Handball at the African Games

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)

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 		Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
United Arab Rep. 		22 – 7
Ivory Coast
Tunisia 		13–10
Madagascar
1973
Details 		Nigeria Lagos
Algeria 		14 – 12
Egypt
Senegal 		17 – 7
Ivory Coast
1978
Details 		Algeria Algiers
Algeria 		20 – 13
Tunisia
Cameroon 		36 – 20
Madagascar
1987
Details 		Kenya Nairobi
Algeria 		17 – 15
Congo
Egypt 		17 – 11
Cameroon
1991
Details 		Egypt Cairo
Egypt 		n/a
Algeria
Nigeria 		n/a
Cameroon
1995
Details 		Zimbabwe Harare
Egypt 		n/a
Cameroon
Nigeria 		n/a
Zimbabwe
1999
Details 		South Africa Johannesburg
Algeria 		n/a
Egypt
Ghana 		n/a
South Africa
2003
Details 		Nigeria Abuja
Egypt 		31 – 29
Algeria
Nigeria 		35 – 33
Senegal
2007
Details 		Algeria Algiers
Egypt 		29 – 21
Algeria
Tunisia 		34 – 31
Angola
2011
Details 		Mozambique Maputo
Egypt 		24 – 20
Angola
Algeria 		25 – 24
Senegal
2015
Details 		Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Egypt 		25 – 23
Angola
Congo 		32 – 29
Nigeria
2019
Details 		Morocco Rabat1
Angola 		31 – 25
Egypt
Morocco 		25 – 22
Algeria
2023
Details 		Ghana 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
Republic of the Congo		 73
Nigeria		 78
Algeria		 87
Kenya		 91
Egypt		 95
Zimbabwe		 99
South Africa		 03
Nigeria		 07
Algeria		 11
Mozambique		 15
Republic of the Congo		 19
Morocco		 23
Ghana		 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

Summaries

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

Participating nations

Nation 78
Algeria		 87
Kenya		 91
Egypt		 95
Zimbabwe		 99
South Africa		 03
Nigeria		 07
Algeria		 11
Mozambique		 15
Republic of the Congo		 19
Morocco		 23
Ghana		 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

See also

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