2015 All-Africa Games

XI African Games

Host city

Republic of the Congo Brazzaville

Nations participating

54 (projected)

Events

Opening ceremony

4 September 2015

Closing ceremony

19 September 2015

Main venue

New Kintele Stadium

The 11th African Games are scheduled for September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Congo.^[1] This edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965

Host Awarding

Ghana, Kenya and Congo all showed interest in bidding for the 11th edition of the Games. On September 14, 2011, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa awarded the rights to Brazzaville to host.

Participating nations

Sports

22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games, and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Swimming):^[5]

Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Soccer
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Cycling
Fencing
Football
Handball
Judo
Traditional Karate
Karate
Pétanque
Rugby
Swimming
Tennis
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Calendar

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

September	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun
Ceremonies		OC																CC
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Cycling
Football
Fencing
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Karate
Petanque
Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Total events
Cumulative total
September	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	12th Mon	13th Tue	14th Wed	15th Thu	16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun