African Junior Judo Championships

African Junior Judo Championships

Current event or competition: 2024 African Junior Judo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Judo
Type	Annual
Organiser	African Judo Union (AJU)
History
First edition	Tunis 2000
Editions	22
Most recent	Yaoundé 2024

The African Junior Judo Championships are the highest level of African judo competition for juniors, 21 years of age or less. The championships are held every year by the African Judo Union, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their countries. The first edition was held in Tunis, Tunisia in 2000.

Competitions

Edition	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	Countries	Athletes	Top country	Ref.
1	2000	... May	Tunis, Tunisia
2	2002	31 July–5 August	Abidjan, Ivory Coast				Algeria	[1]
3	2003	9–10 August	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
4	2004	17 July	Grande Rivière, Mauritius
5	2005	7–8 July	Tunis, Tunisia				Tunisia	[2]
6	2006	30 June	..., South Africa				Tunisia	[3]
7	2007
8	2008	11–13 July	Niamey, Niger					[4]
9	2009	24–26 July	Oujda, Morocco	Salle Omnisports de l'Université Mohamed 1			Algeria
10	2010	31 July	Dakar, Senegal				Tunisia	[5]
11	2011	22–23 July	Antananarivo, Madagascar			110	Algeria	[6]
12	2012	2–7 October	Gaborone, Botswana			103	Tunisia	[7][8]
13	2013	2–3 July	Algiers, Algeria			97	Tunisia	[9][10]
14	2014	21–23 March	Tunis, Tunisia		21	162	Egypt	[11][12]
15	2015	22–24 July	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt		10	91	Algeria	[13]
16	2016	21–23 July	Casablanca, Morocco		12	79	Tunisia	[14]
17	2017	5–7 May	Cairo, Egypt		9	93	Tunisia	[15]
18	2018	10 May	Bujumbura, Burundi	Judo Sport Center	14	111	Algeria	[16]
19	2019	2–3 May	Dakar, Senegal	Dakar Arena	17	120	Algeria	[17]
–	2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
–	2021
20	2022	21–22 July	Nairobi, Kenya	Safaricom Indoor Arena	21	141	Egypt	[18]
21	2023	29 July	Antananarivo, Madagascar	Palais des Sports de Mahamasina	17	137	Egypt	[19]
22	2024	15 August	Yaoundé, Cameroon	Palais des Sports Warda	17	164	Tunisia	[20]

All-time medal table 2000–2024

See also

• African Judo Championships
• African Cadet Judo Championships

References

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