All-Africa University Games

The All-Africa University Games is a regional multi-sport event representing Africa, organized for university athletes by the African University Sports Federation (FASU). The games were first held in 1975 in Accra, Ghana.

All-Africa University Games

First event	1975 Accra
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2012 Windhoek
Purpose	Multi-sport event for university in Africa.
Organization	FASU

History

The FASU All-Africa University Games were first held around the 1974-75 new year period in Accra, Ghana and again at the same time of year in 1978-79 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was after scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982, however was cancelled and not re-introduced until 2004 in Nigeria when only a very limited range of men's events were contested.[1]

Editions

Year	Games	Host Country	Host City	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Top Country On Medal Table
						Men	Women	Total
1975	I	Ghana	Accra	Dec. 27, 1974 – 1 Jan., 1975	13				8	Liberia
1979	II	Kenya	Nairobi	Dec. 29, 1978 – 8 Jan., 1979	14				10	Angola
1982	–	Zambia	Lusaka	Cancelled
2004	III	Nigeria	Bauchi	April 14 – 22	15				7
2006	IV	South Africa	Tshwane	July 1 – 8	16			1000	14	South Africa
2008	V	Uganda	Kampala	July 6 – 16	14			803	17	South Africa
2012	VI	Namibia	Windhoek	December 15 – 22	18			750	12	Egypt

See also

• Universiade

References

1. "All-Africa University Games". GBR Athletics. 1999–2005.

External links

• Official website of FASU