Egypt had topped the table at the previous two editions of the continental championships, with Morocco hoping that the home fans could inspire them to reclaim it.

That proved to be the case thanks to their number of golds, 17 to Egypt’s 14.

Egypt finished second despite winning more total medals than the hosts - 37 to Morocco’s 33, across the senior, junior and cadet categories that were contested.

Among the home winners in the senior events were Aya En-Nesyry of Morocco who took the female kata title as she overcame Aya Hesham of Egypt, by a score of 41.4 to 41.2.

In the Female Kumite +68 kilograms category Morocco took gold thanks to Maroua Eddarhri, who beat Egyptian Shaaban Okila Menna 9-1.

Morocco also took the senior female team kata title, courtesy of their line-up of Sanae Agalmam, En-Nesyry and Wissal Khalfi.

Morocco took two senior Male Kumite titles, firstly at under-60kg as Abdel Ali Jina took gold and the continental title for the first time, as he defeated Egypt’s Amr Alaa Aboukora 8-1.

In the under-67kg category Said Oubaya took gold with arguably the biggest upset of the day, overcoming favourite Ali Elsawy of Egypt 4-1.

Morocco also took the senior male team kata title, with their line-up of Adnane Chakir, Eddine El Mansoury Salah and Ayoub Qissi.

World champion Ahlam Youssef of Egypt claimed the Female Kumite under-55kg category, defeating Louiza Abouriche of Algeria 3-2 to win her third continental title.

Fellow world champion Youssef Badawy of Egypt was victorious in the Male Kumite under-84kg category, defeating Yaser Ajil of Tunisia 10-0 with a dominant display.

Meanwhile, Olympian Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla of Egypt won a fourth continental crown after beating Oussama Fahssi of Morocco 2-1 to win the Male Kumite under-75kg category.