African Beach Games

Multi-sport event in Africa

African Beach Games
Abbreviation	ABG
First event	2019 in Sal, Cape Verde
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 in Hammamet, Tunisia
Purpose	Beach sports event for nations on the African continent

The African Beach Games is a continental multi-sport event held among athletes from the Africa. The Games are organised under the governance of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). The Games were announced by the ANOCA President, Lassana Palenfo, in May 2015.^[1]

All of the competing nations are for the African continent.

History

The first Games were held on the island of Sal, Cape Verde in June 2019.^[2]^[3] In October 2021, Baseball5 was added as a full medal sport for the 2023 edition.^[4]

Editions

2019

2023

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Host cities of the African Beach Games

Edition	Year	Host city	Host nation	Start date	End date	Nations	Sports	Events	Top nation
I	2019	Sal	Cape Verde	14 June	23 June	45	11	28	Morocco (MAR)
II	2023	Hammamet	Tunisia	23 June	30 June	45	12	29	Algeria (ALG)
III	2027	Riaba	Equatorial Guinea	Future event

Medals (2019-2023)

Medals Table
Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria (ALG)	20	13	17	50
2	Morocco (MAR)	17	13	8	38
3	Tunisia (TUN)	16	16	15	47
4	Nigeria (NGR)	7	5	6	18
5	Senegal (SEN)	6	4	6	16
6	South Africa (RSA)	4	6	7	17
7	Mauritius (MRI)	3	3	2	8
8	Cape Verde (CPV)	3	2	5	10
9	Mali (MLI)	3	2	2	7
10	Djibouti (DJI)	2	0	3	5
11	Namibia (NAM)	1	4	1	6
12	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	1	0	2
13	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	1	2
13	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	1	2
15	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
15	The Gambia (GAM)	1	0	0	1
17	Kenya (KEN)	0	4	3	7
18	Lesotho (LES)	0	3	0	3
19	Benin (BEN)	0	2	2	4
20	Togo (TOG)	0	2	0	2
21	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	3	4
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	3	4
	Libya (LBA)	0	1	3	4
24	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	0	1
27	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	2	2
28	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		87	86	93	266

References

^ "Palenfo encouraged to run for fourth term as ANOCA President as African Beach Games receives green light". 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
^ "Cape Verde set to be awarded African Beach Games at ANOCA General Assembly". 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
^ "Sal 2019 - 1st African Beach Games | Sal, Cape Verde". Sal 2019 - 1st African Beach Games | Sal, Cape Verde. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
^ "Baseball5 to be played at 2023 African Beach Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-25.