# 2019 African Games

The 12th African Games (Arabic: الألعاب الإفريقية الثانية عشرة), also known as Rabat 2019 (Arabic: الرباط 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. Lusaka, the capital of Zambia was later speculated to host the Games but refused, citing lack of facilities. 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
* Algeria (268)
* Angola (90)
* Benin (24)
* Botswana (104)
* Burkina Faso (97)
* Burundi (54)
* Cameroon (126)
* Cape Verde (38)
* Central African Republic (17)
* Chad (59)
* Republic of the Congo (37)
* Comoros
* Ivory Coast (67)
* Djibouti (31)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (263)
* Egypt (325)
* Equatorial Guinea (44)
* Eritrea (48)
* Eswatini (5)
* Ethiopia (176)
* Gabon (28)
* The Gambia (21)
* Ghana (96)
* Guinea (56)
* Guinea-Bissau (4)
* Kenya (250)
* Lesotho (27)
* Liberia (3)
* Libya (29)
* Madagascar (59)
* Malawi (22)
* Mali (98)
* Mauritania (10)
* Mauritius (91)
* Morocco (401) (Host)
* Mozambique (19)
* Namibia (68)
* Niger (42)
* Nigeria (311)
* Rwanda (11)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (21)
* Senegal (127)
* Seychelles (40)
* Sierra Leone (34)
* Somalia (11)
* South Africa (154)
* South Sudan (27)
* Sudan (28)
* Tanzania (10)
* Togo (29)
* Tunisia (177)
* Uganda (75)
* Zambia (68)
* Zimbabwe (66)

## Sports

The Rabat 2019 African Games featured 26 sports.
* 3x3 basketball (2) (details)
* Archery (5) (details)
* Athletics (46) (details)
* Badminton (6) (details)
* Boxing (13) (details)
* Canoeing (18) (details)
* Chess (5) (details)
* Cycling (10) (details)
* Equestrian (2) (details)
* Fencing (12) (details)
* Football (2) (details)
* Gymnastics (14) (details)
* Handball (2) (details)
* Judo (14) (details)
* Karate (16) (details)
* Rowing (9) (details)
* Shooting (5) (details)
* Snooker (3) (details)
* Swimming (42) (details)
* Table tennis (7) (details)
* Taekwondo (16) (details)
* Tennis (6) (details)
* Triathlon (3) (details)
* Volleyball (4) (details)
* Weightlifting (60) (details)
* Wrestling (18) (details)

## 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 |
| August | August | 16th Fri | 17th Sat | 18th Sun | 19th Mon | 20th Tue | 21st Wed | 22nd Thu | 23rd Fri | 24th Sat | 25th Sun | 26th Mon | 27th Tue | 28th Wed | 29th Thu | 30th Fri | 31st Sat | Events |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | | | | OC | | | | | | | | | | | | CC | |
| 3x3 basketball | 3x3 basketball | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Archery | Archery | | | | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 5 | | 5 |
| Athletics | Athletics | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | | 46 |
| Badminton | Badminton | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | 5 | | | 6 |
| Boxing | Boxing | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | ● | 13 | | | 13 |
| Canoeing | Canoeing | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 6 | 8 | | 18 |
| Chess | Chess | | | | | | | | | ● | 1 | ● | 2 | 2 | | | | 5 |
| Cycling | Mountain biking | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Cycling | Road cycling | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | 10 |
| Equestrian | Equestrian | | | | | | ● | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Fencing | Fencing | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | 12 |
| Football | Football | ● | ● | | | ● | ● | | ● | ● | | ● | ● | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Gymnastics | Gymnastics | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | 14 |
| Handball | Handball | | | | | ● | ● | ● | | ● | ● | ● | | ● | 2 | | | 2 |
| Judo | Judo | | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| Karate | Karate | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | 16 | | | | | | 16 |
| Rowing | Rowing | | | | | ● | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| Shooting | Shooting | | | | | | | | | | ● | 2 | 1 | | ● | 2 | | 5 |
| Snooker | Snooker | | | | | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Swimming | Swimming | | | | | | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | 42 |
| Table tennis | Table tennis | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | 1 | 2 | ● | ● | 2 | | | 7 |
| Taekwondo | Taekwondo | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| Tennis | Tennis | | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | ● | 2 | 6 |
| Triathlon | Triathlon | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 |
| Volleyball | Beach volleyball | ● | ● | ● | | ● | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Volleyball | Indoor volleyball | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | Weightlifting | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | | 60 |
| Wrestling | Wrestling | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 18 |
| Daily medal events | Daily medal events | | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 27 | 39 | 64 | 55 | 3 | 340 |
| Cumulative total | Cumulative total | | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 63 | 82 | 98 | 113 | 152 | 179 | 218 | 282 | 337 | 340 | 340 |
| August | August | 16th Fri | 17th Sat | 18th Sun | 19th Mon | 20th Tue | 21st Wed | 22nd Thu | 23rd Fri | 24th Sat | 25th Sun | 26th Mon | 27th Tue | 28th Wed | 29th Thu | 30th Fri | 31st Sat | Events |
Later five Egyptian athletes were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 94 | 94 | 72 | 260 |
| 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 46 | 36 | 48 | 130 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 36 | 35 | 54 | 125 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 33 | 26 | 24 | 83 |
| 5 | Morocco (MAR)* | 31 | 32 | 55 | 118 |
| 6 | Tunisia (TUN) | 26 | 36 | 35 | 97 |
| 7 | Kenya (KEN) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | Mauritius (MRI) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | Madagascar (MAD) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Cameroon (CMR) | 5 | 14 | 9 | 28 |
| 12 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 13 | Botswana (BOT) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | Ghana (GHA) | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 16 | Angola (ANG) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Namibia (NAM) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Seychelles (SEY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | The Gambia (GAM) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Gabon (GAB) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | Niger (NIG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 23 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 28 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 29 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | Mali (MLI) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Chad (CHA) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 37 | Rwanda (RWA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (42 entries) | Totals (42 entries) | 332 | 342 | 436 | 1,110 |
Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.