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.
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Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1974 |
First season | 1974 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Continent | CAHB (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most 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
editMedal table
editRank | 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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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
editReferences
edit- ^ Rahhali, Lamine. "Morocco, Algeria Banned from Hosting Africa Handball Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد يمنح مصر استضافة بطولتي إفريقيا 2022 و2024". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
External links
edit- Official website
- Handball Africa Archive – todor66.com
- كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة اليد رجال – kooora.com