The Maghreb Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition between athletes from countries of the Maghreb. The event was hosted eleven times during its existence from the late 1960s to 1990.
Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (UFAMU), the competition was first held in 1967. It was an annual competition until 1971, at which point it changed to a biennial format. The event schedule was disrupted after 1975, with the final four editions being held in 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1990. The competing nations were principally Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, although Libya was present for a handful of editions (1969, 1981, and 1983).[1]
After the discontinuation of the championships after 1990, the North African Athletics Championships was created in 2003, featuring all four participating nations from the Maghreb Championships. This ran for only two years.[2] The disruption of these events reflected growing political disputes between the countries within the Arab Maghreb Union, particularly over sovereignty of the Western Sahara.[3]
The UFAMU was founded in 1966 and held the inaugural [4][5] Since the dissolution of the UFAMU, the four constituent countries continue to compete in the broader Arab Athletics Championships tournament.[6]
The Maghreb Athletics Championships was roughly contemporaneous with the Maghreb Champions Cup and Maghreb Cup Winners Cup, two annual football competitions between the top Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian association football clubs. These were also short-lived running from 1970 to 1976.[7] Among other sporting events for the region, the Maghreb Student Cross Country Championships reached its 32nd edition in 2013,[8] and a Maghreb Judo Youth Championships had its eighth event in 2009.[9] The presidents of the Algerian and Tunisian National Olympic Committees proposed a Maghreb Olympics in 2013, representing increasing interest in sporting competition at the region level.[10]
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References
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^ Maghreb Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ North African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ Aggad, Faten. "The Arab Maghreb Union: Will the Haemorrhage Lead to Demise?" African Insight. 6 April 2004.
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^ Statistiques (French). Union Sportive Oudja. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ Histoire (French). Algeria Athle. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-05.
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^ Maghreb Champions Cup. RSSSF (2009-12-21). Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ North Africa: Nation Wins Maghreb Student Cross-Country Championships. AllAfrica (2013-02-13). Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ Eighth Maghreb Judo Championships Today, Tomorrow in Libya. The Tripoli Post. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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^ North Africans aiming to create Maghreb Olympic, athletic festival. Star Africa (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
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