Handball at the African Games

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

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	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

Nation	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
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

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

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

Nation	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23	Years
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

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

• 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)