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 tournament for the Olympic Games and for World Handball Championship. Started in 1974, it is the oldest continental handball competition. The current champions are Egypt, who won the 2024 tournament in Egypt.

African Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 African Men's Handball Championship
SportHandball
Founded1974
First season1974
No. of teams12
ContinentCAHB (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt (9th title)
Most titles Tunisia (10 titles)

Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times. Egypt, with nine titles, and Algeria, with seven titles, are the only two other teams to have won the competition.

Both Morocco and Algeria were banned from hosting the African Handball Championship in 2022 and 2024, Egypt were chosen to host the tournaments instead.[1][2]

Summaries

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1974
Details
 
Tunisia
 
Tunisia
n/a  
Cameroon
 
Senegal
n/a  
Togo
1976
Details
 
Algeria
 
Tunisia
n1  
Algeria
 
Cameroon
n1  
Togo
1979
Details
 
Congo
 
Tunisia
21–17  
Egypt
 
Algeria
26–24  
Congo
1981
Details
 
Tunisia
 
Algeria
30–25  
Ivory Coast
 
Tunisia
 
Egypt
1983
Details
 
Egypt
 
Algeria
25–24  
Congo
 
Tunisia
29–24  
Egypt
1985
Details
 
Angola
 
Algeria
23–17  
Tunisia
 
Congo
 
Egypt
1987
Details
 
Morocco
 
Algeria
22–16  
Egypt
 
Tunisia
 
Congo
1989
Details
 
Algeria
 
Algeria
18–17  
Egypt
 
Tunisia
 
Congo
1991
Details
 
Egypt
 
Egypt
n/a  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
n/a  
Morocco
1992
Details
 
Ivory Coast
 
Egypt
26–24  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
28–16  
Zaire
1994
Details
 
Tunisia
 
Tunisia
18–16 (ET)  
Algeria
 
Egypt
 
Morocco
1996
Details
 
Benin
 
Algeria
21–19 (ET)  
Tunisia
 
Egypt
28–21  
Morocco
1998
Details
 
South Africa
 
Tunisia
22–19  
Algeria
 
Egypt
35–26  
Nigeria
2000
Details
 
Algeria
 
Egypt
n/a  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
n/a  
Morocco
2002
Details
 
Morocco
 
Tunisia
25–19  
Algeria
 
Egypt
35–25  
Morocco
2004
Details
 
Egypt
 
Egypt
31–28  
Tunisia
 
Angola
31–30  
Algeria
2006
Details
 
Tunisia
 
Tunisia
26–21  
Egypt
 
Morocco
26–25  
Angola
2008
Details
 
Angola
 
Egypt
27–25  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
23–20  
Angola
2010
Details
 
Egypt
 
Tunisia
24–21  
Egypt
 
Algeria
30–22  
DR Congo
2012
Details
 
Morocco
 
Tunisia
23–20  
Algeria
 
Egypt
29–15  
Morocco
2014
Details
 
Algeria
 
Algeria
25–21  
Tunisia
 
Egypt
31–24  
Angola
2016
Details
 
Egypt
 
Egypt
21–19  
Tunisia
 
Angola
25–19  
Algeria
2018
Details
 
Gabon
 
Tunisia
26–24  
Egypt
 
Angola
29–26  
Morocco
2020
Details
 
Tunisia
 
Egypt
27–22  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
32–27  
Angola
2022
Details
 
Egypt
 
Egypt
37–25  
Cape Verde
 
Morocco
28–24  
Tunisia
2024
Details
 
Egypt
 
Egypt
29–21  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
35–28  
Cape Verde
2026
Details
 
Rwanda
Future event Future event
^n1 Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia108725
2  Egypt96621
3  Algeria78520
4  Cameroon0112
  Congo0112
6  Cape Verde0101
  Ivory Coast0101
8  Angola0033
9  Morocco0022
10  Senegal0011
Totals (10 entries)26262678

Participating nations

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Legend
Team  
1974
 
1976
 
1979
 
1981
 
1983
 
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
 
1992
 
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2020
 
2022
 
2024
 
2026
Years
  Algeria × 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 6th 3rd 5th 2nd 25
  Angola 9th 5th 5th 5th 5th 7th 8th 6th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 8th 8th 19
  Benin 9th 1
  Burkina Faso 12th 1
  Cameroon 2nd 3rd 5th 8th 7th 9th 5th 5th 9th 7th 10th 7th 5th 5th 9th 12th 12th 10th 18
  Cape Verde 5th 2nd 4th 3
  Central African Rep. 5th 1
  Congo 4th 7th 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 7th 5th 6th 6th 5th 11th 10th 6th 8th 9th 7th 8th 7th 9th 13th 21
  DR Congo × × × × × × × × × 4th 7th 8th 8th 11th 5th 4th 8th 10th 7th 8th 7th 7th 6th 14
  Djibouti 8th 10th 2
  Egypt ×× 2nd 4th 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 24
  Gabon × × × × × × × × × × × 6th 12th 8th 9th 11th 9th 11th 5th 8th 9th 11th 11
  Ghana 8th 1
  Guinea 8th 10th 6th 5th 4
  Ivory Coast 6th 7th 2nd 6th 6th 6th 6th 5th 5th 6th 8th 7th 10th 7th 12th 10th 14th 17
  Kenya 9th 12th 15th × 15th 4
  Libya × × × × × × × × × × × 11th 11th 12th 9th 13th 12th 6
  Morocco 8th 5th 4th 7th 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 8th 6th 4th 6th 6th 4th 6th 3rd 7th 20
  Nigeria × × 8th 6th × 7th × × × × × 5th 4th 7th 10th 6th 7th 11th 10th 10th 11th 10th 9th 15
  Rwanda 14th Q 2
  Senegal 3rd 5th 9th 7th 6th 6th 9th 9th 7th 5th 8th WD 11th 12
  South Africa 10th 1
  Togo 4th 4th 6th 7th 10th 5
  Tunisia 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 26
  Zambia 16th 13th 16th 3
Total 5 7 9 8 6 9 8 7 7 8 10 10 10 7 12 11 11 8 12 12 12 12 10 16 13 16 16

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rahhali, Lamine. "Morocco, Algeria Banned from Hosting Africa Handball Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ^ "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد يمنح مصر استضافة بطولتي إفريقيا 2022 و2024". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
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