2007 All-Africa Games
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| Host city | Algiers, Algeria | ||
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| Nations participating | 52 | ||
| Events | 24 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | 11 July 2007 | ||
| Closing ceremony | 23 July 2007 | ||
| Officially opened by | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | ||
| Main venue | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | ||
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The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games.
The following 24 sports were competed:
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. The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games.
Water Polo was not competed due to lack of teams. It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.
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