Handball at the African Games

Handball at the African Games

File:Handball pictogram.svg Handball
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 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	Brazzaville		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Rep.	22 – 7	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	13–10	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
1973 Details	Lagos		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	14 – 12	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	17 – 7	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1978 Details	Algiers		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	20 – 13	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	36 – 20	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
1987 Details	Nairobi		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	17 – 15	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	17 – 11	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
1991 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	n/a	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	n/a	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
1995 Details	Harare		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	n/a	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	n/a	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
1999 Details	Johannesburg		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	n/a	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	n/a	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2003 Details	Abuja		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	31 – 29	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	35 – 33	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2007 Details	Algiers		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	29 – 21	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	34 – 31	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
2011 Details	Maputo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	24 – 20	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	25 – 24	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2015 Details	Brazzaville		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	25 – 23	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola		File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	32 – 29	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2019 Details	Rabat1		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	31 – 25	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	25 – 22	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2023 Details	Accra		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	33 – 32	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	38 – 20	File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin

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

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

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

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1978 Details	Algiers		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	17 – 12	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	19 – 6	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1987 Details	Nairobi		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	22 – 11	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	18 – 13	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
1991 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	23 – 19	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	31 – ??	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
1995 Details	Harare		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	22 – 21	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
1999 Details	Johannesburg		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	29 – 19	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	30 – 25	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2003 Details	Abuja		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	28 – 27	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	35 – 27	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
2007 Details	Algiers		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	35 – 22	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	25 – 24	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2011 Details	Maputo		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	41 – 23	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	26 – 20	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2015 Details	Brazzaville		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	33 – 29	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	25 – 24	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2019 Details	Rabat1		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	28 – 25	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon		File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	32 – 22	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
2023 Details	Accra		File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	33 – 15	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	29 – 21	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

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

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	8	3	1	12
2	Algeria	4	3	1	8
3	Angola	1	2	0	3
4	Tunisia	0	1	2	3
5	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
	Congo	0	1	1	2
7	DR Congo	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
9	Nigeria	0	0	4	4
10	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		13	13	13	39

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola	8	0	1	9
2	Cameroon	1	3	4	8
3	Ivory Coast	1	2	1	4
4	Algeria	1	0	0	1
5	Congo	0	5	0	5
6	DR Congo	0	1	1	2
7	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
8	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		11	11	11	33

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (ANG)	9	2	1	12
2	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (EGY)	8	3	1	12
3	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (ALG)	5	3	1	9
4	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (CMR)	1	4	5	10
5	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	3	1	5
6	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	6	1	7
7	DR Congo (COD)	0	2	1	3
8	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	3	4
9	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	6	6
10	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (SEN)	0	0	2	2
11	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		24	24	24	72

See also

• African Men's Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Championship

External links

• Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com)
• Men's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)
• Women's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)