2014 African Youth Games

The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports.[3] Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only African countries absent from the Games.

2014 African Youth Games
Nations participating51
Athletes participating2000
Events21 sports
Opening ceremony22 May 2014
Closing ceremony31 May 2014
Officially opened byThen, President Ian Khama[1]
Torch lighterNijel Amos
Ceremony venueBotswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana
Websitewww.gaborone2014.com[2]

The Botswana African Youth Games Organising Committee (BAYGOC) was charged with organising the Games and was headed by Regina Sikalesele Vaka as Chairman while Tuelo Serufho led the Secretariat as its Chief Executive Officer.

Sports

Twenty one sports were contested in this edition of African Youth Games.[4]

Venues

Venues of the 2014 African Youth Games are listed below.[5]

Venue Name Sports
University of Botswana Olympic Swimming PoolSwimming
University of Botswana StadiumRugby
Botswana National StadiumAthletics, Football, Rugby
National Tennis CentreTennis
Gaborone Golf ClubGolf
Gaborone DamCanoeing, Rowing
Boipuso HallKarate, Weightlifting
Ditshupo HallJudo, Taekwondo
Botswana National Youth Centre (BNYC)Basketball, Table tennis
Otse Police CollegeTriathlon, Badminton
Botho University - Multipurpose HallBoxing
Sir SeretseKhama Barracks (SSKB)Football
BONA CourtsNetball
Kgale Hill[6]Cycling - Mountain Bike
Roads of Gaborone[7]Cycling - Road cycling

Medal table

  Host nation[8]

  *   Host nation (Botswana)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)44162989
2 South Africa (RSA)41252793
3 Nigeria (NGR)19101241
4 Algeria (ALG)15211248
5 Ethiopia (ETH)146727
6 Tunisia (TUN)13151543
7 Kenya (KEN)711725
8 Botswana (BOT)*661931
9 Morocco (MAR)4111025
10 Namibia (NAM)45514
11 Mauritius (MRI)310720
12 Madagascar (MAD)3328
13 Cameroon (CMR)3025
14 Libya (LBA)23510
15 Seychelles (SEY)2035
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)1539
17 Senegal (SEN)1315
18 Zimbabwe (ZIM)12710
19 Mali (MLI)1168
20 Uganda (UGA)1023
21 Chad (CHA)1012
22 Angola (ANG)1001
 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)1001
24 Ghana (GHA)0819
25 Ivory Coast (CIV)05712
26 Republic of the Congo (CGO)0538
27 Zambia (ZAM)0437
28 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)0303
29 Mozambique (MOZ)0224
30 Malawi (MAW)0101
 Tanzania (TAN)0101
32 Gabon (GAB)0044
33 Sierra Leone (SLE)0033
34 Burundi (BDI)0022
 Cape Verde (CPV)0022
 Guinea (GUI)0022
 Rwanda (RWA)0022
 Togo (TOG)0022
39 Lesotho (LES)0011
 Liberia (LBR)0011
 Sudan (SUD)0011
 Swaziland (SWZ)0011
Totals (42 nations)188182219589

References
  1. http://www.insidethegames.biz/anoc/754-anoca/1020247-botswana-president-khama-opens-african-youth-games-and-calls-for-release-of-abducted-nigerian-schoolgirls
  2. "'Support Gaborone 2014 games'". Daily News. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "'Support Gaborone 2014 games'". Daily News. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. "Gaborone 2014 Official Website". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. "Gaborone 2014 Official Website - Venues". Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. http://www.gaborone2014.com/common_up/baygoc/doc_4.pdf
  7. http://www.gaborone2014.com/common_up/baygoc/doc_5.pdf
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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