African Wrestling Championships

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African Wrestling Championships
StatusActive
GenreSports Event
Date(s)February – May
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated 1969
Activity Amateur Wrestling
Organised by FILAUWW Africa

The African Wrestling Championships are amateur wrestling championships. [1] Events are held in men's freestyle wrestling, men's Greco-Roman wrestling and women's freestyle wrestling. In 1996 a tournament for women was held for the first time.

Contents

Editions

Not held in 1970, 1972-1980, 1983, 1986-1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2021.

EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEvents
1 1969 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 10
2 1971 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 10
3 1981 Nabeul Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 20
4 1982 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 20
5 1984 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20
6 1985 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 20
7 1988 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 20
8 1989 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20
9 1990 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 20
10 1992 Safi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 20
11 1993 Pretoria Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20
12 1994 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20
13 1996 El Menzah Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 29
14 1997 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 22
15 1998 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 22
16 2000 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 22
17 2001 El Jadida Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 22
18 2002 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21
19 2003 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21
20 2004 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21
21 2005 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 21
22 2006 Pretoria Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21
23 2007 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 20
24 2008 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 21
25 2009 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 21
26 2010 Cairo Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21
27 2011 Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 21
28 2012 Marrakech Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 21
29 2013 N'Djamena Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 21
30 2014 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 24
31 2015 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24
32 2016 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24
33 2017 Marrakesh Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 24
34 2018 Port Harcourt Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 30
35 2019 Hammamet Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 30
36 2020 Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 30
37 2022 El Jadida Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 30
38 2023 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 30
39 2024 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 24

Medals (1969–2023)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 327163130620
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 156184174514
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1296866263
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 70144132346
5Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 465474174
6Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4094128262
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3170106207
8Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1551434
9Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 14243674
10Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 29920
11Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 2316
12Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1146
13Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 1067
14Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 06713
15Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0369
16Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 021416
17Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 021315
18Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 02810
19Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 0257
20Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 011314
21Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 0134
22Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 0112
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 0112
24Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0066
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 0066
26Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 0022
27Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 0011
Totals (27 entries)8348409662640

U23

EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEvents
1 2018 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 30
2 2019 Alexandria Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 30

Juniors (U20)

AnnéeVillePaysDates
01 2006 Alger Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria mai 2006
02 2007 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia mai 2007
03 2008 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 7–8 mars 2008
04 2009 Tipaza Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 15–17 mai 2009
05 2010 Le Caire Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 26–29 juin 2010
06 2011 Staoueli Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 29–31 mai 2011
07 2012 Antananarivo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 12–14 mars 2012
08 2013 N'Djamena Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 30 avril – 5 mai 2013
09 2014 Alexandrie Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 28–30 mars 2014
10 2015 Alexandrie Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt mai 2015
11 2016 Alger Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4–6 mars 2016
12 2017 Marrakech Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26–30 avril 2017
13 2018 Port Harcourt Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 7–11 avril 2018
14 2019 Hammamet Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 26–31 mars 2019
15 2020 Alger Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 4–9 février 2020
16 2022 El Jadida Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 17–22 may 2022
17 2023 Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 16–21 may 2023
18 2024 Alexandrie Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 14–19 mars 2024

Cadets (U17)

 2020-02-04     African Championship     Alger (ALG)     Cadets     LL      2020-02-04     African Championship     Alger (ALG)     Cadets     LF      2020-02-04     African Championship     Alger (ALG)     Cadets     GR      2019-03-26     African Championship     Hammamet (TUN)     Cadets     GR      2019-03-26     African Championship     Hammamet (TUN)     Cadets     LL      2019-03-26     African Championship     Hammamet (TUN)     Cadets     LF      2018-02-07     African Championship     Port Harcourt (NGR)     Cadets     LF      2018-02-07     African Championship     Port Harcourt (NGR)     Cadets     LL      2018-02-07     African Championship     Port Harcourt (NGR)     Cadets     GR      2017-04-27     African Championship     Marrakech (MAR)     Cadets     LL      2017-04-26     African Championship     Marrakech (MAR)     Cadets     LF      2017-04-26     African Championship     Marrakech (MAR)     Cadets     GR      2016-06-15     African Championship     Algiers (ALG)     Cadets     LL      2016-06-15     African Championship     Algiers (ALG)     Cadets     LF      2016-06-15     African Championship     Algiers (ALG)     Cadets     GR      2015-05-27     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     LF      2015-05-27     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     GR      2015-05-27     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     LL      2014-05-19     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     GR      2014-05-19     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     LF      2014-05-19     African Championship     Alexandria (EGY)     Cadets     LL      2012-06-14     African Championship     Antananarivo (MAD)     Cadets     LF      2012-06-14     African Championship     Antananarivo (MAD)     Cadets     GR      2012-06-14     African Championship     Antananarivo (MAD)     Cadets     LL      2011-07-07     African Championship     Alger - Staouali (ALG)     Cadets     GR      2011-07-07     African Championship     Alger - Staouali (ALG)     Cadets     LL      2011-07-07     African Championship     Alger - Staouali (ALG)     Cadets     LF      2010-04-23     African Championship     Cairo (EGY)     Cadets     LL      2010-04-22     African Championship     Cairo (EGY)     Cadets     GR      2010-04-22     African Championship     Cairo (EGY)     Cadets     LF      2009-07-05     African Championship     Tipaza (ALG)     Cadets     GR      2009-07-05     African Championship     Tipaza (ALG)     Cadets     LF      2009-07-05     African Championship     Tipaza (ALG)     Cadets     LL

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References

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