African Handball Confederation

African Handball Confederation

CAHB logo
Formation	1973
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Membership	53 nations
Official language	French, English & Arabic
President	Dr. Mansourou A. Aremou
Website	www.cahbonline

The African Handball Confederation, (acronym CAHB) referring to a (French: Confédération Africaine de Handball), is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded in 1973 after the 2nd African Games in Lagos, Nigeria, it represents the national handball associations of Africa under the supervision of the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The CAHB headquarters is located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Its current President is the Dr. Mansourou A. Aremou from Benin. The motto of the organisation is Let's build African Handball together.

History

Old logo

The African Handball Confederation has been first continental confederation and with its 51 national federation. It is also the continental confederation with highest numbers of members within the IHF.

The founding congress took place on January 15, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria during the 2nd All-Africa Games. It was attended by Alberto de San Roman (Spain), the Vice-President of the International Handball Federation. The committee, which had done all the preparation work, was awarded with executive functions within the confederation. Dr. Salem Nabil became President and Babacar Fall Secretary General.

Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

CAHB Presidents

S. No.	Name	Country	Tenure
1.	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt	1973 - 1978
2.	Mr. Babacar Fall	Senegal	1978 - 1993
3.	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt	1993 - 1996
4.	Mr. Christophe Yapo Achi	Ivory Coast	1996 - 2008
5.	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin	September 2008 - Till date

CAHB Council

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
1st Vice-President	Mr. Medhat El-Beltagy	Egypt
2nd Vice-President	Mr. Pedro Godinho	Angola
Secretary General	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Treasurer	Mr. Auguste Dogbo	Togo
President Zone 1	Mr. Mourad Mestiri	Tunisia
President Zone 2	Mr. Camara Mamadouba	Guinea
President Zone 3	Mr. Alain Patrick Pare	Burkina Faso
President Zone 4	Mr. Amos Mbayo Kitenge	Republic of the Congo
President Zone 5	Mr. Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson	Uganda
President Zone 6	Mr. Ruth Saunders	South Africa

CAHB Tournaments

Nations

• African Men's Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Championship
• African Men's Junior Handball Championship
• African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• African Men's Youth Handball Championship
• African Women's Youth Handball Championship
• African Games

Clubs

• African Handball Champions League
• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Handball Super Cup
• African Women's Handball Champions League
• African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Women's Handball Super Cup

Title Holders

Nations	African Championship		African Junior Championship		African Youth Championship
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Egypt (2016)	Tunisia (2014)	Tunisia (2016)	Angola (2015)	Egypt (2014)	Egypt (2015)
Clubs	Champions Cup		Cup Winner's Cup		Super Cup
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Al Ahly (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)	Zamalek (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)	ES Tunis (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)

Members

Top ten CAHB Men's teams Updated as of 22 Sep 2013 Rank Team Points 15  Egypt 62 18  Tunisia 45 20  Algeria C 31 33  Morocco 8 42  Angola 3 47  Nigeria 1 C Current Africa champion

Top ten CAHB Women's teams Updated as of 03 Nov 2013 Rank Team Points 18  Angola 48 26  TunisiaC 18 27  Ivory Coast 14 29  Congo 10 39  Ivory Coast 3 43  DR Congo 2 61  Cameroon 4.8 48  Cape Verde 1 C Current Africa champion

Summer olympics record

Men

Nation	1936	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Men
Algeria				10/12	12/12	10/12		10/12						4
Egypt							11/12	6/12	7/12	12/12	10/12		9/12	6
Tunisia		16/16							10/12			8/12	12/12	4
Total	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	14
Women
Angola								7/8	9/10	9/10	12/12	10/12	8/12	6
Congo				6/6										1
Ivory Coast						8/8								1
Nigeria							8/8							1
Total	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9

World Championship record

Men
Team	1938	1954	1958	1961	1964	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Algeria								15/16		16/16	16/16	16/16		16/24	17/24	15/24	13/24	18/24	17/24		19/24	15/24	17/24	24/24		14
Angola																			20/24	21/24					Q	3
Egypt					14/16								12/16	6/24	6/24	7/24	4/24	15/24	14/24	17/24	14/24	14/24	16/24	14/24	Q	14
Morocco														22/24	23/24	17/24	22/24	23/24		20/24						6
Nigeria																23/24										1
Tunisia						15/16								15/24	16/24	12/24	10/24	14/24	4/24	11/24	17/24	20/24	11/24	15/24	Q	13
Total	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3		59
Women
Team	—	—	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Algeria									12/12						19/24								22/24			3
Angola												16/16	16/16	13/20	15/24	15/24	13/24	17/24	16/24	7/24	11/24	8/24	16/24	16/24		13
Cameroon																			22/24							1
Congo										12/12						22/24	22/24			17/24	20/24					5
DR Congo																							20/24	24/24		2
Ivory Coast														17/20	14/24	20/24		21/24	21/24		18/24	16/24				7
Tunisia								12/12									19/24	18/24		15/24	14/24	18/24	17/24	21/24		8
Total			—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3		38

Sponsors

• Qatar Airways

External links

• CAHB official website

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
African Handball Confederation (CAHB)	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CAF CHA CGO COD COM CIV CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GHA GEQ GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAR MAD MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Asian Handball Federation (AHF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW ǂ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMN PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
European Handball Federation (EHF)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FRO FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)	ASA AUS COK FJI GUM KIR NRU NZL PNG SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN
Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)	Caribbean ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI Central America BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN Northern America CAN GRL MEX USA South America ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Affiliated Members	ENG FSM MHL MNP NCL SCO TAH WLF
ǂ = suspended by the IHF

International handball
IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women
Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women
Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women
Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women
Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy