Handball at the African Games

Handball

First event| 1965 Brazzaville
Occur every| four years
Last event| 2023 Accra
Most successful team(s)| M:  Egypt (8 titles)
W:  Angola (8 titles)

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

## Men's tournaments

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### Summaries

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Year  | Host  |  | Final  |  | Third Place Match

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Gold Medal  | Score  | Silver Medal  | Bronze Medal  | Score  | Fourth Place
1965
Details |  Brazzaville |
United Arab Rep. | 22 – 7 |
Ivory Coast |
Tunisia | 13–10  |
Madagascar
1973
Details |  Lagos |
Algeria | 14 – 12 |
Egypt |
Senegal | 17 – 7 |
Ivory Coast
1978
Details |  Algiers |
Algeria | 20 – 13 |
Tunisia |
Cameroon | 36 – 20 |
Madagascar
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 |
Zimbabwe
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
Details |  Accra |
Egypt | 33 – 32 |
DR Congo |
Nigeria | 38 – 20 |
Benin

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

### Participating nations

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Nation  | 65
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| 78
| 87
| 91
| 95
| 99
| 03
| 07
| 11
| 15
| 19
| 23
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Algeria |  | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |  | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |  | 4th |  | 9
Angola |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |  | 4
Benin |  |  | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th  | 2
Burkina Faso |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 1
Cameroon |  |  | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd |  | 5th | 5th | 6th |  |  |  | 6
Congo | 4th |  |  | 2nd |  |  |  |  |  | 7th | 3rd |  |  | 4
DR Congo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  |  | 9th | 5th | 2nd  | 4
Ivory Coast | 2nd |  | w/o |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  | 7th |  |  | 4
Egypt | 1st | 2nd | w/o | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st  | 12
Ethiopia |  |  |  |  | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Gabon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th | 6th |  |  | 2
Ghana |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3rd | 6th |  | 12th |  |  | 7th  | 4
Guinea |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  | 1
Kenya |  |  |  | 7th |  |  |  |  |  | 10th | 10th |  | 5th  | 4
Libya |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5th |  |  | 1
Madagascar |  |  | 4th | 6th |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  |  | 2
Mali |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6th  | 1
Morocco |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3rd |  | 1
Mozambique |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  | 1
Nigeria |  | 4th |  |  | 3rd | 3rd |  | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd  | 9
Senegal |  | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th |  |  | 4th |  | 4th | 8th |  |  | 5
South Africa |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th | 8th |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Togo |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th  | 1
Tunisia | 3rd |  | 2nd |  |  |  |  |  | 3rd |  |  |  |  | 3
Zambia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  | 1
Zimbabwe |  |  |  |  |  | 4th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1

Rq: The table is not complete.

## Women's tournaments

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### Summaries

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Year  | Host  |  | Final  |  | Third Place Match

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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
Details |  Accra |
Angola | 33 – 15 |
DR Congo |
Cameroon | 29 – 21 |
Algeria

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

### Participating nations

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Nation  | 78
| 87
| 91
| 95
| 99
| 03
| 07
| 11
| 15
| 19
| 23
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Algeria | 1st |  |  | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th |  | 6th | 4th  | 8
Angola |  |  | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st  | 9
Burkina Faso |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  | 7th  | 2
Cape Verde |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  | 1
Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd |  |  | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd  | 9
Congo |  | 2nd |  | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th |  |  | 7
DR Congo |  |  |  |  |  | 7th |  | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd  | 5
Ivory Coast | 4th | 1st | 2nd |  | 5th | 2nd | 3rd |  | 5th |  |  | 7
Egypt | 6th |  |  | 5th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Ghana |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |  | 6th  | 2
Guinea |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th |  | 1
Kenya |  |  |  |  |  | 8th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 10th |  | 5
Madagascar |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  | 1
Mali |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 8th  | 2
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 | 5th  | 3
Zambia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11th |  |  | 1
Zimbabwe |  |  |  | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1

Rq: The table is not complete.

## Medal table

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### Men

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| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt| 8| 3| 1| 12
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|  DR Congo| 0| 1| 0| 1
Ivory Coast| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Nigeria| 0| 0| 4| 4
10|  Ghana| 0| 0| 1| 1
Morocco| 0| 0| 1| 1
Senegal| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 13| 13| 13| 39

### Women

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| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Angola| 8| 0| 1| 9
2|  Cameroon| 1| 3| 4| 8
3|  Ivory Coast| 1| 2| 1| 4
4|  Algeria| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Congo| 0| 5| 0| 5
6|  DR Congo| 0| 1| 1| 2
7|  Nigeria| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Senegal| 0| 0| 1| 1
Tunisia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 11| 11| 11| 33

### Overall

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| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Angola (ANG)| 9| 2| 1| 12
2|  Egypt (EGY)| 8| 3| 1| 12
3|  Algeria (ALG)| 5| 3| 1| 9
4|  Cameroon (CMR)| 1| 4| 5| 10
5|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 1| 3| 1| 5
6|  Republic of the Congo (CGO)| 0| 6| 1| 7
7|  DR Congo (COD)| 0| 2| 1| 3
8|  Tunisia (TUN)| 0| 1| 3| 4
9|  Nigeria (NGR)| 0| 0| 6| 6
10|  Senegal (SEN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
11|  Ghana (GHA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Morocco (MAR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 24| 24| 24| 72

