The 9th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Algiers 2007 (), took place from 11 to 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers became the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were also held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria had hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4,793 athletes from 52 nations took part in the 2007 Games.
Venues
Main stadium - Athletics Stade SATO - Para athletics Piscine du Complexe Olympique - Swimming Hall OMS El Biar - Badminton Salle OMS Hydra - Women's Basketball Salle Staouali - Men's Basketball Salle Harcha - Men's Basketball Centre Equestre LIDO - Equestrian Centre Equestre de Maramene - Equestrian (Endurance) Stand de tir Chenoua - Shooting Salle OMS de Bordj-El-Kiffan - Boxing Coupole - Judo, Karate, Handball Salle OMS de Bousmail - Weightlifting Club Tennis OCO - Tennis Salle OMS Boumerdes - Kickboxing, Taekwondo Barrage de Boukerdane - Rowing Salle OMS de Rouiba - Table tennis Salle De Bab Ezzouar - Gymnastics La Cité des sciences, Théâtre des verdures - Chess Salles OMS Ain Benian - Handball Salles OMS Ain Taya - Handball Salles OMS Tipaza - Handball Salle de Boufarik - Wheelchair basketball Circuit route Tipaza - Cycling Salle de Zeralda - Goalball E.N.V Alger plage - Sailing
Competitions The following 24 sports were competed:
Paralympic sports:
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.Vanguard, 16 December 2006: Africa Games pushed a week back *Hockey, baseball, softball fail to get back in 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.Ghana Hockey Association, 20 April 2007: 2007 All Africa Games - Hockey to be Played Simultaneously in Nairobi
Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams.Mail & Guardian, 9 July 2007: Algeria ready for All Africa Games It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.
Medals
References
External links Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Competition schedule (French) General programme (French)