2007 Arab Games
Host city | Cairo, Egypt |
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Motto | Uniting Arab Brotherhood |
Nations | 22 |
Athletes | 6,000 |
Events | 32 sports |
Opening | 11 November 2007 |
Closing | 26 November 2007 |
Opened by | Hosni Mubarak |
Main venue | Cairo International Stadium |
Website | www |
The 11th Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab athletes. It was also the first time that some of the Arab football federations participated with their first teams.
Games
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony started with the Egyptian Singer
The ceremony was divided into eight parts; it started with the Narration of the Abraham's Trip in the desert, and the founding of the Ka'aba, thus Mecca, and Arab Unity under Islam, and stressed on the power of Words in the Quran, and then it showed several dances showing the Arab Literature and Arts, then showed performances explaining the Arab's leadership in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, gardening and music. Throughout the performance, several Arab scientists, poets, philosophers, mathematicians and travellers were mentioned as well as several verses of the Quran, and how it helped Arabs to achieve such glorious achievements. The Ceremony was wrapped up with the Egyptian National Anthem then an Arab Song called "Amgad Ya Arab" (Glories o Arabs).
Sports
- Archery ( )
- Athletics ( )
- Badminton ( )
- Basketball ( )
- Bowling ( )
- Boxing ( )
- Camel riding ()
- Chess ( )
- Cycling ( )
- Equestrian ( )
- Fencing ( )
- Football ( )
- Gymnastics ( )
- Handball ( )
- Judo ( )
- Karate ( )
- Modern pentathlon ( )
- Rowing ( )
- Sailing ( )
- Shooting ( )
- Squash ( )
- Swimming ( )
- Table tennis ( )
- Taekwondo ( )
- Tennis ( )
- Volleyball ( )
- Water polo ( )
- Weightlifting ( )
- Wrestling ( )
Disability sports
- Athletics
- Table tennis
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting
Medal table
* Host nation (Egypt)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt (EGY)* | 148 | 100 | 89 | 337 |
2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 63 | 33 | 49 | 145 |
3 | Algeria (DZA) | 30 | 43 | 51 | 124 |
4 | Morocco (MAR) | 21 | 32 | 36 | 89 |
5 | Syria (SYR) | 15 | 23 | 45 | 83 |
6 | Qatar (QAT) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
7 | Saudi Arabia (SAU) | 8 | 19 | 18 | 45 |
8 | Kuwait (KWT) | 8 | 10 | 21 | 39 |
9 | Sudan (SDN) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
10 | Jordan (JOR) | 6 | 14 | 29 | 49 |
11 | Libya (LBA) | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
12 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
13 | Bahrain (BHR) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
14 | Lebanon (LBN) | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
15 | Oman (OMN) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
16 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 23 | 33 | 60 |
17 | Yemen (YEM) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
18 | Palestine (PSE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
19 | Comoros (COM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mauritania (MRT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Somalia (SOM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 355 | 353 | 445 | 1153 |
Participation
By Alphabetical Order
Country | Players | Games |
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Algeria | 443 | 23 |
Bahrain | 236 | 14 |
Comoros | 63 | 9 |
Djibouti | 15 | 3 |
Egypt | 1,268 | 32 |
Iraq | 482 | 28 |
Jordan | 383 | 28 |
Kuwait | 412 | 26 |
Lebanon | 153 | 20 |
Libya | 338 | 19 |
Mauritania | 17 | 4 |
Morocco | 230 | 27 |
Oman | 53 | 8 |
Palestine | 56 | 4 |
Qatar | 406 | 26 |
Saudi Arabia | 472 | 25 |
Somalia | 13 | 3 |
Sudan | 142 | 14 |
Syria | 273 | 19 |
Tunisia | 329 | 18 |
United Arab Emirates | 293 | 17 |
Yemen | 140 | 14 |
Mascot
The official
References
External links
- Official website (in English)