An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional

sports clubs A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

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;Athletics *

African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organis ...

African Junior Athletics Championships The African Athletics U20 Championships, known formally as African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first h ...

* African Youth Athletics Championships * African Cross Country Championships * African Combined Events Championships (decathlon and heptathlon) ;Badminton * African Badminton Championships ;Basketball * FIBA Africa Championship * Afrobasket Women * FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship * FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship * FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship *

FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women The FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women was a basketball competition in the International Basketball Federation, International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The event was held only twice, in 2002 and 2006, before being cancell ...

* FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women * FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women ;Boxing * African Amateur Boxing Championships ;Chess * African Chess Championship ;Cricket * ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship * ICC Africa Women's Championship * ICC Africa Under-19 Championship ;Field hockey * Men's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations * Women's Hockey Africa Cup of Nations ;Football and beach soccer *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

* African Women's Championship *

African Nations Championship The African Nations Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship and commonly abbreviated as CHAN, is a biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of Afri ...

* CAF U-23 Championship * African Youth Championship * African U-17 Championship *

African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification The African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification is a biennial youth women's association football qualification competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup organized by the Confederation of African Football for its nations. A final was playe ...

* African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women * Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations ;Futsal * African Futsal Championship ;Handball *

African Men's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournam ...

* African Women's Handball Championship ;Martial arts *

African Judo Championships African Judo Championships is a continental judo championship organized by the African Judo Union. The Judo at the 1965 All-Africa Games, 1965, Judo at the 1987 All-Africa Games, 1987, Judo at the 1991 All-Africa Games, 1991, Judo at the 1995 Al ...

;Motorsport * African Rally Championship ;Swimming *

African Swimming Championships African Swimming Championships are the African championships in the sport of swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or surviva ...

* African Junior Swimming Championships * African Masters Aquatics Championships * African Zone Swimming Championships ;Volleyball * Men's African Volleyball Championship * Women's African Volleyball Championship * Men's U23 African Volleyball Championship * Women's U23 African Volleyball Championship * African Volleyball Championship U21 * Women's Africa Volleyball Championship U20 * African Volleyball Championship U19 * Girl's Africa Volleyball Championship U18

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