All-Africa University Games

The All-Africa University Games is a regional multi-sport event representing Africa, organized for university athletes by the African University Sports Federation (FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in Accra, Ghana.

All-Africa University Games
First event1975 Accra
Occur everyFour years
Last event2018 Mekelle
PurposeMulti-sport event for university in Africa.
OrganizationFASU

History

The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in Accra, Ghana and again at the same time of year in 1978-79 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.[1]

It was set for a tenth edition in 2020, but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Editions
Games Year Host country Host city Dates Nations Competitors Sports Medal table winner
Men Women Total
I 1975  Ghana Accra 27 December 1974 – 1 January 1975 13 8  Liberia
II 1979  Kenya Nairobi 29 December 1978 – 8 January 1979 14 10  Angola
– 1982  Zambia Lusaka Cancelled
III 2004  Nigeria Bauchi 14–22 April 15 7
IV 2006  South Africa Tshwane 1–8 July 16 1000 14  South Africa
V 2008  Uganda Kampala 6–16 July 14 803 17  South Africa
VI 2012  Namibia Windhoek 15–22 December 18 750 12  Egypt
VII 2014  Kenya Nairobi 11–18 July[3][4]
VIII 2016  South Africa Johannesburg 26 June – 2 July[5]
IX 2018  Ethiopia Mekelle 1–8 July[6]
— 2020  Kenya Nairobi Postponed[2]
X 2022  Kenya Nairobi[2]
XI 2024  Ivory Coast Abidjan[7]

See also

References
  1. "All-Africa University Games". GBR Athletics. 1999–2005.
  2. 10th FASU Games Pushed to 2022. Africa University Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. 7th FASU Games. University of Nairobi. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. 10th All-Africa University Games to be held at Kenyatta University. FISU (2020-02-09). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  5. 8th FASU University Games concluded. EUSA (2016-07-03). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. 9th FASU University Games concluded. EUSA (2018-07-21). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. Ivory Coast to host 2024 FASU University Games. Inside The Games (2019-09-24). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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