The year 2023 was marked by sporting successes, including first place on home soil at the 11th Indian Ocean Island Games. The 2024 season looks just as promising, because it is the year of the Olympic Games.
In 2023, the collective disciplines shone, with the bronze medal for Barea A’ at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Algeria, as well as the participation of Ankoay U19 boys and 3×3 at the World Cup. basketball. The year 2024 also promises exceptional sporting emotions with the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in August and September.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
It is the flagship sporting event of the year. Scheduled from July 26 to August 11, 2024, this global event will see the participation of Madagascar, although the list of qualified athletes is not yet known. Laura Rasoanaivo, African junior and senior champion, is already qualified, while Tojo Andriantsitohaina and Rosina Randafiarison are in the running for their qualification in weightlifting. For athletics and swimming, in the absence of minimums achieved, two wild cards will be allocated to the federations, one for men and one for women. The Ankoay 3×3 are competing in the 3rd stage of the qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympic Games in Debrecen, Hungary, from May 23 to 26.
The 13th African Games in Accra
Initially scheduled for 2023, they were postponed from March 8 to 23, 2024. 7,000 athletes will participate in these games in the Ghanaian capital, and Madagascar has confirmed its participation. 3×3 U23 basketball for men, the defending champion, is automatically qualified, as are other disciplines such as athletics, judo and table tennis. In 2019 at the African Games in Rabat, Madagascar finished in 7th place among the fifty participating countries.
Afrobasket 2025 – Pre-qualification and qualification
The senior Ankoays seek to return to the high level during the Africa Cup from February 17 to 25, 2025. After their absence during the 2023 edition in Rwanda, the Malagasy must go through a zonal pre-qualification tournament before join the elimination groups from January 15 to 19 in Antananarivo. Sixteen teams out of the twenty competing will validate their ticket for the final phase.
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