Handball at the African Games

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Handball at the African Games
Handball pictogram.svg
Handball
First event1965 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Occur everyfour years
Last event2019 Morocco 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
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
United Arab Rep.
22 – 7
Ivory Coast

Tunisia
13–10
1973
Details
Nigeria Lagos
Algeria
14 – 12
Egypt

Senegal
17 – 7
Ivory Coast
1978
Details
Algeria Algiers
Algeria
20 – 13
Tunisia

Cameroon
36 – 20
1987
Details
Kenya Nairobi
Algeria
17 – 15
Congo

Egypt
17 – 11
Cameroon
1991
Details
Egypt Cairo
Egypt
n/a
Algeria

Nigeria
n/a
Cameroon
1995
Details
Zimbabwe Harare
Egypt
n/a
Cameroon

Nigeria
n/a
1999
Details
South Africa Johannesburg
Algeria
n/a
Egypt

Ghana
n/a
South Africa
2003
Details
Nigeria Abuja
Egypt
31 – 29
Algeria

Nigeria
35 – 33
Senegal
2007
Details
Algeria Algiers
Egypt
29 – 21
Algeria

Tunisia
34 – 31
Angola
2011
Details
Mozambique Maputo
Egypt
24 – 20
Angola

Algeria
25 – 24
Senegal
2015
Details
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Egypt
25 – 23
Angola

Congo
32 – 29
Nigeria
2019
Details
Morocco Rabat1
Angola
31 – 25
Egypt

Morocco
25 – 22
Algeria
2023
Ghana Accra
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations[]

Nation 65
Republic of the Congo
73
Nigeria
78
Algeria
87
Kenya
91
Egypt
95
Zimbabwe
99
South Africa
03
Nigeria
07
Algeria
11
Mozambique
15
Republic of the Congo
19
Morocco

Ghana
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

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Women's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1978
Details
Algeria Algiers
Algeria
17 – 12
Cameroon

Tunisia
19 – 6
Ivory Coast
1987
Details
Kenya Nairobi
Ivory Coast
22 – 11
Congo

Cameroon
18 – 13
Senegal
1991
Details
Egypt Cairo
Angola
23 – 19
Ivory Coast

Nigeria
31 – ??
Senegal
1995
Details
Zimbabwe Harare
Angola
22 – 21
Congo

Nigeria

Algeria
1999
Details
South Africa Johannesburg
Angola
29 – 19
Congo

Cameroon
30 – 25
Algeria
2003
Details
Nigeria Abuja
Cameroon
28 – 27
Ivory Coast

Angola
35 – 27
Congo
2007
Details
Algeria Algiers
Angola
35 – 22
Congo

Ivory Coast
25 – 24
Cameroon
2011
Details
Mozambique Maputo
Angola
41 – 23
Congo

Cameroon
26 – 20
Algeria
2015
Details
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Angola
33 – 29
Cameroon

Senegal
25 – 24
Nigeria
2019
Details
Morocco Rabat1
Angola
28 – 25
Cameroon

DR Congo
32 – 22
Guinea
2023
Ghana Accra
^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations[]

Nation 78
Algeria
87
Kenya
91
Egypt
95
Zimbabwe
99
South Africa
03
Nigeria
07
Algeria
11
Mozambique
15
Republic of the Congo
19
Morocco

Ghana
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

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Medal table[]

See also[]

External links[]

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