African Women's Handball Championship

For the men's tournament, see African Men's Handball Championship.

African Women's Handball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2026 African Women's Handball Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	1974
First season	1974
Continent	Africa (CAHB)
Most recent champion	Angola (16th title)
Most titles	Angola (16 titles)

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 Summer Olympics and For World Handball Championship.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	Round-robin	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	Round-robin	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
1976 Details	Algeria		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	10–5	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	10–8	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
1979 Details	Congo		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	21–17	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	19–12	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1981 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	11–10	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	–	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1983 Details	Egypt		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	27–14	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	25–13	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1985 Details	Angola		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	22–18	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	24–14	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
1987 Details	Morocco		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	–	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	–	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
1989 Details	Algeria		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	22–18	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	19–17	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
1991 Details	Egypt		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	–	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola		File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
1992 Details	Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	–	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	20–16 (OT)	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
1994 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	24–18	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	20–13	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
1996 Details	Benin		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	35–19	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	24–21	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
1998 Details	South Africa		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	31–23	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	30–28	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2000 Details	Algeria		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	30–21	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	34–33	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2002 Details	Morocco		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	30–21	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	31–20	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2004 Details	Egypt		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	31–20	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	24–22	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
2006 Details	Tunisia		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	32–30	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	22–15	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
2008 Details	Angola		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	39–27	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	30–25	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
2010 Details	Egypt		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	31–30	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	32–28	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2012 Details	Morocco		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	26–24	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	33–24	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2014 Details	Algeria		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	23–20	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	30–22	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2016 Details	Angola		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	36–17	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Awarded	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
2018 Details	Congo		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	19–14	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	33–22	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2021 Details	Cameroon		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	25–15	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	22–17	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
2022 Details	Senegal		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	29–19	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	20–19	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2024 Details	DR Congo		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	27–18	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	25–22	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2026 Details	Tunisia			–				–

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola	16	1	2	19
2	Congo	4	4	6	14
3	Tunisia	3	5	4	12
4	Ivory Coast	2	5	4	11
5	Nigeria	1	1	1	3
6	Cameroon	0	5	3	8
7	Senegal	0	3	0	3
8	Algeria	0	1	3	4
9	DR Congo	0	1	2	3
10	Uganda	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	2021	2022	2024	Years
Algeria		3rd	3rd	5th	7th			4th	4th	5th	3rd	2nd		6th	4th			6th	4th	4th	4th	6th	8th	••	10th	8th	19
Angola				7th	6th	5th	5th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	23
Benin			8th									••															1
Cameroon			2nd		3rd	3rd	2nd	••				5th	4th	4th	5th	2nd	5th	7th	7th	5th	7th	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	7th	19
Cape Verde																								9th	12th	10th	3
Chad								••																			0
Congo		2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	6th	5th	3rd	3rd	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th	4th	3rd	6th	25
DR Congo										8th	••				8th	7th	6th	5th	8th	3rd	2nd	8th	3rd	6th	6th	5th	13
Egypt	3rd			6th	8th	7th	6th	5th	7th	••						6th			6th	9th					8th	4th	12
Gabon			9th		9th		7th							8th	7th		7th	8th									7
Ghana						9th	••																				1
Guinea																					8th	7th	7th	7th	9th	9th	6
Ivory Coast		7th	4th	4th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	6th	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	7th		5th	9th		7th		22
Kenya																								10th		12th	2
Madagascar																								11th	13th		2
Morocco							8th								9th					10th			10th		11th		5
Mozambique												6th	5th														2
Nigeria		6th	6th	3rd	2nd	4th	••	••	1st	4th	5th													8th			9
Senegal	2nd	5th				8th			5th	6th				7th						8th	6th	××	2nd	5th	4th	2nd	13
South Africa													6th														1
Tanzania																8th											1
Togo			7th									7th															2
Tunisia	1st	1st		2nd	5th	6th	4th	6th		7th	6th			3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	6th	3rd	5th	3rd	22
Uganda	4th	4th	5th																							11th	4
Total	4	7	9	7	9	9	8	6	7	8	6	7	6	8	9	8	7	8	8	10	8	9	10	11	13	12

Best player award

Year	Award Winner
2004	Nair Almeida
2006
2008	Nair Almeida
2010	Mouna Chebbah
2012	Mouna Chebbah
2014
2016	Natália Bernardo
2018	Albertina Kassoma
2021
2022	Helena Paulo

See also

• African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• African Women's Youth Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Champions League

External links

• Official website
• Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com)