African Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 African Men's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Inaugural season | 1974 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | CAHB (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Egypt (6th title) |
| Most titles |
 Tunisia (9 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 Olympic Games and for World Handball Championship. Started in 1974, it is the oldest continental handball competition. The current champions are Algeria, who won the 2014 tournament on home court.
Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record nine times. Algeria, with seven titles, and Egypt, with six titles, are the only two other teams to have won the competition.
Summaries
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^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Performance by nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 |  Algeria | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Egypt | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 |  Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Angola | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Participating nations
| Nation |  1974 |
1976 |
 1979 |
1981 |
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1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1992 |
1994 |
 1996 |
 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
 2018 |
Years |
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| Algeria |
2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | ||
| Angola |
5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||
| Benin |
9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Burkina Faso |
12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon |
2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
 Central African Rep. |
5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congo |
4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||||
 DR Congo |
4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 16 | |||||||
 Djibouti |
8 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt |
2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Gabon |
6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | Q | 7 | |||||||||||||||
 Ghana |
8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guinea |
8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kenya |
9 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Libya |
11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco |
5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||||||
 Nigeria |
8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal |
3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa |
10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Togo |
4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
See also
- African Men's Junior Handball Championship
- African Men's Youth Handball Championship
- African Handball Champions League
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