| I African Beach Games | |
| Host City: | Sal, Cape Verde |
| Nations: | 45 |
| Events: | 28 events in 11 sports |
| Opening: | 14 June 2019 |
| Closing: | 23 June 2019 |
| Website: | sal2019.com |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2019 African Beach Games were the inaugural edition of the international beach sports competition between the nations of Africa, organised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). The first Games were held on the island of Sal, Cape Verde in June 2019.
In the ten-day competition, a total of 45 nations competed in 28 events across 11 sports. Teqball was also included as a demonstration sport on 18 June.
The Games were awarded to the Cabo Verdean Olympic Committee (COC) at the ANOCA General Assembly in Djibouti in May 2017.[1] The host contract was signed in March 2018 between the City Hall of Sal, the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Cabo Verdean Olympic Committee (COC), to carry out of the first African Beach Games 2019.[2]
The logo is the silhouette of the African continent, while the mascot is a tortoise named Krexteu.[3] [4]
45 out of 54 nations participated. Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia and South Africa did not participate.[6]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| June | 14th Fri | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | 17th Mon | 18th Tue | 19th Wed | 20th Thu | 21st Fri | 22nd Sat | 23rd Sun | Events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||||||||||||
| 3x3 basketball< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | ●< | -- 22 --> | 2< | -- 23 --> | 2< | -- Total --> | 4 | |||||||
| Athletics< | -- 14 --> | 2< | -- 17 --> | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Beach handball< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 15 --> | ●< | -- 16 --> | 2< | -- 17 --> | 2 | |||||||||
| Beach soccer< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 20 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | 1< | -- 22 --> | ●< | -- 23 --> | 1< | -- Total --> | 2 | |||||
| Beach tennis< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 15 --> | 1< | -- 16 --> | 2< | -- 17 --> | 3 | |||||||||
| Beach volleyball< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 20 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | ●< | -- 22 --> | ●< | -- 23 --> | 2< | -- Total --> | 2 | |||||
| Coastal rowing< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 15 --> | 3< | -- 16 --> | 3 | |||||||||||
| Football freestyle< | -- 14 --> | 2< | -- 17 --> | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Karate< | -- 14 --> | 2< | -- 15 --> | 2< | -- 16 --> | 4 | |||||||||||
| Kiteboarding< | -- 14 --> | ●< | -- 20 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | 2< | -- 22 --> | 4 | |||||||||
| Open water swimming< | -- 14 --> | 2< | -- 17 --> | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Daily medal events | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | ||||||
| Cumulative total | 2 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| June | 14th Fri | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | 17th Mon | 18th Tue | 19th Wed | 20th Thu | 21st Fri | 22nd Sat | 23rd Sun | Events | ||||||
| Men's team | Mamadou Keïta Gaoussou Koné Badara Bagayoko Benke Diarouma | Touhami Ghezzoul Mounir Bernaoui Nadyr Labouize Kamel Ammour | Aboubakar Traoré Ibrahim Sevede Adjo Bokobri Cheick Traoré | |
| Men's dunk contest | ||||
