African Cadet Judo Championships
Judo competition
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The African Cadet Judo Championships are the highest level of African judo competition for cadets, 18 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 helds in Gaborone, Botswana on 2012.
| Current event or competition: 2025 African Cadet Judo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Judo |
| Type | Annual |
| Organiser | African Judo Union (AJU) |
| History | |
| First edition | 2012 in Gaborone, Botswana |
| Editions | 11 |
| Most wins |  Egypt – 105 medals(43 gold medals) |
| Most recent | Yaoundé 2024 |
Competitions
| Edition | Year | Dates | City and host country | Venue | Countries | Athletes | Top country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | 2–7 October |  Gaborone, Botswana |
 South Africa |
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| 2 | 2013 | 2–3 July |  Algiers, Algeria |
108 | Algeria |
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| 3 | 2014 | 21–23 March |  Tunis, Tunisia |
17 | 141 | Tunisia |
[5][6] | |
| 4 | 2015 | 22–24 July | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |
10 | 89 | Algeria |
[7] | |
| 5 | 2016 | 21–23 July |  Casablanca, Morocco |
8 | 66 | Tunisia |
[8] | |
| 6 | 2017 | 5–7 May | Cairo, Egypt |
9 | 88 | Tunisia |
[9] | |
| 7 | 2018 | 10 May |  Bujumbura, Burundi |
Judo Sport Center | 15 | 101 | Algeria |
[10] |
| 8 | 2019 | 2–3 May |  Dakar, Senegal |
Dakar Arena | 14 | 114 | Tunisia |
[11] |
| — | 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | ||||||
| — | 2021 | |||||||
| 9 | 2022 | 21–22 July |  Nairobi, Kenya |
Safaricom Indoor Arena | 15 | 88 | Egypt |
[12] |
| 10 | 2023 | 29 July |  Antananarivo, Madagascar |
Palais des Sports de Mahamasina | 17 | 114 | Egypt |
[13] |
| 11 | 2024 | 15 August |  Yaoundé, Cameroon |
Palais des Sports Warda | 16 | 129 | Egypt |
[14] |
| 12 | 2025 | 17–18 July |  Luanda, Angola |
Egypt |
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All-time medal table 2012–2024
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 43 | 23 | 39 | 105 |
| 2 | Algeria | 42 | 37 | 49 | 128 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 39 | 23 | 36 | 98 |
| 4 | Morocco | 21 | 17 | 22 | 60 |
| 5 | South Africa | 9 | 18 | 25 | 52 |
| 6 | Angola | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Senegal | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Madagascar | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Burundi | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 10 | Cameroon | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 11 |  Gabon | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 12 |  Mozambique | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 |  Zambia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Libya | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 |  Ivory Coast | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 16 | Kenya | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 |  Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 |  Guinea | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 |  Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Gambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 |  DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 171 | 164 | 247 | 582 | |
