I African Beach Games
Host citySal, Cape Verde
Nations45
Events28 events in 11 sports
Opening14 June 2019
Closing23 June 2019
Websitesal2019.com

The 2019 African Beach Games were the inaugural edition of the international beach sports 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][4]

Venues

  • Santa Maria Beach Park - 3×3 Basketball, Beach handball, Coastal rowing, Beach soccer, Football freestyle, Karate, Kiteboarding, Open water swimming, Teqball (demonstration)[5]
  • 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.[6]

  •  Algeria (71)
  •  Angola (7)
  •  Benin (2)
  •  Botswana (10)
  •  Burkina Faso (3)
  •  Burundi (5)
  •  Cameroon (3)
  •  Cape Verde (78)
  •  Central African Republic (3)
  •  Republic of the Congo (4)
  •  Ivory Coast (8)
  •  Djibouti (22)
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
  •  Egypt (2)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (10)
  •  The Gambia (6)
  •  Ghana (10)
  •  Guinea (6)
  •  Guinea-Bissau (3)
  •  Kenya (40)
  •  Lesotho (2)
  •  Liberia (1)
  •  Libya (6)
  •  Madagascar (2)
  •  Malawi (2)
  •  Mali (9)
  •  Mauritania (5)
  •  Mauritius (11)
  •  Morocco (39)
  •  Mozambique (5)
  •  Namibia (10)
  •  Niger (4)
  •  Nigeria (34)
  •  Rwanda (1)
  •  Senegal (14)
  •  Seychelles (7)
  •  Sierra Leone (25)
  •  South Sudan (6)
  •  Sudan (2)
  •  Tanzania (2)
  •  Togo (26)
  •  Tunisia (35)
  •  Uganda (2)
  •  Zambia (1)
  •  Zimbabwe (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
CeremoniesOCCC
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 events2610000032528
Cumulative total28181818181821232828
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)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Morocco (MAR)93416
2 Algeria (ALG)56516
3 Tunisia (TUN)3317
4 Cape Verde (CPV)*32510
5 Mauritius (MRI)2204
6 Mali (MLI)2114
7 Nigeria (NGR)1247
8 Uganda (UGA)1012
9 Mozambique (MOZ)1001
 Senegal (SEN)1001
11 Namibia (NAM)0404
12 Togo (TOG)0202
13 Botswana (BOT)0134
14 Kenya (KEN)0123
15 Ghana (GHA)0101
16 Ivory Coast (CIV)0033
17 Burundi (BDI)0011
 Djibouti (DJI)0011
Totals (18 entries)28283187

Results

3×3 Basketball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Mali (MLI)
Mamadou Keïta
Gaoussou Koné
Badara Bagayoko
Benke Diarouma
 Algeria (ALG)
Touhami Ghezzoul
Mounir Bernaoui
Nadyr Labouize
Kamel Ammour
 Ivory Coast (CIV)
Aboubakar Traoré
Ibrahim Sevede
Adjo Bokobri
Cheick Traoré
Men's dunk contest Anderson Correia
 Cape Verde
Benke Diarouma
 Mali
Aboubakar Traoré
 Ivory Coast
Women's team  Mali (MLI)
Assetou Diakité
Aïssata Maïga
Alima Dembélé
Assetou Sissoko
 Togo (TOG)
Adjovi Tossou Afanwoubo
Rachel Ndukue
Samiya Pindra
Aku Afetse
 Nigeria (NGR)
Azibaye Mac-Dangosu
Murjanatu Musa
Nkem Akaraiwe
Josette Anaswem
Women's shootout Josette Awasnem
 Nigeria
Victoria Netumbo
 Namibia
Assetou Sissoko
 Mali

Athletics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's half marathon Robert Chemonges
 Uganda
Charles Yosei Muneria
 Kenya
Abdillahi Bouh Moumin
 Djibouti
Women's half marathon Riham Senani
 Algeria
Lavinia Haitope
 Namibia
Priscilla Chelangat
 Uganda

Beach handball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Tunisia (TUN)
Marwane Soussi
Mohamed Maaouia
Aimen Touzi
Mohamed Ben Mida
Omar Saied
Marwen Chetioui
Ahmed Sfar
Nizar Ben Rajab
Achraf Elabed
 Togo (TOG)
Abdoula Modi
Komi Djokpe
Ayavi Ayivi
Mawuko Ayenou
Yaou Adjinda
Aduayi Aduayu-Akue
Aboudou Gado
Kossi Tchassanti
Ayao Boboloe
 Morocco (MAR)
Achraf Fliss
Ayoub Barkhane
Redwane Braout
Hicham El Harti
Hicham El Hakimy
Mehdi Ismaili Alaoui
Mohamed El Guens
Zouhair Ouasfi
Mohamed Rachid Hamed
Women's team  Tunisia (TUN)
Safa Ameri
Ameni Jemmali
Leila Ouerfelli
Samira Arfaoui
Siwar Ammar
Amani Salmi
Manel Mrad
Hanen Romdhane
Boutheina Amiche
 Cape Verde (CPV)
Odete Tavares
Suzana Barros
Jorgeana Carvalho
Iliana Semedo
Eneida Lopes
Telma Fernandes
Rute Fernandes
Marta Coelho
Maria Correia
 Algeria (ALG)
Sihem Hemissi
Lina Slimani
Fatiha Haimer
Tina Salhi
Sylia Zouaoui
Feriel Belouchrani
Yamina Bensalem
Sarah Ait Habib
Kenza Makhloufi

