All-Africa University Games

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

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.

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

References

↑ "All-Africa University Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1999-2005. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

Official website of FASU

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Disabled sports	Deaflympics Défi sportif Invictus Games IWAS World Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter Transplant Games

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games European Championship in Forestry Skills Southern Forestry Conclave Stihl Timbersports Series World Logging Championship

Youth and students	Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games

Other types	Arafura Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	Pan-Asian Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Southeast Asian Games ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Central Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Masters Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Intercontinental	Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames Asia Pacific Deaf Games Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games

Intercommunity	Commonwealth Games youth CPLP Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Invictus Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Nomad Games World Outgames

National

Africa

South African Games¹

Americas

Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games

NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Netherlands
Poland (youth)
All-Union Spartakiad¹
Spartakiad of Albania¹
Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹
- youth¹

Oceania

Western Australia (high school)²

Historical¹

Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900BC to 1859AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads

Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Central African Games Children of Asia International Sports Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Asian Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Nordic Games Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games

Winter games

International	Olympics Paralympics Winter Universiade Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games

Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe

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All-Africa University Games

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