African Judo Championships

African Judo Championships

Current event or competition: 2024 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	Cairo 2024
Next edition	Abidjan 2025

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	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	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	20 Sep–1 Oct	Cairo		11		-	8	Egypt
1991	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	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	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	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	26	94	79	14	Algeria
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
2025	25–28 April	Abidjan					15

All-time medal table 2001–2024

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	117	89	92	298
2	Tunisia	83	70	103	256
3	Egypt	57	55	60	172
4	Morocco	44	40	96	180
5	Guinea-Bissau	6	1	1	8
6	Angola	5	6	18	29
7	Cameroon	4	22	58	84
8	South Africa	4	13	23	40
9	Senegal	4	12	43	59
10	Guinea	4	0	1	5
11	Mauritius	2	7	10	19
12	Madagascar	1	3	10	14
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	Kenya	0	1	0	1
25	Zambia	0	0	3	3
26	Burundi	0	0	1	1
	Chad	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		332	337	586	1,255

Source:

External links

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