African Men's Junior Handball Championship

The African Handball Junior Nations Championship is the official competition for junior men's 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 World Junior Handball Championship.

African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
SportHandball
First season1980
ContinentAfrica (CAHB)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt (2022)
Most titles Egypt (13 titles)

Medal summary edit

# Year Host Final Third place match (or third place)
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
I 1980
Details
 
Lagos
 
Nigeria
13 – 11  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
18 – 14  
Egypt
II 1982
Details
 
Cotonou
 
Egypt
12 – 11  
Algeria
 
Nigeria
III 1984
Details
 
Bauchi
 
Egypt
18 – 15  
Nigeria
?
iV 1986
Details
 
Algiers
 
Algeria
17 – 15  
Egypt
 
Tunisia
23 – 22  
Nigeria
V 1988
Details
 
Tunis
 
Algeria
No playoffs  
Egypt
 
Tunisia
No playoffs  
Nigeria
VI 1990
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
No playoffs  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
No playoffs  
Morocco
VII 1992
Details
 
Tunis
 
Egypt
No playoffs  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
No playoffs no 4th, only 3 teams
VIII 1994
Details
 
Cairo
Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants
IX 1996
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
No playoffs  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
No playoffs  
Guinea
X 1998
Details
 
Abidjan
 
Egypt
32 – 25  
Tunisia
 
Angola
 
Ivory Coast
XI 2000
Details
 
Tunis
 
Egypt
 
Tunisia
 
Algeria
 
South Africa
XII 2002
Details
 
Cotonou
 
Tunisia
22 – 21  
Egypt
 
Algeria
round robin  
Congo
XIII 2004
Details
 
Abidjan
 
Egypt
28 – 19  
Tunisia
 
Congo
 
Ivory Coast
XIV 2006
Details
 
Abidjan
 
Egypt
26 – 25  
Tunisia
 
Angola
36 – 32  
Algeria
XV 2008
Details
 
Tripoli
 
Tunisia
26 – 19  
Libya
 
Morocco
34 – 28  
Algeria
XVII 2010
Details
 
Libreville
 
Egypt
38 – 31  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
32 – 24  
Benin
XIX 2012
Details
 
Abidjan
 
Tunisia
41 – 25  
Congo
 
Egypt
27 – 22  
Angola
XXI 2014
Details
 
Nairobi
 
Egypt
25 – 23  
Tunisia
 
Angola
29 – 25  
Algeria
XXIII 2016
Details
 
Bamako
 
Tunisia
No playoffs  
Egypt
 
Algeria
No playoffs  
Burkina Faso
XXV 2018
Details
 
Marrakesh
 
Egypt
No playoffs  
Tunisia
 
Nigeria
No playoffs  
Morocco
XXVII 2020  
Casablanca
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
XXVIII 2022
Details
 
Kigali
 
Egypt
35 – 15  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
24 – 22  
Angola
XXIV 2024
Details
 
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Medal count edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt134118
2  Tunisia48618
3  Algeria25512
4  Nigeria1124
5  Congo0112
6  Libya0101
7  Angola0033
8  Morocco0011
Unknown (1984)0011
Totals (8 entries)20202060

Participation details edit

Nation                                        
1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
x x x x x x x x x x 6 6 9 8 13 11 10 6 7 8
  Algeria                     4 4   5 4   5   17
  Angola 7 5   5 5   6 5 4   6 4 12
  Benin 4+ 5 6 4 3
  Burkina Faso 7 9 4 3
  Cameroon 5 9 2
  Central African Rep. DSQ 1
  Congo 4   5   7 5
  DR Congo 9 8 8 7 4
  Egypt 4                                     19
  Gabon 8 6 6 6 4
  Ghana 8 1
  Guinea 4 11 DSQ 7 3
  Ivory Coast 5+ 4+ 4 4 4 7 7 10 6
  Kenya 8 1
  Libya 6   7 5 6 5
  Mali 11 8 6 3
  Mauritius 6 1
  Morocco 9 4 5 5   10 9 5 4 5 10
  Nigeria         3
  Rwanda 8 1
  Senegal 4+ 1
  South Africa 4 1
  Togo 6 1
  Tunisia                                     18
# Participating teams 4+ 7 8 7 6 5 6 4 6 6 9 8 13 11 10 6 7 8

See also edit

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