Current season, competition or edition: 2024 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) | Egypt (9th 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 Egypt, who won the 2024 tournament in Egypt.
Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times. Egypt, with nine titles, and Algeria, with seven titles, are the only two other teams to have won the competition.
Both Morocco and Algeria were banned from hosting the African Handball Championship in 2022 and 2024, Egypt were chosen to host the tournaments instead.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Tunisia | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
2 | Egypt | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
3 | Algeria | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
4 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
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2024 |
2026 |
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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 | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 25 | |
Angola | 9th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 8th | 19 | ||||||||
Benin | 9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 18 | |||||||||
Cape Verde | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 9th | 13th | 21 | ||||||
DR Congo | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | • | • | • | 7th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 14 | |
Djibouti | 8th | 10th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Egypt | • | ×× | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 24 | |
Gabon | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 6th | 12th | • | 8th | • | 9th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 11 | |
Ghana | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guinea | 8th | 10th | 6th | 5th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 14th | 17 | ||||||||||
Kenya | 9th | 12th | 15th | × | 15th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Libya | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 11th | • | 12th | 9th | • | 13th | 12th | 6 | ||
Morocco | 8th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 20 | |||||||
Nigeria | × | × | 8th | 6th | × | 7th | × | × | × | × | × | 5th | 4th | • | 7th | • | 10th | 6th | 7th | • | 11th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 9th | 15 | |
Rwanda | 14th | Q | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senegal | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 5th | 8th | WD | 11th | 12 | ||||||||||||||
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 | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 26 | |
Zambia | 16th | 13th | 16th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
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International men's handball | |
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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 |
Discontinued | EHF Nations' Cup EHF Challenge Trophy Pan American Championship Intercontinental Cup Goodwill Games |
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