| Women's team | Assetou Diakité Aïssata Maïga Alima Dembélé Assetou Sissoko | Adjovi Tossou Afanwoubo Rachel Ndukue Samiya Pindra Aku Afetse | Azibaye Mac-Dangosu Murjanatu Musa Nkem Akaraiwe Josette Anaswem | |
| Women's shootout |
| Men's half marathon | ||||
| Women's half marathon |
| Men's team | Marwane Soussi Mohamed Maaouia Aimen Touzi Mohamed Ben Mida Omar Saied Marwen Chetioui Ahmed Sfar Nizar Ben Rajab Achraf Elabed | Abdoula Modi Komi Djokpe Ayavi Ayivi Mawuko Ayenou Yaou Adjinda Aduayi Aduayu-Akue Aboudou Gado Kossi Tchassanti Ayao Boboloe | Achraf Fliss Ayoub Barkhane Redwane Braout Hicham El Harti Hicham El Hakimy Mehdi Ismaili Alaoui Mohamed El Guens Zouhair Ouasfi Mohamed Rachid Hamed | |
| Women's team | Safa Ameri Ameni Jemmali Leila Ouerfelli Samira Arfaoui Siwar Ammar Amani Salmi Manel Mrad Hanen Romdhane Boutheina Amiche | Odete Tavares Suzana Barros Jorgeana Carvalho Iliana Semedo Eneida Lopes Telma Fernandes Rute Fernandes Marta Coelho Maria Correia | Sihem Hemissi Lina Slimani Fatiha Haimer Tina Salhi Sylia Zouaoui Feriel Belouchrani Yamina Bensalem Sarah Ait Habib Kenza Makhloufi |
| Men's team | Djibril Gueye Lansana Diassy Amadou Ba Mamadou Sylla Mansour Diagne Al Seyni Ndiaye Ninou Diatta El Hadji Mbaye Babacar Fall Papa Ndoye | Rabi Aboutalbi Zakariae Ahriga Sami Iazal Nassim El Hadaoui Azzedine El Hamidy Miloud Ennakhli Anas El Hadaoui Yassir Abada Ismail El Ouariry Ali Elkhdym | Benjamin Iluyomade Godwin Iorbee Emmanuel Ohwoferia Azeez Abu Hego Ogbonna Paul Danjuma Austin Igudia Godwin Tale Adams Taiwo | |
| Women's team | Jocilene Martins Semedo Kellisa Fortes Jacinta Dias Rodrigues Ruth Gomes Duarte Vânia Ramos de Sousa Lobo Rosângela Limas Ramos Simônica Tavares Duarte Keila Almeida Delgado Vanda Delgado da Graça Carolyn Tomar | Amina Haleyi Rayane Doumi Samar Benhamouda Kamilia Boutiara Rania Boudellal Romaissa Boudiaf Meriem Haleyi Wafa Bencheikh Khadidja Nefissa Sarah Derbal | Not awarded |
| Men's doubles | Youssef Ghazouani Anass Bouaouda | Fabrice Nayna Etienne Fleurie | Fazal Khan Ibrahim Yego | |
| Women's doubles | Camilla Benabdeljalil Sarah Benabdeljalil | Blessing Audu Christie Agugbom | Silvia Nascimento Jocilene Fernandes | |
| Mixed doubles | Anass Bouaouda Camilla Benabdeljalil | Youssef Ghazouani Sarah Benabdeljalil | Anderson Neves Jocilene Fernandes |
| Men's team | Delcio Soares Aldevino Nguvo | Samuel Essilfie Kelvin Carboo | Mohammed Abicha Zouheir El Graoui | |
| Women's team | Nora Nezha Jihane Darrhar Imane Zeroual | Julia Laggner Kim Seebach | Naomie Too Gaudencia Makokha |
| Men's singles | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
| Mixed team | Oussama Habiche Amina Rouba | Michael Moses Esther Toko | Mohamed Mansouri Sarra Zammali |
| Men's individual battles | ||||
| Men's individual routines |
| Men's individual kata | |||
| Men's team kata | Samir Lakrout Mouad Ouites Haoua Abdelhakim | Thebe Duna Tlotlang Ponatshego Ofentse Bakwadi | Mauro Soares José Mendes Gonçalves Leonardo Ramos |
Nkeshimana Elvis Ntiruseseka Herve Mukeshimana Brillant | |||
| Women's individual kata | |||
| Women's team kata | Sanae Agalmam Aya En-Nesyry Lamiae Bertali | Manal Kamilia Hadj Saïd Sara Hanouti Rayane Salakedji | Centy Kgosikoma Lame Hetanang Entle Maungwa |
Sophia Évora Danisa Conceição Silviane Mendes |
| Men's boardercross | |||
| Men's foilracing | |||
| Men's 5 km | ||||
| Women's 5 km |
| Men's | Hubert Noah Essomba Gregory Tchami-Djomaha | Thankgod Adindu Emmanuel Nwabueze | Ekson da Graça Rodirley Duarte |