# African Amateur Boxing Championships

The African Amateur Boxing Championships is the premier pan-continental annual competition for amateur boxing in Africa. The championships are organised by the continent's governing body, the African Boxing Union (ABU). The first edition of the tournament took place in 1962.

## Editions

From 2017, it was held Men and Women in same country and same time.

### Men's editions

| Number | Year | Host | Dates | Events | Nations | Boxers | Champion |
| 1 | 1962 | Cairo, Egypt | 17–23 March | 10 | | | Egypt / Ghana |
| 2 | 1964 | Accra, Ghana | ... April–... May | 10 | 8 | | Ghana / United Arab Republic |
| 3 | 1966 | Lagos, Nigeria | 26–30 April | 10 | 14 | | Ghana |
| 4 | 1968 | Lusaka, Zambia | 6–11 May | 11 | 16 | | United Arab Republic |
| 5 | 1972 | Nairobi, Kenya | 28 February–4 March | 11 | | | Uganda |
| 6 | 1974 | Kampala, Uganda | 9–14 December | 11 | | | Uganda |
| 7 | 1979 | Benghazi, Libya | 12–21 July | 11 | | | Kenya |
| 8 | 1983 | Kampala, Uganda | 17–25 August | 11 | | | Zambia |
| 9 | 1994 | Johannesburg, South Africa | ...–... December | 12 | | | South Africa |
| 10 | 1998 | Algiers, Algeria | 7–17 May | 12 | 15 | 220 | Algeria |
| 11 | 2001 | Port Louis, Mauritius | 14–20 May | 12 | | | Algeria |
| 12 | 2003 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 9–18 May | 11 | 14 | 90 | Algeria |
| 14 | 2005 | Casablanca, Morocco | 29 April–8 May | 11 | | | Tunisia |
| 15 | 2007 | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 21–27 May | 11 | | | Algeria |
| 16 | 2009 | Vacoas, Mauritius | 21–26 July | 11 | | | Morocco |
| 17 | 2011 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 3–10 June | 10 | | | Algeria |
| 18 | 2015 | Casablanca, Morocco | 17–24 August | 10 | 19 | 103 | Morocco |

### Women's editions

| Number | Year | Host | Dates | Events | Champion |
| 1 | 2001 | Cairo, Egypt | 5–9 July | 11 | Egypt |
| 2 | 2010 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 23–28 March | 7 | Cameroon |
| 3 | 2014 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 3–7 March | 5 | Morocco |

### Combined editions

| Number | Year | Host | Dates | Events | Nations | Boxers | Champion | Champion | Champion |
| Number | Year | Host | Dates | Events | Nations | Boxers | Men | Women | Total |
| 19 | 2017 | Brazzaville, Congo | 18–25 June | 18 | 24 | 183 | Cameroon | Cameroon | Cameroon |
| 20 | 2022 | Maputo, Mozambique | 12–17 September | 24 | 24 | 211 | Mozambique | Algeria | Algeria |
| 21 | 2023 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 28 July –6 August | 25 | 27 | 264 | Morocco | Morocco | Morocco |

## All-time medal table
### Men

As of 2015 inclueding men's events of the combined editions until 2023:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria | 37 | 23 | 22 | 82 |
| 2 | Morocco | 23 | 20 | 22 | 65 |
| 3 | Egypt | 20 | 17 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Kenya | 20 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Uganda | 18 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Cameroon | 17 | 15 | 12 | 44 |
| 7 | Ghana | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 8 | Mauritius | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 10 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 10 | Zambia | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | Nigeria | 7 | 16 | 10 | 33 |
| 12 | South Africa | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 13 | DR Congo | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Gabon | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Libya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Niger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Botswana | 1 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
| 21 | Senegal | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 22 | Sudan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Congo | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | Benin | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 25 | Tanzania | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | Guinea | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | Seychelles | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | Mali | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 30 | Togo | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (36 entries) | Totals (36 entries) | 222 | 220 | 262 | 704 |
Need bronze medals of 1983 and 1994 editions

### Women

As of 2014 inclueding women's events of the combined editions until 2023:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Morocco | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Egypt | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | DR Congo | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Uganda | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Zambia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Botswana | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 | Niger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 20 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Burundi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 54 | 49 | 64 | 167 |
Need bronze medals of 2001 and 2010 (with some silver medals) editions