## See also

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* African Men's Handball Championship
* African Women's Handball Championship

## External links

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

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Handball at the African Games

Main|

* Brazzaville 1965
* Lagos 1973
* Algiers 1978
* Nairobi 1987
* Cairo 1991
* Harare 1995
* Jo'burg 1999
* Abuja 2003
* Algiers 2007
* Maputo 2011
* Brazzaville 2015
* Rabat 2019
* Accra 2023

Men|

* 1978
* 1987
* 1991
* 1995
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Women|

* 1978
* 1987
* 1991
* 1995
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

List of medalists

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African Games Handball ( Men )  winners

* 1965:  United Arab Rep.
* 1973:  Algeria
* 1978:  Algeria
* 1987:  Algeria
* 1991:  Egypt
* 1995:  Egypt
* 1999:  Algeria
* 2003:  Egypt
* 2007:  Egypt
* 2011:  Egypt
* 2015:  Egypt
* 2019:  Angola
* 2023:  Egypt

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African Games Handball ( Women )  winners

* 1978:  Algeria
* 1987:  Ivory Coast
* 1991:  Angola
* 1995:  Angola
* 1999:  Angola
* 2003:  Cameroon
* 2007:  Angola
* 2011:  Angola
* 2015:  Angola
* 2019:  Angola
* 2023:  Angola

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Sports at the African Games

Summer sports|

* Archery
* Arm wrestling
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* 3x3 basketball
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Chess
* Cricket
* Cue Sports
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Hockey
* Judo
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Netball
* Petanque
* Rowing
* Rugby sevens
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Softball
* Squash
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Beach volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Demonstration sports|

* Esports
* Mixed martial arts
* Nzango
* Pharaoh Boxing
* Pickleball
* Scrabble
* Speed-ball
* Sambo
* Teqball

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International handball

* IAHF
* IHF
* Olympic Games
* World Championships
* Men
* Women
* National teams
* Player of the Year
* Achievements by nation
* Beach handball
* World Championships
* World Games

International|

* World Championships
* Men's U-21
* Women's U-20
* Men's U-19
* Women's U-18
* University
* Wheelchair
* Men's Field Handball
* Women's Field Handball
* Youth Olympics
* Summer Universiade
* Emerging Nations
* IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
* Arab Games
* Mediterranean Games

Africa|

* African Championships
* Men
* Women
* Men's Junior
* Women's Junior
* Men's Youth
* Women's Youth
* African Games

North America and Caribbean|

* North American and Caribbean Championship
* Men
* Women
* Pan American Games (Junior)
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* Central American Games

South & Central America|

* South & Central American Championships
* Men
* Women
* Men's Junior
* Women's Junior
* Men's Youth
* Women's Youth
* Pan American Games (Junior)
* South American Games
* Bolivarian Games

Asia|

* Asian Championships
* Men
* Women
* Men's Junior
* Women's Junior
* Men's Youth
* Women's Youth
* Beach
* Beach Youth
* Asian Games

Europe|

* European Championships
* Men
* Women
* Men's U-20
* Women's U-19
* Men's U-18
* Women's U-17
* Beach Men
* Beach Women
* Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
* European Open

Oceania|

* Oceania Championships
* Senior
* Junior
* Youth
* Beach
* Pacific Cup
* French Pacific Championship

Defunct|

* Goodwill Games
* Intercontinental Cup
* Pan American Championships
* Men
* Women
* Men's Junior
* Women's Junior
* Men's Youth
* Women's Youth
* Beach
* Beach Youth

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International men's handball

* IAHF
* IHF
* Summer Olympic Games
* IHF World Championship
* IHF Field World Championship
* IHF Emerging Nations Championship
* IHF World Player of the Year

Africa|

CAHB
African Championship
African Games

Asia & Oceania|

AHF & OCHF
Asian Championship
Oceania Handball Nations Cup
Asian Games

Europe|

EHF
European Championship

North America and Caribbean|

NACHC
Nor.Ca. Championship
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American Games

South & Central America|

SCAHC
South & Central American Championship
Pan American Games
South American Games

Multi-sport events|

Arab Games
Bolivarian Games
Mediterranean Games
Universiade
World University Championships

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EHF Nations' Cup
EHF Challenge Trophy
Pan American Championship
Intercontinental Cup
Goodwill Games

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International women's handball

* IAHF
* IHF
* Summer Olympic Games
* IHF World Championship
* IHF Field World Championship
* IHF World Player of the Year

Africa|

CAHB
African Championship
African Games

Asia & Oceania|

AHF & OCHF
Asian Championship
Oceania Nations Cup
Asian Games

Europe|

EHF
European Championship

North America and Caribbean|

NACHC
Nor.Ca. Championship
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American Games

South & Central America|

SCAHC
South & Central American Championship
Pan American Games
South American Games

Multi-sport events|

Arab Games
Bolivarian Games
Mediterranean Games
Universiade
World University Championships

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EHF Challenge Trophy
EHF Nations' Cup
Pan American Championship
Goodwill Games
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