African Men's Handball Championship

African Men's Handball Championship

Sport	Handball
Founded	1974
Continent	Africa (CAHB)
Most recent champion(s)	Tunisia

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.

Medal summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	–	Cameroon		Senegal	–	Togo
1976 Details	Algeria		Tunisia	–	Algeria		Cameroon	–	Togo
1979 Details	Congo		Tunisia	21 – 17	Egypt		Algeria	26 – 24	Congo
1981 Details	Tunisia		Algeria	–	Côte d'Ivoire		Tunisia	–	Egypt
1983 Details	Egypt		Algeria	–	Congo		Tunisia	–	Egypt
1985 Details	Tunisia		Algeria	–	Egypt		Tunisia	–	Congo
1987 Details	Morocco		Algeria	–	Egypt		Tunisia	–	Morocco
1989 Details	Algeria		Algeria	–	Egypt		Tunisia	–	Congo
1991 Details	Egypt		Egypt	–	Algeria		Tunisia	–	Morocco
1992 Details	Ivory Coast		Egypt	–	Tunisia		Algeria	–	Zaire
1994 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	–	Algeria		Egypt	–	Morocco
1996 Details	Benin		Algeria	21 – 19 aet	Tunisia		Egypt	28 – 21	Morocco
1998 Details	South Africa		Tunisia	22 – 17	Algeria		Egypt	35 – 26	Nigeria
2000 Details	Algeria		Egypt		Algeria		Tunisia		Morocco
2002 Details	Morocco		Tunisia	25 – 19	Algeria		Egypt	34 – 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 – 19	Algeria		Egypt	29 – 15	Morocco
2014 Details	Algeria			–				–

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	9	4	7	20
2	Algeria	6	7	4	17
3	Egypt	5	6	5	16
4	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
5	Congo	0	1	0	1
	Côte d'Ivoire	0	1	0	1
7	Angola	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

Participating nations

Nation	1974	1976	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	Years
Algeria		2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	19
Angola				5th	5th	5th	7th	7th					8th		6th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	6th	12
Benin												9th									1
Burkina Faso																				12th	1
Cameroon	2nd	3rd	5th									7th	9th		5th	6th	9th	7th	10th	7th	11
C A Republic	5th																				1
Congo			4th	7th	2nd	4th	5th	4th	7th		5th	6th	6th	5th	11th	9th	6th		8th	9th	16
DR Congo										4th				7th	8th	8th	11th	5th	4th	8th	8
Côte d'Ivoire		6th	7th	2nd	6th	6th	6th	6th	5th	5th	6th	8th	7th		10th		7th		12th	10th	16
Djibouti										8th	10th										2
Egypt			2nd	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	18
Gabon														6th	12th		8th		9th	11th	5
Ghana											8th										1
Guinea				8th																	1
Libya																10th			11th		2
Kenya																11th					1
Morocco							4th	5th	4th	7th	4th	4th	5th	4th	4th	5th	3rd	8th	6th	4th	14
Nigeria			8th	6th								5th	4th		7th		10th	6th	7th		8
Senegal	3rd	5th							6th	6th	9th				9th	7th				5th	8
South Africa													10th								1
Togo	4th	4th	6th								7th	10th									5
Tunisia	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	20
Total

External links

• Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com)
• National Handball Teams