IFSC African Climbing Championships

IFSC African Climbing Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Datemid-year
Frequencybiennial
Countryvarying
Inaugurated2020 (2020)

The IFSC African Climbing Championships are a sport climbing competition in which representatives of African countries compete in a number of events. Organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing, the event has existed since 2020. There was an official IFSC African Qualifier held in Pretoria, South Africa from 7–9 December 2023. This event served as the African continental qualifying competition (often treated as the African Championships or continental qualifier) for the 2024 Paris Olympics, awarding Olympic quota spots to top climbers. the following years from 2024-2025 there is no official competitions held[1][2].

Editions

Edition Host city Best Nation
2020 Cape Town, South Africa  South Africa
2021 Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa
2023 [a] Pretoria, South Africa  South Africa

Notes

  1. ^ the 2023 IFSC African Climbing Championships Qualifiers serve as a qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "SA hosts first Africa Continental Climbing Championship || The Southern Times". maxebooking.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
  2. ^ "ifsc-african-qualifier-pretoria-2023". worldclimbing. 2 February 2026.
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