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The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie (French for 8th Francophone Games), took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of the games to be hosted in Ivory Coast.[1]

Since 2011, it was the third international competition held in Abidjan, after the 2013 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and the 2013 AfroBasket.

Venues

Ten cultural and sports venues will be situated in three geographic zones in Abidjan :

Zone A (Marcory and Treichville)

Zone B (Le Plateau)

Zone C (Cocody)

Participants

Of the 48 delegations participating, Kosovo and Ukraine were participating for the first time, while Laos returned to the Games for the first time since 2009. Countries that participated in 2013 that did not return in 2017 were Andorra, Austria, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, Poland, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, and Slovakia.

Events

Medal table

Key:

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Final medal tally below.[2]

1  France 22 16 11 49
2  Morocco 13 14 15 42
3  Canada 13 8 15 36
4  Senegal 10 9 8 27
5  Romania 8 9 14 31
6  Ivory Coast 6 8 5 19
7  Cameroon 5 7 9 21
8  Quebec 5 7 6 18
9  Republic of the Congo 5 0 0 5
10  Burkina Faso 3 4 2 9
11  Switzerland 3 2 9 14
12  Seychelles 2 0 1 3
13  Kosovo 2 0 0 2
14  Armenia 1 4 3 8
15  Mali 1 2 5 8
16  Niger 1 2 3 6
17  New Brunswick 1 2 2 5
18  Benin 1 1 3 5
 Mauritius 1 1 3 5
20  Cape Verde 1 1 0 2
21  Tunisia 1 0 6 7
22  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 0 2 3
 Lebanon 1 0 2 3
24  Egypt 1 0 0 1
25 Wallonia French Community of Belgium 0 2 2 4
26  Chad 0 2 1 3
27  Gabon 0 2 0 2
28  Guinea 0 2 0 2
29  Luxembourg 0 1 3 4
30  Madagascar 0 1 2 3
31  Central African Republic 0 0 2 2
32  Cambodia 0 0 1 1
 Djibouti 0 0 1 1
 Togo 0 0 1 1
 Vietnam 0 0 1 1
Total 108 107 138 352

References

  1. ^ "2017 Francophone Games to take place in Ivory Coast city Abidjan".
  2. ^ Click the Tableau de Médailles Icon Archived 2013-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
Games 2017 at jeux.francophonie.org
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