The African Wrestling Championships are amateur wrestling championships. 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.
Editions Not held in 1970, 1972–1980, 1983, 1986–1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2021.
Edition Year Host city Host country Events1 1969 Casablanca 102 1971 Alexandria 103 1981 Nabeul 204 1982 Casablanca 205 1984 Alexandria 206 1985 Casablanca 207 1988 Tunis 208 1989 Cairo 209 1990 Casablanca 2010 1992 Safi 2011 1993 Pretoria 2012 1994 Cairo 2013 1996 El Menzah 2914 1997 Casablanca 2215 1998 Cairo 2216 2000 Tunis 2217 2001 El Jadida 2218 2002 Cairo 2119 2003 Cairo 2120 2004 Cairo 2121 2005 Casablanca 2122 2006 Pretoria 2123 2007 Cairo 2024 2008 Tunis 2125 2009 Casablanca 2126 2010 Cairo 2127 2011 Dakar 2128 2012 Marrakesh 2129 2013 N'Djamena 2130 2014 Tunis 2431 2015 Alexandria 2432 2016 Alexandria 2433 2017 Marrakesh 2434 2018 Port Harcourt 3035 2019 Hammamet 3036 2020 Algiers 3037 2022 El Jadida 3038 2023 Tunis 3039 2024 Alexandria 2440 2025 Casablanca 41 2026 Alexandria
Medals (1969–2026)
U23
EditionYearHost cityHost countryEvents1 2018 Alexandria 302 2019 Alexandria 30
Juniors (U20) +N°AnnéeVillePaysDates 01 2006 Algiers mai 2006 02 2007 Tunis mai 2007 03 2008 Tunis 7–8 mars 2008 04 2009 Tipaza 15–17 mai 2009 05 2010 Cairo 26–29 juin 2010 06 2011 Staoueli 29–31 mai 2011 07 2012 Antananarivo 12–14 mars 2012 08 2013 N'Djamena 30 avril – 5 mai 2013 09 2014 Alexandrie 28–30 mars 2014 10 2015 Alexandrie mai 2015 11 2016 Algiers 4–6 mars 2016 12 2017 Marrakesh 26–30 avril 2017 13 2018 Port Harcourt 7–11 avril 2018 14 2019 Hammamet 26–31 mars 2019 15 2020 Algiers 4–9 février 2020 16 2022 El Jadida 17–22 May 2022 17 2023 Tunis 16–21 May 2023 18 2024 Alexandrie 14–19 mars 2024
Cadets (U17) 2020-02-04 African Championship Algiers (ALG) Cadets LL 2020-02-04 African Championship Algiers (ALG) Cadets LF 2020-02-04 African Championship Algiers (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 Marrakesh (MAR) Cadets LL 2017-04-26 African Championship Marrakesh (MAR) Cadets LF 2017-04-26 African Championship Marrakesh (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 Algiers - Staouali (ALG) Cadets GR 2011-07-07 African Championship Algiers - Staouali (ALG) Cadets LL 2011-07-07 African Championship Algiers - 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
See also Wrestling at the African Games
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