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African Amateur Boxing Championships

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African Boxing Championships
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)Midyear
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1962 / 2001
Organised byAFBC

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

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

Men's editions

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

Women's editions

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

Combined editions

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

All-time medal table

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Men

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As of 2015 inclueding men's events of the combined editions until 2023:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Algeria37232282
2 Morocco23202265
3 Egypt20171350
4 Kenya2014842
5 Uganda18161549
6 Cameroon17151244
7 Ghana16171548
8 Mauritius1310831
9 Tunisia1031730
10 Zambia84618
11 Nigeria7161033
12 South Africa7102138
13 DR Congo74718
14 Mozambique3249
15 Namibia3126
16 Gabon26715
17 Madagascar2248
18 Libya2204
19 Niger2103
20 Botswana191929
21 Senegal151016
22 Sudan1438
23 Congo1146
24 Benin1067
25 Tanzania0516
26 Burkina Faso0347
 Guinea0347
28 Seychelles0224
29 Mali0156
30 Togo0145
31 Ivory Coast0123
32 Angola0101
 Zimbabwe0101
34 Cape Verde0022
 Rwanda0022
36 Lesotho0011
Totals (36 entries)222220262704

Need bronze medals of 1983 and 1994 editions

Women

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As of 2014 inclueding women's events of the combined editions until 2023:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Algeria1010424
2 Morocco910524
3 Egypt88016
4 Cameroon841022
5 DR Congo45918
6 Mozambique4037
7 Tunisia2338
8 Nigeria2125
 Uganda2125
10 Zambia2024
11 Botswana1146
12 Cape Verde1102
13 Sierra Leone1001
14 Kenya0156
15 Niger0112
16 Burkina Faso0101
 Central African Republic0101
 Tanzania0101
19 South Africa0066
20 Senegal0033
21 Burundi0011
 Congo0011
 Libya0011
 Madagascar0011
 Seychelles0011
Totals (25 entries)544964167

Need bronze medals of 2001 and 2010 (with some silver medals) editions

See also

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Results database

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