Handball has been an Arab Games event since the third edition in 1961 in Casablanca, Morocco.
 Handball | |
| First event | 1961  Casablanca |
|---|---|
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2011  Doha |
| Most successful team(s) |  Egypt (EGY)(6 titles) |
Men's tournaments
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third-place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1961 Details |
Casablanca |
 UA Republic |
– |  Morocco |
 Jordan |
– | |||
| 1965 Details |
 Cairo |
UA Republic |
– |  Palestine |
 Syria |
– | |||
| 1976 Details |
 Damascus |
 Syria |
– | Jordan |
– | ||||
| 1985 Details |
Rabat |
 Tunisia |
– |  Algeria |
Morocco |
– |  Saudi Arabia | ||
| 1992 Details |
 Damascus |
 Egypt |
– | Saudi Arabia |
Tunisia |
– | |||
| 1997 |  Beirut |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
| 1999 Details |
 Amman |
Egypt |
26 – 20 | Morocco |
 Jordan /  Saudi ArabiaNo 3rd place match | ||||
| 2004 |  Algiers |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
| 2007 Details |
 Cairo |
Egypt |
n/a | Algeria |
Saudi Arabia |
n/a | Jordan | ||
| 2011 Details |
Doha |
Egypt |
26 – 21 |  Qatar |
Tunisia |
23 – 21 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2023 Details |
(5 cities)a |
Qatar |
37 – 24 | Saudi Arabia |
Algeria |
31 – 29 |  Iraq | ||
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Handball tournament helds in Oran.
Women's tournaments
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host | Final | Third-place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1985 Details |
Rabat |
Tunisia |
Algeria |
Morocco |
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| 1992 Details |
Damascus |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
 Syria |
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| 1997 | Beirut |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
| 1999 Details |
Amman |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
 Egypt / JordanNo 3rd place match | |||||
| 2004 | Algiers |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
| 2007 | Cairo |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
| 2011 Details |
Doha |
Algeria |
n/a | Tunisia |
Jordan |
n/a | Qatar | ||
| 2023 Details |
(5 cities)a |
canceled | canceled | ||||||
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Handball tournament helds in Oran.
Participating nations
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2017) |
| Nation | 85 |
92 |
99 |
11 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 |
| Egypt |
3rd* | 1 | |||
| Jordan |
3rd* | 3rd | 2 | ||
| Morocco |
3rd | 1 | |||
| Qatar |
4th | 1 | |||
| Syria |
3rd | 1 | |||
 Tunisia |
1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4 |
* Egypt and Jordan third both.
References
editExternal links
edit- Handball at the Pan Arab Games - goalzz.com
- Egypt Honnor Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine