African Men's Handball Championship

For the women's tournament, see African Women's Handball Championship.

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 2024 tournament in Egypt.

African Men's Handball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 African Men's Handball Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	1974
First season	1974
No. of teams	12
Continent	CAHB (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	Egypt (9th title)
Most titles	Tunisia (10 titles)

Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times. Egypt, with nine 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.^[1][2]

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	n/a	Cameroon		Senegal	n/a	Togo
1976 Details	Algeria		Tunisia	n1	Algeria		Cameroon	n1	Togo
1979 Details	Congo		Tunisia	21–17	Egypt		Algeria	26–24	Congo
1981 Details	Tunisia		Algeria	30–25	Ivory Coast		Tunisia	–	Egypt
1983 Details	Egypt		Algeria	25–24	Congo		Tunisia	29–24	Egypt
1985 Details	Angola		Algeria	23–17	Tunisia		Congo	–	Egypt
1987 Details	Morocco		Algeria	22–16	Egypt		Tunisia	–	Congo
1989 Details	Algeria		Algeria	18–17	Egypt		Tunisia	–	Congo
1991 Details	Egypt		Egypt	n/a	Algeria		Tunisia	n/a	Morocco
1992 Details	Ivory Coast		Egypt	26–24	Tunisia		Algeria	28–16	Zaire
1994 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	18–16 (ET)	Algeria		Egypt	–	Morocco
1996 Details	Benin		Algeria	21–19 (ET)	Tunisia		Egypt	28–21	Morocco
1998 Details	South Africa		Tunisia	22–19	Algeria		Egypt	35–26	Nigeria
2000 Details	Algeria		Egypt	n/a	Algeria		Tunisia	n/a	Morocco
2002 Details	Morocco		Tunisia	25–19	Algeria		Egypt	35–25	Morocco
2004 Details	Egypt		Egypt	31–28	Tunisia		Angola	31–30	Algeria
2006 Details	Tunisia		Tunisia	26–21	Egypt		Morocco	26–25	Angola
2008 Details	Angola		Egypt	27–25	Tunisia		Algeria	23–20	Angola
2010 Details	Egypt		Tunisia	24–21	Egypt		Algeria	30–22	DR Congo
2012 Details	Morocco		Tunisia	23–20	Algeria		Egypt	29–15	Morocco
2014 Details	Algeria		Algeria	25–21	Tunisia		Egypt	31–24	Angola
2016 Details	Egypt		Egypt	21–19	Tunisia		Angola	25–19	Algeria
2018 Details	Gabon		Tunisia	26–24	Egypt		Angola	29–26	Morocco
2020 Details	Tunisia		Egypt	27–22	Tunisia		Algeria	32–27	Angola
2022 Details	Egypt		Egypt	37–25	Cape Verde		Morocco	28–24	Tunisia
2024 Details	Egypt		Egypt	29–21	Algeria		Tunisia	35–28	Cape Verde
2026 Details	Rwanda		Future event				Future event

^n1 Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified.

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	10	8	7	25
2	Egypt	9	6	6	21
3	Algeria	7	8	5	20
4	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
	Congo	0	1	1	2
6	Cape Verde	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
8	Angola	0	0	3	3
9	Morocco	0	0	2	2
10	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		26	26	26	78

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament  ••  — Qualified but withdrew  •  — Did not qualify  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Championship  ××  — Disqualified / Banned    — Hosts

Team	1974	1976	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	2026	Years
Algeria	×	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	6th	3rd	5th	2nd		25
Angola			9th	5th	5th	5th	5th	7th					8th		6th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	6th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	8th	8th		19
Benin												9th																1
Burkina Faso																				12th								1
Cameroon	2nd	3rd	5th			8th						7th	9th		5th	5th	9th	7th	10th	7th	5th	5th	9th	12th	12th	10th		18
Cape Verde																								5th	2nd	4th		3
Central African Rep.	5th																											1
Congo			4th	7th	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	7th		5th	6th	6th	5th	11th	10th	6th		8th	9th	7th	8th	7th	9th		13th		21
DR Congo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	•	•	•	7th	8th	8th	11th	5th	4th	8th	10th	7th	8th	7th	7th	6th		14
Djibouti										8th	10th																	2
Egypt	•	××	2nd	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st		24
Gabon	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	6th	12th	•	8th	•	9th	11th	9th	11th	5th	8th	9th	11th		11
Ghana											8th																	1
Guinea				8th																				10th	6th	5th		4
Ivory Coast		6th	7th	2nd	6th	6th	6th	6th	5th	5th	6th	8th	7th		10th		7th		12th	10th				14th				17
Kenya																9th						12th		15th	×	15th		4
Libya	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	11th	•	•	11th	•	12th	9th	•	13th		12th		6
Morocco							8th	5th	4th	7th	4th	4th	5th	4th	4th	6th	3rd	8th	6th	4th	6th	6th	4th	6th	3rd	7th		20
Nigeria	×	×	8th	6th	×	7th	×	×	×	×	×	5th	4th	•	7th	•	10th	6th	7th	•	11th	10th	10th	11th	10th	9th		15
Rwanda																										14th	Q	2
Senegal	3rd	5th				9th	7th		6th	6th	9th				9th	7th				5th	8th			WD	11th			12
South Africa													10th															1
Togo	4th	4th	6th								7th	10th																5
Tunisia	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd		26
Zambia																								16th	13th	16th		3
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

See also

• African Men's Junior Handball Championship
• African Men's Youth Handball Championship
• African Handball Champions League
• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Handball Super Cup