Handball at the African Games
Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
Handball | |
| First event | 1965 Brazzaville |
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| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2023 Accra |
| Most successful team(s) | M: Egypt (8 titles) W: Angola (8 titles) |
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
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