African Youth Games

The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Africa Games. The first games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco.^[1][2] This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, current director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa. The idea came in 2006, but the first African Youth Games only occurred in 2010.

African Youth Games

Abbreviation	AYG
First event	2010
Occur every	4 years
Last event	2018

Editions

2010

2014

2018

2026

Host cities of the African Youth Games

Games	Year	Host City	Host Country	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Top Country On Medal Table
I	2010	Rabat	Morocco	13 June	18 July	40	1008	16	Tunisia
II	2014	Gaborone	Botswana	22 May	31 May	54	2500[3]	20[4]	Egypt[5]
III	2018	Algiers	Algeria	19 July	28 July	54	3098	35	Egypt[6]
IV	2022	Cairo	Egypt	26 August	6 September[7]
V	2026	Maseru	Lesotho[8]	TBA	TBA	Future event

See also

• African Games

References

1. "Jeux africains de la jeunesse au Maroc". Le Figaro. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
2. "Jeux africains de la Jeunesse : Clôture en apothéose". Al Bayane. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. "Gaborone 2014 – 2nd African Youth Games .:: About us ::". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
4. "www.gaborone2014.com". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Egypt finish top of African Youth Games medal table after triathlon gold". 28 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
7. "ANOCA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2022". ANOCA. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
8. "ANOCA move 2022 African Youth Games from Lesotho to Ethiopia". 7 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

External links

• Support Gaborone 2014 games – Botswana Daily News