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 at the African Games
Handball
First event1965 Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Occur everyfour years
Last event2023 Ghana Accra
Most successful team(s)M:  Egypt (8 titles)
W:  Angola (8 titles)

Men's tournaments

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Summaries

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Year Host Final Third Place Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1965
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  Brazzaville  
United Arab Rep.
22 – 7  
Ivory Coast
 
Tunisia
13–10  
Madagascar
1973
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  Lagos  
Algeria
14 – 12  
Egypt
 
Senegal
17 – 7  
Ivory Coast
1978
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  Algiers  
Algeria
20 – 13  
Tunisia
 
Cameroon
36 – 20  
Madagascar
1987
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  Nairobi  
Algeria
17 – 15  
Congo
 
Egypt
17 – 11  
Cameroon
1991
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  Cairo  
Egypt
n/a  
Algeria
 
Nigeria
n/a  
Cameroon
1995
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  Harare  
Egypt
n/a  
Cameroon
 
Nigeria
n/a  
Zimbabwe
1999
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  Johannesburg  
Algeria
n/a  
Egypt
 
Ghana
n/a  
South Africa
2003
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  Abuja  
Egypt
31 – 29  
Algeria
 
Nigeria
35 – 33  
Senegal
2007
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  Algiers  
Egypt
29 – 21  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
34 – 31  
Angola
2011
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  Maputo  
Egypt
24 – 20  
Angola
 
Algeria
25 – 24  
Senegal
2015
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  Brazzaville  
Egypt
25 – 23  
Angola
 
Congo
32 – 29  
Nigeria
2019
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  Rabat1  
Angola
31 – 25  
Egypt
 
Morocco
25 – 22  
Algeria
2023
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  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

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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

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Women's tournaments

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Year Host Final Third Place Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1978
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  Algiers  
Algeria
17 – 12  
Cameroon
 
Tunisia
19 – 6  
Ivory Coast
1987
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  Nairobi  
Ivory Coast
22 – 11  
Congo
 
Cameroon
18 – 13  
Senegal
1991
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  Cairo  
Angola
23 – 19  
Ivory Coast
 
Nigeria
31 – ??  
Senegal
1995
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  Harare  
Angola
22 – 21  
Congo
 
Nigeria
 
Algeria
1999
Details
  Johannesburg  
Angola
29 – 19  
Congo
 
Cameroon
30 – 25  
Algeria
2003
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  Abuja  
Cameroon
28 – 27  
Ivory Coast
 
Angola
35 – 27  
Congo
2007
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  Algiers  
Angola
35 – 22  
Congo
 
Ivory Coast
25 – 24  
Cameroon
2011
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  Maputo  
Angola
41 – 23  
Congo
 
Cameroon
26 – 20  
Algeria
2015
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  Brazzaville  
Angola
33 – 29  
Cameroon
 
Senegal
25 – 24  
Nigeria
2019
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  Rabat1  
Angola
28 – 25  
Cameroon
 
DR Congo
32 – 22  
Guinea
2023
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  Accra  
Angola
33 – 15  
DR Congo
 
Cameroon
29 – 21  
Algeria
^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

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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

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Medal table

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See also

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