Beach soccer

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Senegal (SEN)
Djibril Gueye
Lansana Diassy
Amadou Ba
Mamadou Sylla
Mansour Diagne
Al Seyni Ndiaye
Ninou Diatta
El Hadji Mbaye
Babacar Fall
Papa Ndoye
 Morocco (MAR)
Rabi Aboutalbi
Zakariae Ahriga
Sami Iazal
Nassim El Hadaoui
Azzedine El Hamidy
Miloud Ennakhli
Anas El Hadaoui
Yassir Abada
Ismail El Ouariry
Ali Elkhdym
 Nigeria (NGR)
Benjamin Iluyomade
Godwin Iorbee
Emmanuel Ohwoferia
Azeez Abu
Hego Ogbonna
Paul Danjuma
Austin Igudia
Godwin Tale
Adams Taiwo
Women's team  Cape Verde (CPV)
Jocilene Martins Semedo
Kellisa Fortes
Jacinta Dias Rodrigues
Ruth Gomes Duarte
Vânia Ramos de Sousa Lobo
Rosângela Limas Ramos
Simônica Tavares Duarte
Keila Almeida Delgado
Vanda Delgado da Graça
Carolyn Tomar
 Algeria (ALG)
Amina Haleyi
Rayane Doumi
Samar Benhamouda
Kamilia Boutiara
Rania Boudellal
Romaissa Boudiaf
Meriem Haleyi
Wafa Bencheikh
Khadidja Nefissa
Sarah Derbal
Not awarded

Beach tennis

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's doubles  Morocco (MAR)
Youssef Ghazouani
Anass Bouaouda
 Mauritius (MRI)
Fabrice Nayna
Etienne Fleurie
 Kenya (KEN)
Fazal Khan
Ibrahim Yego
Women's doubles  Morocco (MAR)
Camilla Benabdeljalil
Sarah Benabdeljalil
 Nigeria (NGR)
Blessing Audu
Christie Agugbom
 Cape Verde (CPV)
Silvia Nascimento
Jocilene Fernandes
Mixed doubles  Morocco (MAR)
Anass Bouaouda
Camilla Benabdeljalil
 Morocco (MAR)
Youssef Ghazouani
Sarah Benabdeljalil
 Cape Verde (CPV)
Anderson Neves
Jocilene Fernandes

Beach volleyball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Mozambique (MOZ)
Delcio Soares
Aldevino Nguvo
 Ghana (GHA)
Samuel Essilfie
Kelvin Carboo
 Morocco (MAR)
Mohammed Abicha
Zouheir El Graoui
Women's team  Morocco (MAR)
Nora Nezha Jihane Darrhar
Imane Zeroual
 Namibia (NAM)
Julia Laggner
Kim Seebach
 Kenya (KEN)
Naomie Too
Gaudencia Makokha

Coastal rowing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Oussama Habiche
 Algeria
Mohamed Mansouri
 Tunisia
Michael Moses
 Nigeria
Women's singles Sarra Zammali
 Tunisia
Amina Rouba
 Algeria
Esther Toko
 Nigeria
Mixed team  Algeria (ALG)
Oussama Habiche
Amina Rouba
 Nigeria (NGR)
Michael Moses
Esther Toko
 Tunisia (TUN)
Mohamed Mansouri
Sarra Zammali

Football freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual battles Othmane Djedidi
 Morocco
Nicholas Barros
 Cape Verde
Noureddine Saïdi
 Algeria
Men's individual routines Nicholas Barros
 Cape Verde
Noureddine Saïdi
 Algeria
Othmane Djedidi
 Morocco

Karate

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual kata Mohammed El-Hanni
 Morocco
Mouad Ouites
 Algeria
Ofentse Bakwadi
 Botswana
Songuida Sanogo
 Ivory Coast
Men's team kata  Algeria (ALG)
Samir Lakrout
Mouad Ouites
Haoua Abdelhakim
 Botswana (BOT)
Thebe Duna
Tlotlang Ponatshego
Ofentse Bakwadi
 Cape Verde (CPV)
Mauro Soares
José Mendes Gonçalves
Leonardo Ramos
 Burundi (BDI)
Nkeshimana Elvis
Ntiruseseka Herve
Mukeshimana Brillant
Women's individual kata Sanae Agalmam
 Morocco
Suzelle Pronk
 Namibia
Entle Maungwa
 Botswana
Manal Kamilia Hadj Saïd
 Algeria
Women's team kata  Morocco (MAR)
Sanae Agalmam
Aya En-Nesyry
Lamiae Bertali
 Algeria (ALG)
Manal Kamilia Hadj Saïd
Sara Hanouti
Rayane Salakedji
 Botswana (BOT)
Centy Kgosikoma
Lame Hetanang
Entle Maungwa
 Cape Verde (CPV)
Sophia Évora
Danisa Conceição
Silviane Mendes

Kitesurfing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's boardercross Jean Lauri Fenouillot
 Mauritius
Luis Drany Clair
 Mauritius
Ahmed Boudjatit
 Algeria
Men's foilracing Jean Lauri Fenouillot
 Mauritius
Hicham Tirya
 Morocco
Luis Duarte
 Cape Verde

Open water swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 5 km Mathy Mathieu Ben Rahou
 Morocco
Haithem Mbarki
 Tunisia
Ali Merouane Betka
 Algeria
Women's 5 km Sara Moualfi
 Algeria
Alya Gara
 Tunisia
Ayat Allah Elanouar
 Morocco

Demonstration result

Teqball

[7]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Cameroon
Hubert Noah Essomba
Gregory Tchami-Djomaha
 Nigeria
Thankgod Adindu
Emmanuel Nwabueze
 Cape Verde
Ekson da Graça
Rodirley Duarte

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  3. "Logo and mascot".
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