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medals won at the Kazan 2013
Summer Universiade.
South Africa finished tenth in
Napoli, cracking the top ten for
just the second time in the 13
Universiades in which they have
competed since 1995.
Following behind South Africa
as the second-best African side
at this year’s Universiade was
Morocco, who brought home
three medals – a gold, silver and
bronze respectively.
Algeria rounded off Africa’s
top-three performers at Napoli
2019, ending with a solitary gold
medal to finish 40th overall.
Seven African countries
medalled in total, the other four
being Burkina Faso, Ethiopia,
Egypt and Uganda, with 12
more medals earned than in the
previous Universiade in Taipei
2017, making it a Summer
Universiade to remember for the
African continent.
IDUS
African universities and National
University Sports Federations
celebrated IDUS 2019 in various
different ways, majorly sports.
In South Africa’s Sol Plaatje
University in the Northern Cape,
the #LetsIDUS activities brought
together 437 students, faculty
and community members for a
5-kilometer campus race.The University of Johannesburg
celebrated IDUS with games and
activities on its Soweto campus
with student fitness training,
a squash skills exhibition and
enterprising entertainment by
the university cheerleading
team.Across the rest of Africa,
celebrations included a novelty
football match at the ongoing
higher institution football league
in Nigeria, a FASU conference
in Zambia, a basketball game
hosted by the University of
Botswana and fitness exercise
sessions in Rwanda.The Comoros University Sports
Federation celebrated its first
IDUS with a special seminar
on university sports. Cultural
displays followed, as did a
basketball game between host
school Arso-Tech and a city-
select side from Domoni.10 th FASU Games 2020
FASU will be organising the
10 th edition of the All Africa
University Games 2020 which
will be held at Kenyatta
University, Nairobi, Kenya from
August 17-21.The programme includes
an array of sports, including
Athletics, Badminton,
Basketball, 3x3 Basketball,
Chess, Football, Handball,
Karate, Netball, Rugby 7s,
Swimming, Table Tennis,
Taekwondo, Tennis and
Volleyball, as well as three
demonstrative sports including
Woodball, Roll Ball and Snooker.The tournament shall be used
to qualify teams for the World
University League Finals in 3x3
Basketball and Soccer.A pre-Games Scientific
conference and heads of
delegation meeting is scheduled
to take place on July 2-3 at
Kenyatta University.PLEASE SEE
http://www.africauniversitysports.com
for more information