Tunisia had seven medallists overall in finishing on 183 points at Salle Omnisports de Hammamet, edging out Egypt by three.

Their trio of champions were Ayoub Barraj, Sabri Mnasriya and Mohamed Saadaoui.

In the 79 kilograms final, Barraj thrashed Algeria’s Fateh Benferdjallah 10-0 to win his third consecutive title.

Tunisia’s second freestyle title of the day went to Mnasriya, who hung on to defeat Morocco’s Oussama Regani 2-1 in the 86kg final.

Their third and final triumph came at 92kg where Saadaoui overcame defending champion Hosam Merghany of Egypt 6-0.

The bronze medals went to Egypt’s Aboubakr Gadelmawla and Nigeria’s Ekerekeme Agiomor at 79kg, Nigeria’s Melvin Bibo and Guinea-Bissau’s Bedopassa Buassat Djonde at 86kg, and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Aron Isomi Mbo and Algeria’s Mohammed Fardj at 92kg.

Egypt finished second overall thanks to their three champions – Amr Hussen, Khaled Elmoatamadawi and Khaled Abdalla.

At 70kg, returning silver medallist Hussen trailed Algeria’s Fares Lakel 1-0 after the opening period but managed eight second-period points before planting the 2018 African bronze medallist on his back for a fall.

The bronze medallist was Morocco’s Rabii Regani after he beat Tunisia’s Haithem Dakhlaoui by fall.

Elmoatamadawi and Abdalla, the 97kg and 125kg winners, respectively, went undefeated in their Nordic system tournaments, claiming Egypt’s second and third freestyle titles.

Finishing runner-up to Elmoatamadawi was Tunisia’s Meher Dahmani with Guinea’s Mohamed Saliou Camara third.

Tunisia’s Abdelmoneim Adouli was the 125kg silver medallist, while Morocco’s Ahmed Serehali took bronze.

Algeria’s Abdelhak Kherbache claimed the 57kg title and helped his nation finish third overall with 117 points.

Kherbache improved on his bronze medal finish a year ago, winning his first continental title with a 3-1 victory over Morocco's Chakir Ansari in the gold medal bout.

Egypt’s Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy Mohamed finished third with Nigeria’s Ebikewenimo Welson unable to contest the bronze medal match due to injury.

The final three nations who had a solo gold medal winner were Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria.

Senegal’s Adama Diatta claimed his fifth consecutive African Championships title and 10th continental gold medal overall with a 12-0 thumping of Egypt’s Yasser Ahmed in the 61kg final.

In the 65kg final, Guinea-Bissau’s Mbunde Cumba Mbali easily claimed gold with a 13-0 routing of Egypt’s Aly Abdelhamid.

Lastly, in the 74kg gold medal bout, Nigeria's Ogbonna John put together a seven-point second period which went unanswered by Tunisia’s Maher Ghanmi, winning his third successive African title with an 8-1 victory.

Algeria’s Mohamed Al Amine Lakel and Tunisia’s Nour Jeljeli were the bronze medallists at 61kg and 65kg, respectively, while Egypt's Saifeldin Elkoumy and Guinea-Bissau's Augusto Midana rounded out the 74kg podium.  

Morocco, who had 90 points, and Nigeria, with 63, completed the top five of the freestyle team scores.