African Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

African Boxing Championships
Status:Active
Genre:Sports event
Date:Midyear
Frequency:Annual
First:1962 / 2001
Organised:AFBC

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

width=20Number !width=20Year !width=230Host !width=180Dates !width=20Events !width=20Nations !width=20Boxers !width=250Champion
11962 Cairo, Egypt17–23 March10 Egypt /
21964 Accra, Ghana... April–... May108 Ghana /
31966 Lagos, Nigeria26–30 April1014
41968 Lusaka, Zambia6–11 May1116
51972 Nairobi, Kenya28 February–4 March11
61974 Kampala, Uganda9–14 December11
71979 Benghazi, Libya12–21 July11
81983 Kampala, Uganda17–25 August11 Zambia
91994 Johannesburg, South Africa...–... December12
101998 Algiers, Algeria7–17 May1215220
112001 Port Louis, Mauritius14–20 May12
122003 Yaoundé, Cameroon9–18 May111490
142005 Casablanca, Morocco29 April–8 May11
152007 Antananarivo, Madagascar21–27 May11
162009 Vacoas, Mauritius21–26 July11
172011 Yaoundé, Cameroon3–10 June10
182015 Casablanca, Morocco17–24 August1019103

Women's editions

width=20Number !width=20Year !width=230Host !width=180Dates !width=20Events !width=20Nations !width=20Boxers !width=250Champion
12001 Cairo, Egypt5–9 July11
22010 Yaoundé, Cameroon23–28 March7
32014 Yaoundé, Cameroon3–7 March5

Combined editions

width=20 rowspan=2Number !width=20 rowspan=2Year !width=230 rowspan=2Host !width=180 rowspan=2Dates !width=20 rowspan=2Events !width=20 rowspan=2Nations !width=20 rowspan=2Boxers !width=360 colspan=3Champion
width=120Men !width=120Women !width=120Total
192017 Brazzaville, Congo18–25 June1824183
202022 Maputo, Mozambique12–17 September2424211
212023 Yaoundé, Cameroon28 July –6 August2527264

All-time medal table

Men

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

Women

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

See also

Results database

External links