African Fencing Championships

African Fencing Championships
Statusactive
Frequencyannual
Inaugurated1991 (1991)
Most recent2025
Organised byAfrican Fencing Confederation

The African Fencing Championships (French: Championnats d'Afrique d'escrime) are an annual top-level fencing tournament organized by the African Fencing Confederation. They serve as zone championships for the Fencing World Cup run by the International Fencing Federation. The first edition was held in 1991 in Cairo, Egypt[1]

Editions

Number Edition City Country Events
1 1991 Cairo  Egypt 4
2 1993 Casablanca  Morocco 4
3 1995 Pretoria  South Africa 10
4 2000 Tunis  Tunisia 4
5 2002 Dakar  Senegal 11
6 2004 Tunis  Tunisia 12
7 2006 Casablanca  Morocco 12
8 2008 Casablanca  Morocco 12
9 2009 Dakar  Senegal 12
10 2010 Tunis  Tunisia 12
11 2011 Cairo  Egypt 12
12 2012 Casablanca  Morocco 12
13 2013 Cape Town  South Africa 12
14 2014 Cairo  Egypt 12
15 2015 Cairo  Egypt 12
16 2016 Algiers  Algeria 12
17 2017 Cairo  Egypt 12
18 2018 Tunis  Tunisia 12
19 2019 Bamako  Mali 12
20 2022 Casablanca  Morocco 12
21 2023 Cairo  Egypt 12
22 2024 Casablanca  Morocco 12
23 2025 Lagos  Nigeria 12

Statistics 1991-2023

Points Wins by country

Overall points winners
Country First Second Third Total
 Egypt 15 5 0 20
 Tunisia 6 10 2 18
 Algeria 0 4 2 6
 South Africa 0 2 1 3
 Senegal 0 0 8 8
 Morocco 0 0 5 5
 Libya 0 0 1 1
 Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1
 Kenya 0 0 1 1

All Time Medal table 1991–2024

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt11891127336
2 Tunisia946858220
3 Algeria9264681
4 Senegal6114360
5 Morocco3182748
6 South Africa2142036
7 Kenya2002
8 Ivory Coast1269
9 Cameroon1001
 Libya1001
11 Benin0202
12 Mauritius0101
13 Niger0022
14 Togo0011
Totals (14 entries)237233330800

See also

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