African Wrestling Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1969 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	5 July 1969	10	30	5
1971 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Iskanderiya	EGY	—	10	30	5
1981 African Wrestling Championships	Nabeul	TUN	5 – 13 June 1981	20	47	7
1982 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	26 July – 1 August 1982	20	51	7
1984 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Iskanderiya	EGY	11 – 16 May 1984	20	53	6
1985 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	20 December 1985	20	50	5
1988 African Wrestling Championships	Tunis	TUN	5 April 1988	20	57	7
1989 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	—	20	53	7
1990 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	21 – 23 June 1990	20	48	7
1992 African Wrestling Championships	Safi	MAR	15 April 1992	20	55	8
1993 African Wrestling Championships	Pretoria	RSA	25 October 1993	20	54	9
1994 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	21 April 1994	20	52	7
1996 African Wrestling Championships	Tunis	TUN	6 – 14 April 1996	20	56	9
1997 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	7 – 10 May 1997	22	63	8
1998 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	23 – 26 April 1998	22	64	10
2000 African Wrestling Championships	Tunis	TUN	26 – 29 May 2000	22	65	12
2001 African Wrestling Championships	El Jadida	MAR	11 April 2001	22	63	7
2002 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	17 May 2002	21	58	7
2003 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	17 – 19 May 2003	21	61	5
2004 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	13 May 2004	21	61	9
2005 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	12 – 15 May 2005	21	61	6
2006 African Wrestling Championships	Pretoria	RSA	11 May 2006	21	62	7
2007 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	25 May 2007	20	60	9
2008 African Wrestling Championships	Tunis	TUN	7 – 8 March 2008	21	76	14
2009 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	15 – 17 May 2009	21	71	11
2010 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Qahira	EGY	26 – 29 June 2010	21	70	11
2011 African Wrestling Championships	Dakar	SEN	27 – 31 May 2011	21	74	14
2012 African Wrestling Championships	Marrakech	MAR	12 – 14 March 2012	21	73	14
2013 African Wrestling Championships	N'Djaména	CHA	30 April – 5 May 2013	21	66	12
2014 African Wrestling Championships	Tunis	TUN	28 – 30 March 2014	24	82	14
2015 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Iskanderiya	EGY	27 – 31 May 2015	24	86	11
2016 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Iskanderiya	EGY	2 – 7 March 2016	24	86	11
2017 African Wrestling Championships	Marrakech	MAR	26 – 30 April 2017	24	80	11
2018 African Wrestling Championships	Port Harcourt	NGR	7 – 11 April 2018	30	93	11
2019 African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet	TUN	26 – 31 March 2019	30	96	14
2020 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Jaza'ir	ALG	4 – 9 February 2020	30	96	13
2022 African Wrestling Championships	El Jadida	MAR	17 – 22 May 2022	30	102	14
2023 African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet	TUN	15 – 20 May 2023	30	99	15
2024 African Wrestling Championships	Al-Iskanderiya	EGY	14 – 19 March 2024	30	98	15
2025 African Wrestling Championships	Casablanca	MAR	29 April – 4 May 2025	30	98	16

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	EGY	357	179	144	680
2	Tunisia	TUN	150	182	185	517
3	Nigeria	NGR	146	71	71	288
4	Algeria	ALG	75	159	135	369
5	Senegal	SEN	47	57	76	180
6	Morocco	MAR	41	96	140	277
7	South Africa	RSA	31	71	107	209
8	Guinea Bissau	GBS	18	7	15	40
9	Cameroon	CMR	14	26	41	81
10	Ivory Coast	CIV	3	10	11	24
11	Niger	NIG	2	3	1	6
12	Kenya	KEN	1	1	4	6
13	Libya	LBA	1	0	6	7
14	Madagascar	MAD	0	6	8	14
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	0	2	19	21
16	Namibia	NAM	0	2	15	17
17	Mauritius	MRI	0	2	8	10
18	Sierra Leone	SLE	0	2	6	8
19	Chad	CHA	0	1	13	14
20	Angola	ANG	0	1	9	10
21	Guinea	GUI	0	1	6	7
22	Mauritania	MTN	0	1	3	4
23	Central African Republic	CAF	0	1	2	3
24	Burkina Faso	BUR	0	1	1	2
25	Congo	CGO	0	0	6	6
26	Cape Verde	CPV	0	0	4	4
27	Ghana	GHA	0	0	2	2
=	Sudan	SUD	0	0	2	2
29	Benin	BEN	0	0	1	1
=	Comoros	COM	0	0	1	1
=	Liberia	LBR	0	0	1	1