The 9th All-Africa Games took place from 11 to 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital cityofAlgeria. 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.[1]
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| Host city | Algiers, Algeria |
|---|---|
| Nations | 52 |
| Events | 24 sports |
| Opening | 11 July 2007 |
| Closing | 23 July 2007 |
| Opened by | Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| Main venue | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
| Website | coja2007.dz |
Algiers
The following 24 sports were competed:
Basketball (details)
Boxing (details)
Chess (details)
Cycling (details)
Equestrian (details)
Fencing (details)
Football (details)
Gymnastics (details)
Handball (details)
Judo (details)
Karate (details)
Kickboxing (details)
Rowing (details)
Sailing (details)
Shooting (details)
Swimming (details)
Table tennis (details)
Taekwondo (details)
Tennis (details)
Volleyball (details)
Weightlifting (details)
Wrestling (details)Paralympic sports: Athletics, Basketball and Goalball
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.[3] The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournamentinNairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games.[4]
Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams.[5] It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.
* Host nation (Algeria)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt (EGY) | 74 | 62 | 63 | 199 |
| 2 |  Algeria (ALG)* | 70 | 58 | 77 | 205 |
| 3 |  South Africa (SAF) | 61 | 66 | 53 | 180 |
| 4 |  Ethiopia | 54 | 5 | 10 | 69 |
| 5 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 50 | 55 | 54 | 159 |
| 6 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 48 | 41 | 58 | 147 |
| 7 |  Kenya (KEN) | 13 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 |  Senegal (SEN) | 8 | 12 | 26 | 46 |
| 9 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 10 |  Botswana (BOT) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 12 |  Libya | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 |  Angola (ANG) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 14 |  Ghana (GHA) | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 |  Seychelles (SEY) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 |  Eritrea (ERI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 |  Sudan (SUD) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 |  Gabon (GAB) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 |  Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 |  Lesotho (LES) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 |  Mali (MLI) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 |  Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 |  Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 26 |  Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Republic of the Congo (CGO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 29 |  Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Malawi (MAW) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 |  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 |  Benin (BEN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 36 |  Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 |  Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (37 entries) | 424 | 372 | 462 | 1258 | |
