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African Men's Handball Championship
Men's national handball team tournament
Men's national handball team tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| current_season | 2026 African Men's Handball Championship |
| sport | Handball |
| founded | 1974 |
| inaugural | 1974 |
| teams | 16 |
| continent | CAHB (Africa) |
| champion | (10th title) |
| most_champs | |
| (10 titles for both teams) |
(10 titles for both teams) 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 2026 tournament in Rwanda.
Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times tied with Egypt (ten 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.
Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | |||||||||
| Details | TUN | ||||||||
| Tunisia | **** | ||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| Details | ALG | ||||||||
| Algeria | **** | ||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||
| Details | CGO | ||||||||
| Congo | **** | 21–17 | 26–24 | ||||||
| 1981 | |||||||||
| Details | TUN | ||||||||
| Tunisia | **** | 30–25 | – | ||||||
| 1983 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 25–24 | 29–24 | ||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||
| Details | ANG | ||||||||
| Angola | **** | 23–17 | 23–20 | ||||||
| 1987 | |||||||||
| Details | MAR | ||||||||
| Morocco | **** | 22–16 | 21–16 | ||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||
| Details | ALG | ||||||||
| Algeria | **** | 18–17 | 19–18 | ||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | ||||||||
| 1992 | |||||||||
| Details | CIV | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast | **** | 26–24 | 28–16 | ||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| Details | TUN | ||||||||
| Tunisia | **** | 18–16 (ET) | – | ||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| Details | BEN | ||||||||
| Benin | **** | 21–19 (ET) | 28–21 | ||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| Details | RSA | ||||||||
| South Africa | **** | 22–17 | 35–26 | ||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
| Details | ALG | ||||||||
| Algeria | **** | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Details | MAR | ||||||||
| Morocco | **** | 25–19 | 35–25 | ||||||
| 2004 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 31–28 | 31–30 | ||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||
| Details | TUN | ||||||||
| Tunisia | **** | 26–21 | 26–25 | ||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
| Details | ANG | ||||||||
| Angola | **** | 27–25 | 23–20 | ||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 24–21 | 30–22 | ||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||
| Details | MAR | ||||||||
| Morocco | **** | 23–20 | 29–15 | ||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||
| Details | ALG | ||||||||
| Algeria | **** | 25–21 | 31–24 | ||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 21–19 | 25–19 | ||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| Details | GAB | ||||||||
| Gabon | **** | 26–24 | 29–26 | ||||||
| 2020 | |||||||||
| Details | TUN | ||||||||
| Tunisia | **** | 27–22 | 32–27 | ||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 37–25 | 28–24 | ||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| Details | EGY | ||||||||
| Egypt | **** | 29–21 | 35–28 | ||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||
| Details | RWA | ||||||||
| Rwanda | **** | 37–24 | 29–23 |
:** Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified. :** A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Medal table
Participating nations
;Legend
- – Champions
- – Runners-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Qualified but withdrew
- — Did not qualify
- — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Championship
- — Disqualified / Banned
- — Hosts
| Years | 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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| 1st |
References
References
- Rahhali, Lamine. "Morocco, Algeria Banned from Hosting Africa Handball Cup".
- "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد يمنح مصر استضافة بطولتي إفريقيا 2022 و2024".
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