From 21 to 30 July 2017, in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), the VIIIe The Games of La Francophonie will allow more than 4,000 young talents from francophone countries to compete in sports and cultural events, all in a spirit of solidarity, exchange, excellence and diversity.
The Games of La Francophonie, open to candidates aged 18 to 35 from 84 states and governments of La Francophonie, represent not only a privileged event for the detection of young talents, but also offer international competition experience to aspiring champions.
France will be represented in Abidjan by a delegation of nearly 201 members, including 14 people for the management team. An ambitious delegation, led by its young emerging athletes, some of whom are already promised an Olympic future, and artists with strong or promising talents, like the world-famous hip hop company Pockemon Crew, singer Keurspi or sculptor Orpheus Salvy. With, as a backdrop, the search for excellence and performance.
All the French artists and sportsmen will try to do as well as during the previous editions after which France finished 6 times at the top of the ranking of nations. In 2013, in Nice, Les Bleus once again won 58 medals - 23 gold, 23 silver and 12 bronze.
The successes of the French delegation will be celebrated at Espace France. Located at the Azalaï Hotel in Abidjan, Espace France will be a place of cultural and sports pluralism, information, debates, exchanges and dialogue where economic and commercial players can meet and create new partnerships during lively theme evenings, press conferences, partner meetings, invited meetings from foreign delegations, etc.
A few weeks before the decision of the International Olympic Committee to designate the host city of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Lima, On September 13, the Games of La Francophonie will also be one of the last platforms for international meetings for French sport. The opportunity to once again set the stage for France’s influence in international sports policy.
Discover the composition of the French delegation and the programme of the Games of La Francophonie in the guide of the French delegation here.