African Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 African Men's Handball Championship | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1974 |
First season | 1974 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Continent | CAHB (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | Egypt (9th title) |
Most titles | Tunisia (10 titles) |
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.
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
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Tunisia | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
2 | Egypt | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
3 | Algeria | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
4 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
Participating nations
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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 |
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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
- African Men's Junior Handball Championship
- African Men's Youth Handball Championship
- African Handball Champions League
- African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
- African Handball Super Cup
References
External links
- Official website
- Handball Africa Archive – todor66.com
- كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة اليد رجال – kooora.com
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- Tunisia 1974
- Algeria 1976
- Congo 1979
- Tunisia 1981
- Egypt 1983
- Tunisia 1985
- Morocco 1987
- Algeria 1989
- Egypt 1991
- Côte d'Ivoire 1992
- Tunisia 1994
- Benin 1996
- South Africa 1998
- Algeria 2000
- Morocco 2002
- Egypt 2004
- Tunisia 2006
- Angola 2008
- Egypt 2010
- Morocco 2012
- Algeria 2014
- Egypt 2016
- Gabon 2018
- Tunisia 2020
- Egypt 2022
- Egypt 2024
- Rwanda 2026
- Tunisia 1974
- Algeria 1976
- Congo 1979
- Tunisia 1981
- Egypt 1983
- Angola 1985
- Morocco 1987
- Algeria 1989
- Egypt 1991
- Côte d'Ivoire 1992
- Tunisia 1994
- Benin 1996
- South Africa 1998
- Algeria 2000
- Morocco 2002
- Egypt 2004
- Tunisia 2006
- Angola 2008
- Egypt 2010
- Morocco 2012
- Algeria 2014
- Angola 2016
- Congo 2018
- Cameroon 2021
- Senegal 2022
- DR Congo 2024