Handball at the African Games

Handball at the African Games

Handball
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2019 Rabat
Most successful team(s)	M:  Egypt (7 titles) W:  Angola (7 titles)

Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Men's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1965 Details	Brazzaville		United Arab Rep.	22 – 7	Ivory Coast		Tunisia	13–10
1973 Details	Lagos		Algeria	14 – 12	Egypt		Senegal	17 – 7	Ivory Coast
1978 Details	Algiers		Algeria	20 – 13	Tunisia		Cameroon	36 – 20
1987 Details	Nairobi		Algeria	17 – 15	Congo		Egypt	17 – 11	Cameroon
1991 Details	Cairo		Egypt	n/a	Algeria		Nigeria	n/a	Cameroon
1995 Details	Harare		Egypt	n/a	Cameroon		Nigeria	n/a
1999 Details	Johannesburg		Algeria	n/a	Egypt		Ghana	n/a	South Africa
2003 Details	Abuja		Egypt	31 – 29	Algeria		Nigeria	35 – 33	Senegal
2007 Details	Algiers		Egypt	29 – 21	Algeria		Tunisia	34 – 31	Angola
2011 Details	Maputo		Egypt	24 – 20	Angola		Algeria	25 – 24	Senegal
2015 Details	Brazzaville		Egypt	25 – 23	Angola		Congo	32 – 29	Nigeria
2019 Details	Rabat1		Angola	31 – 25	Egypt		Morocco	25 – 22	Algeria
2023	Accra			–				–

Participating nations[]

Nation	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19		Years
Algeria		1st	1st	1st	2nd		1st	2nd	2nd	3rd		4th		9
Angola									4th	2nd	2nd	1st		4
Benin			8th											1
Burkina Faso												9th		1
Cameroon			3rd	4th	4th	2nd		5th	5th	6th				6
Congo	4th			2nd						7th	3rd			4
DR Congo								7th			9th	5th		3
Ivory Coast	2nd		4th						7th		7th			4
Egypt	1st	2nd	w/o	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd		11
					6th									1
Gabon										9th	6th			2
Ghana							3rd	6th		12th			●	3
Guinea												7th		1
Kenya				7th						10th	10th			3
Libya											5th			1
				6th						11th				2
Morocco												3rd		1
										8th				1
Nigeria		4th			3rd	3rd		3rd	6th	5th	4th	6th		8
Senegal		3rd		5th	5th			4th		4th	8th			5
South Africa							4th	8th						2
Tunisia	3rd		2nd						3rd					3
Zambia												8th		1
						4th								1

Rq: The table is not complete.

Women's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1978 Details	Algiers		Algeria	17 – 12	Cameroon		Tunisia	19 – 6	Ivory Coast
1987 Details	Nairobi		Ivory Coast	22 – 11	Congo		Cameroon	18 – 13	Senegal
1991 Details	Cairo		Angola	23 – 19	Ivory Coast		Nigeria	31 – ??	Senegal
1995 Details	Harare		Angola	22 – 21	Congo		Nigeria	–	Algeria
1999 Details	Johannesburg		Angola	29 – 19	Congo		Cameroon	30 – 25	Algeria
2003 Details	Abuja		Cameroon	28 – 27	Ivory Coast		Angola	35 – 27	Congo
2007 Details	Algiers		Angola	35 – 22	Congo		Ivory Coast	25 – 24	Cameroon
2011 Details	Maputo		Angola	41 – 23	Congo		Cameroon	26 – 20	Algeria
2015 Details	Brazzaville		Angola	33 – 29	Cameroon		Senegal	25 – 24	Nigeria
2019 Details	Rabat1		Angola	28 – 25	Cameroon		DR Congo	32 – 22	Guinea
2023	Accra

Participating nations[]

Nation	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19		Years
Algeria	1st			4th	4th	6th	7th	4th		6th		7
Angola			1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st		8
									8th			1
Cape Verde								8th				1
Cameroon	2nd	3rd			3rd	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd		8
Congo		2nd		2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	6th			7
DR Congo						7th		6th	7th	3rd		4
Ivory Coast	4th	1st	2nd		5th	2nd	3rd		5th			7
Egypt	6th			5th								2
Ghana								10th			●	1
Guinea										4th		1
Kenya						8th	8th	7th	10th	10th		5
Madagascar								12th				1
									9th			1
Morocco										7th		1
Mozambique								11th				1
Nigeria	5th		3rd	3rd		5th	5th	5th	4th	9th		8
Senegal		4th	4th		6th			9th	3rd			5
South Africa					7th							1
Tunisia	3rd						6th			5th		3
Uganda				7th						8th		2
									11th			1
				6th								1

Rq: The table is not complete.

Medal table[]

Men[] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Egypt 7 3 1 11 2  Algeria 4 3 1 8 3  Angola 1 2 0 3 4  Tunisia 0 1 2 3 5  Cameroon 0 1 1 2  Congo 0 1 1 2 7  Ivory Coast 0 1 0 1 8  Nigeria 0 0 3 3 9  Ghana 0 0 1 1  Morocco 0 0 1 1  Senegal 0 0 1 1 Totals (11 nations) 12 12 12 36

Women[] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Angola 7 0 1 8 2  Cameroon 1 3 3 7 3  Ivory Coast 1 2 1 4 4  Algeria 1 0 0 1 5  Congo 0 5 0 5 6  Nigeria 0 0 2 2 7  DR Congo 0 0 1 1  Senegal 0 0 1 1  Tunisia 0 0 1 1 Totals (9 nations) 10 10 10 30

Overall[] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   (ANG) 8 2 1 11 2  Egypt (EGY) 7 3 1 11 3  Algeria (ALG) 5 3 1 9 4   (CMR) 1 4 4 9 5   (CIV) 1 3 1 5 6   (CGO) 0 6 1 7 7  Tunisia (TUN) 0 1 3 4 8  Nigeria (NGR) 0 0 5 5 9  Senegal (SEN) 0 0 2 2 10  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) 0 0 1 1   (GHA) 0 0 1 1   (MAR) 0 0 1 1 Totals (12 nations) 22 22 22 66

See also[]

• African Men's Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Championship

External links[]

• Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com)
• Men's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)
• Women's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)