The 3rd
African Youth Games took place in
Algiers
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
from 18 to 28 July 2018. The Games featured approximately 3,300 athletes from 55 African countries who competed in 30 sports. Algiers was awarded the games by Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in 2014.
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Sports
Thirty sports were contested in this edition of African Youth Games.
Archery, athletics, Badiminton, beach volleyball, field hockey, rowing, and rugby sevens competition also served as qualification for the
2018 Youth Olympic Games.
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Medal table
References
External links
Official siteResults
{{African Youth Games
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Multi-sport events in Algeria
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African Youth Games
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International sports competitions hosted by Algeria
African Youth Games
2010s in Algiers