The African Fencing Championships (French: Championnats d'Afrique d'escrime) are an annual top-level fencing tournament organized by the African Fencing Confederation. They serve as zone championships for the Fencing World Cup run by the International Fencing Federation.
Number | Year | Host City | Host Country | Events | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1991 | Cairo | Egypt | 4 | [1] |
2 | 1993 | Casablanca | Morocco | 4 | |
3 | 1995 | Pretoria | South Africa | 10 | |
4 | 2000 | Tunis | Tunisia | 4 | |
5 | 2002 | Dakar | Senegal | 11 | |
6 | 2004 | Tunis | Tunisia | 12 | |
7 | 2006 | Casablanca | Morocco | 12 | |
8 | 2008 | Casablanca | Morocco | 12 | |
9 | 2009 | Dakar | Senegal | 12 | |
10 | 2010 | Tunis | Tunisia | 12 | |
11 | 2011 | Cairo | Egypt | 12 | |
12 | 2012 | Casablanca | Morocco | 12 | |
13 | 2013 | Cape Town | South Africa | 12 | |
14 | 2014 | Cairo | Egypt | 12 | |
15 | 2015 | Cairo | Egypt | 12 | |
16 | 2016 | Algiers | Algeria | 12 | |
17 | 2017 | Cairo | Egypt | 12 | |
18 | 2018 | Tunis | Tunisia | 12 | |
19 | 2019 | Bamako | Mali | 12 | |
20 | 2022 | Casablanca | Morocco | 12 | |
21 | 2023 | Cairo | Egypt | 12 |
Country | First | Second | Third | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
Tunisia | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
Algeria | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
South Africa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 109 | 87 | 118 | 314 |
2 | Tunisia | 93 | 66 | 58 | 217 |
3 | Algeria | 9 | 26 | 46 | 81 |
4 | Senegal | 6 | 11 | 42 | 59 |
5 | Morocco | 3 | 14 | 23 | 40 |
6 | South Africa | 2 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
7 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
8 | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Libya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Benin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Niger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 225 | 221 | 312 | 758 |
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