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 | ![]() | 4 | [1] |
2 | 1993 | Casablanca | ![]() | 4 | |
3 | 1995 | Pretoria | ![]() | 10 | |
4 | 2000 | Tunis | ![]() | 4 | |
5 | 2002 | Dakar | ![]() | 11 | |
6 | 2004 | Tunis | ![]() | 12 | |
7 | 2006 | Casablanca | ![]() | 12 | |
8 | 2008 | Casablanca | ![]() | 12 | |
9 | 2009 | Dakar | ![]() | 12 | |
10 | 2010 | Tunis | ![]() | 12 | |
11 | 2011 | Cairo | ![]() | 12 | |
12 | 2012 | Casablanca | ![]() | 12 | |
13 | 2013 | Cape Town | ![]() | 12 | |
14 | 2014 | Cairo | ![]() | 12 | |
15 | 2015 | Cairo | ![]() | 12 | |
16 | 2016 | Algiers | ![]() | 12 | |
17 | 2017 | Cairo | ![]() | 12 | |
18 | 2018 | Tunis | ![]() | 12 | |
19 | 2019 | Bamako | ![]() | 12 | |
20 | 2022 | Casablanca | ![]() | 12 | |
21 | 2023 | Cairo | ![]() | 12 | |
22 | 2024 | Casablanca | ![]() | 12 |
Country | First | Second | Third | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 15 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
![]() | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
![]() | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 118 | 91 | 127 | 336 |
2 | ![]() | 94 | 68 | 58 | 220 |
3 | ![]() | 9 | 26 | 46 | 81 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 11 | 43 | 60 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 18 | 27 | 48 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 14 | 20 | 36 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (14 entries) | 237 | 233 | 330 | 800 |
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