# African Wrestling Championships

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 | Events |
| 1 | 1969 | Casablanca | Morocco | 10 |
| 2 | 1971 | Alexandria | Egypt | 10 |
| 3 | 1981 | Nabeul | Tunisia | 20 |
| 4 | 1982 | Casablanca | Morocco | 20 |
| 5 | 1984 | Alexandria | Egypt | 20 |
| 6 | 1985 | Casablanca | Morocco | 20 |
| 7 | 1988 | Tunis | Tunisia | 20 |
| 8 | 1989 | Cairo | Egypt | 20 |
| 9 | 1990 | Casablanca | Morocco | 20 |
| 10 | 1992 | Safi | Morocco | 20 |
| 11 | 1993 | Pretoria | South Africa | 20 |
| 12 | 1994 | Cairo | Egypt | 20 |
| 13 | 1996 | El Menzah | Tunisia | 29 |
| 14 | 1997 | Casablanca | Morocco | 22 |
| 15 | 1998 | Cairo | Egypt | 22 |
| 16 | 2000 | Tunis | Tunisia | 22 |
| 17 | 2001 | El Jadida | Morocco | 22 |
| 18 | 2002 | Cairo | Egypt | 21 |
| 19 | 2003 | Cairo | Egypt | 21 |
| 20 | 2004 | Cairo | Egypt | 21 |
| 21 | 2005 | Casablanca | Morocco | 21 |
| 22 | 2006 | Pretoria | South Africa | 21 |
| 23 | 2007 | Cairo | Egypt | 20 |
| 24 | 2008 | Tunis | Tunisia | 21 |
| 25 | 2009 | Casablanca | Morocco | 21 |
| 26 | 2010 | Cairo | Egypt | 21 |
| 27 | 2011 | Dakar | Senegal | 21 |
| 28 | 2012 | Marrakech | Morocco | 21 |
| 29 | 2013 | N'Djamena | Chad | 21 |
| 30 | 2014 | Tunis | Tunisia | 24 |
| 31 | 2015 | Alexandria | Egypt | 24 |
| 32 | 2016 | Alexandria | Egypt | 24 |
| 33 | 2017 | Marrakesh | Morocco | 24 |
| 34 | 2018 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 30 |
| 35 | 2019 | Hammamet | Tunisia | 30 |
| 36 | 2020 | Algiers | Algeria | 30 |
| 37 | 2022 | El Jadida | Morocco | 30 |
| 38 | 2023 | Tunis | Tunisia | 30 |
| 39 | 2024 | Alexandria | Egypt | 24 |
| 40 | 2025 | Casablanca | Morocco | |

## Medals (1969–2023)

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt | 327 | 163 | 130 | 620 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 156 | 184 | 174 | 514 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 129 | 68 | 66 | 263 |
| 4 | Algeria | 70 | 144 | 132 | 346 |
| 5 | Senegal | 46 | 54 | 74 | 174 |
| 6 | Morocco | 40 | 94 | 128 | 262 |
| 7 | South Africa | 31 | 70 | 106 | 207 |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 15 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 9 | Cameroon | 14 | 24 | 36 | 74 |
| 10 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | Niger | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Libya | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 14 | Madagascar | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 15 | Guinea | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | Namibia | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 18 | Mauritius | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | Chad | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 21 | Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 24 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 26 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Liberia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 834 | 840 | 966 | 2,640 |

## U23

| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Country | Events |
| 1 | 2018 | Alexandria | Egypt | 30 |
| 2 | 2019 | Alexandria | Egypt | 30 |

## Juniors (U20)

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