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African Amateur Boxing Championships

Boxing competitions

Summary

Boxing competitions

Field	Value
name	African Boxing
status	Active
genre	Sports event
date	Midyear
frequency	Annual
first	1962 / 2001
organised	AFBC

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	EGY Cairo, Egypt	17–23 March	10			EGY Egypt /
2	1964	GHA Accra, Ghana	... April–... May	10	8		GHA Ghana /
3	1966	NGR Lagos, Nigeria	26–30 April	10	14
4	1968	ZAM Lusaka, Zambia	6–11 May	11	16
5	1972	KEN Nairobi, Kenya	28 February–4 March	11
6	1974	UGA Kampala, Uganda	9–14 December	11
7	1979	LBY Benghazi, Libya	12–21 July	11
8	1983	UGA Kampala, Uganda	17–25 August	11			ZAM Zambia
9	1994	RSA Johannesburg, South Africa	...–... December	12
10	1998	ALG Algiers, Algeria	7–17 May	12	15	220
11	2001	MRI Port Louis, Mauritius	14–20 May	12
12	2003	CMR Yaoundé, Cameroon	9–18 May	11	14	90
14	2005	MAR Casablanca, Morocco	29 April–8 May	11
15	2007	MAD Antananarivo, Madagascar	21–27 May	11
16	2009	MRI Vacoas, Mauritius	21–26 July	11
17	2011	CMR Yaoundé, Cameroon	3–10 June	10
18	2015	MAR Casablanca, Morocco	17–24 August	10	19	103

Women's editions

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

Combined editions

Number	Year	Host	Dates	Events	Nations	Boxers	Champion	Men	Women	Total
19	2017	Congo Brazzaville, Congo	18–25 June	18	24	183
20	2022	Mozambique Maputo, Mozambique	12–17 September	24	24	211
21	2023	{{flagicon	Cameroon	28 July –6 August	25	27	264
22	2024	{{flagicon	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18 October –27 October	25	-	-	last=admin_afcb	date=2024-10-27	title=Africa Elite Boxing Championships, Kinshasa, DR Congo, October 19-27, 2024: MEDAL STANDINGS BY COUNTRY	url=https://afbc-boxing.com/en/2024/10/27/africa-elite-boxing-championships-kinshasa-dr-congo-october-19-27-2024-medal-standings-by-country/	access-date=2025-07-10	website=AFBC - African Boxing Confederation	language=en-GB}}

All-time medal table

Men

As of 2015 inclueding men's events of the combined editions until 2024:

Need bronze medals of 1983 and 1994 editions

Women

As of 2014 inclueding women's events of the combined editions until 2024:

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

References

Results database

http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AAAChampionships.html

References

(2023-08-06). "Morocco topped the medal table at the AFBC African Boxing Championships".
admin_afcb. (2023-07-30). "Fights Results - AFBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Yaounde 2023".
admin_afcb. (2024-07-09). "Kinshasa (DR Congo) will host the African Elite Men's and Women's Boxing Championships in October 2024".
admin_afcb. (2024-10-27). "Africa Elite Boxing Championships, Kinshasa, DR Congo, October 19-27, 2024: MEDAL STANDINGS BY COUNTRY".
(2024-10-27). "Morocco retains overall title at AFBC African Boxing Championships despite strong challenge from DR Congo".

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