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) | Tunisia (10th 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 Tunisia, who won the 2018 tournament in Gabon.
Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times. Algeria, with seven titles, and Egypt, with six titles, are the only two other teams to have won the competition.
Summaries
Performance by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Tunisia | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
2 | Algeria | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
3 | Egypt | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
4 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
Participating nations
Nation | 1974 |
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2018 |
2020 |
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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 | 22 | ||
Angola | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 15 | |||||||||
Benin | 9th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | 19 | |||||
DR Congo | 4th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 11 | |||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 16 | ||||||||
Djibouti | 8th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Egypt | dq | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 22 | ||
Gabon | 6th | 12th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Guinea | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenya | 9th | 12th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Libya | 11th | 11th | 12th | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Morocco | 5th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 17 | |||||||
Nigeria | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 11 | |||||||||||||
Senegal | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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 | 23 | |
Total | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
See also
- African Men's Junior Handball Championship
- African Men's Youth Handball Championship
- African Handball Champions League
External links
- Official website
- Handball Africa Archive - todor66.com
- كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة اليد رجال - kooora.com