocco (MAR) |
| Women's team | Tunisia (TUN) Boutheina Amiche |
Cape Verde (CPV) Odete Tavares |
Algeria (ALG) Sihem Hemissi |
Beach soccer[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Senegal (SEN) Djibril Gueye Amadou Ba Mamadou Sylla Mansour Diagne Al Seyni Ndiaye |
Morocco (MAR) Miloud Ennakhli |
Nigeria (NGR) Azeez Abu |
| Women's team | Cape Verde (CPV) |
Algeria (ALG) Amina Haleyi |
Not awarded |
Beach tennis[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | Morocco (MAR) |
Mauritius (MRI) |
Kenya (KEN) Fazal Khan |
| Women's doubles | Morocco (MAR) |
Nigeria (NGR) |
Cape Verde (CPV) |
| Mixed doubles | Morocco (MAR) |
Morocco (MAR) |
Cape Verde (CPV) |
Beach volleyball[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Mozambique (MOZ) |
Ghana (GHA) |
Morocco (MAR) Mohammed Abicha Zouheir El Graoui |
| Women's team | Morocco (MAR) |
Namibia (NAM) |
Kenya (KEN) Gaudencia Makokha |
Coastal rowing[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Algeria
|
 Tunisia
|
Michael Moses Nigeria
|
| Women's singles | Tunisia
|
Amina Rouba Algeria
|
Esther Toko Nigeria
|
| Mixed team | Algeria (ALG) Amina Rouba |
Nigeria (NGR) Michael Moses Esther Toko |
Tunisia (TUN) |
Football freestyle[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual battles |  Morocco
|
Cape Verde
|
Algeria
|
| Men's individual routines | Cape Verde
|
Algeria
|
Morocco
|
Karate[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual kata | Morocco
|
Mouad Ouites Algeria
|
Ofentse Bakwadi Botswana
|
| Ivory Coast
| |||
| Men's team kata | Algeria (ALG) Mouad Ouites |
Botswana (BOT) Ofentse Bakwadi |
Cape Verde (CPV) |
| Burundi (BDI) | |||
| Women's individual kata | Sanae Agalmam Morocco
|
Namibia
|
Botswana
|
| Algeria
| |||
| Women's team kata | Morocco (MAR) Sanae Agalmam |
Algeria (ALG) |
Botswana (BOT) |
| Cape Verde (CPV) |
Kitesurfing[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's boardercross |  Mauritius
|
Mauritius
|
Algeria
|
| Men's foilracing | Mauritius
|
Morocco
|
Luis Duarte Cape Verde
|
Open water swimming[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5 km | Morocco
|
Tunisia
|
Algeria
|
| Women's 5 km | Algeria
|
Tunisia
|
Ayat Allah Elanouar Morocco
|
Demonstration result[]
Teqball[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's |  Hubert Noah Essomba Gregory Tchami-Djomaha |
Nigeria Thankgod Adindu Emmanuel Nwabueze |
Cape Verde Ekson da Graça Rodirley Duarte |
References[]
- ^ "Cape Verde set to be awarded African Beach Games at ANOCA General Assembly". 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Sal: City Hall formalizes agreement to host the 2019 African Beach Games - Inforpress". Inforpress. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Logo and mascot".
- ^ "Inaugural African Beach Games poised to begin in Cape Verde".
- ^ "Countries".
- ^ Daniel Etchells (18 June 2019). "Cameroonian duo triumph as teqball demonstration event takes place at African Beach Games". Inside the Games.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2019 African Beach Games
- African Beach Games
- 2019 in African sport
- 2019 in Cape Verdean sport
- June 2019 sports events in Africa
- Sports competitions in Cape Verde