African Judo Championships

African Judo Championships

Current event or competition: 2025 African Judo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Judo
Type	Annual
Organiser	African Judo Union (AJU)
History
First edition	1964 in Dakar, Senegal
Most wins	Algeria – 298 medals (117 gold medals)
Most recent	Abidjan 2025
Next edition	Nairobi 2026

African Judo Championships is a continental judo championship organized by the African Judo Union. The 1965, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2007 editions were held during the respective African Games.

Tournaments

Year	Date	Host City (Country)	Venue	Countries	Athletes		Events	Winners	Ref.
					Male	Female
1964	...–... Jun	Dakar				-	5	Senegal
1965 [a]	20–22 Jul	Brazzaville		10		-	5	Senegal
1967	...–... Jul	Abidjan		6		-	7	Senegal
1968	...–... Jul	Tunis		12		-	5	Senegal
1974	14–16 Dec	Cairo				-		Senegal
1982	...–... Jul	Cairo				-
1983	30 Jul–4 Aug	Dakar		5		-	9	Egypt
1985	6–12 Aug	Tunis				-	7	Egypt
1986	20–24 Jul	Casablanca		8			13	Algeria
1987 [a]	3–5 Aug	Nairobi		7		-	8	Egypt
1989	3–10 Dec	Abidjan			61	32		Algeria
1990	16–20 Jul	Algiers	Hacène Harcha Arena	16			16	Algeria
1991 [a]	20 Sep–1 Oct	Cairo		11		-	8	Egypt
1991 [b]	1–3 Nov	Port Louis			-		9
1992	6–8 Nov	Port Louis		15			16	Algeria
1993	...–... ...	Cairo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls
1994	7–9 Oct	Tunis		9			16	Tunisia
1995 [a]	13–23 Sep	Harare		12			16	Tunisia
1996	16–19 May	Pretoria		10			16	Algeria
1997	17–19 Jul	Casablanca		12			16	Algeria
1998	23–26 Jul	Dakar		12			16	Egypt
1999 [a]	10–13 Sep	Johannesburg		21			16	Tunisia
2000	11–14 May	Algiers	Hacène Harcha Arena				16	Algeria
2001	6–9 Nov	Tripoli					16	Algeria
2002	4–7 Oct	Cairo					16	Tunisia
2004	5–8 May	Tunis					16	Algeria
2005	18–21 May	Port Elizabeth					16	Algeria
2006	5–10 Jun	Port-Louis					16	Egypt
2007 [a]	13–14 Jul	Algiers		24			16	Algeria
2008	15–18 May	Agadir		22			16	Algeria
2009	27 Apr–2 May	Port-Louis					16	Egypt
2010	15–18 Apr	Yaoundé		22	105	73	16	Tunisia
2011	14–17 Apr	Dakar	Marius Ndiaye Stadium	23	113	64	16	Tunisia
2012	5–8 Apr	Agadir		20			16	Morocco
2013	18–21 Apr	Maputo	Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo	22			16	Tunisia
2014	26–27 Jun	Port-Louis					16	Algeria
2015	24–26 Apr	Libreville					16	Tunisia
2016	8–10 Apr	Tunis					16	Tunisia
2017	14–16 Apr	Antananarivo		22			18	Algeria
2018	12–15 Apr	Tunis		25	106	61	16	Tunisia
2019	25–28 Apr	Cape Town		28			14	Algeria
2020	17–20 Dec	Antananarivo	Palais des Sports Mahamasina	33			15	Egypt
2021	20–23 May	Dakar	Dakar Arena	40			14	Tunisia
2022	26–29 May	Oran	Convention Centre Mohammed Ben Ahmed [1]	26	94	79	14	Algeria	[2]
2023	7–9 September	Casablanca	Salle du Complexe Sportif Mohammed V	39	131	98	15	Algeria
2024	25–28 April	Cairo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex		103	89	15	Egypt	[3] [4] [5]
2025	25–28 April	Abidjan	Palais des Sports de Treichville				15	Egypt	[6]
2026	24–26 April	Nairobi					15		[7]

All-time medal table 2001–2025

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	117	93	100	310
2	Tunisia	85	73	109	267
3	Egypt	62	56	64	182
4	Morocco	57	41	98	196
5	Angola	6	8	23	37
6	Guinea-Bissau	6	1	1	8
7	Guinea	6	0	1	7
8	South Africa	5	13	24	42
9	Cameroon	4	23	60	87
10	Senegal	4	14	44	62
11	Mauritius	2	7	11	20
12	Madagascar	2	3	10	15
13	Libya	1	1	4	6
14	Gabon	0	5	11	16
15	Ivory Coast	0	2	17	19
16	Nigeria	0	2	10	12
17	Cape Verde	0	2	1	3
18	Congo	0	1	7	8
19	Ghana	0	1	5	6
20	Burkina Faso	0	1	4	5
21	Gambia	0	1	3	4
22	Central African Republic	0	1	1	2
	Niger	0	1	1	2
24	Benin	0	1	0	1
	Kenya	0	1	0	1
26	Zambia	0	0	3	3
27	Burundi	0	0	1	1
	Chad	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		357	352	616	1,325

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Notes and references

Notes

1. Edition also served as the African Games event.
2. The tournament of 1991 in Port Louis is for women only.

References

1. "Oran African Senior and Kata Championships 2022" (PDF). International Judo Federation . Retrieved 26 May 2022.
2. "2022 African Championships". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 25 September 2021.
3. "African Senior Championships Individuals 2024". International Judo Federation . Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
4. "African Senior Championships Mixed Teams 2024". International Judo Federation . Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
5. "Egypt will host the Africa Judo Championships 2024". JudoInside.com. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
6. "IJF Calendar 2025" (PDF). International Judo Federation . 16 September 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
7. "IJF Calendar 2026" (PDF). International Judo Federation . 30 June 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

External links

• Judo Union
• African Judo Union
• http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/statsgen
• http://www.judobase.org/