Handball at the African Games

Handball at the African Games

Handball
First event	1965 Brazzaville
Occur every	four years
Last event	2015 Brazzaville
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (EGY)

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		Egypt	22 – 7	Ivory Coast		Tunisia	–	Madagascar
1973 Details	Lagos		Algeria	14 – 12	Egypt		Senegal	17 – 7	Ivory Coast
1978 Details	Algiers		Algeria	20 – 13	Tunisia		Cameroon	36 – 20	Madagascar
1987 Details	Nairobi		Algeria	17 – 15	Congo		Egypt	17 – 11	Cameroon
1991 Details	Cairo		Egypt	16 – 12	Algeria		Nigeria	–	Cameroon
1995 Details	Harare		Egypt	–	Cameroon		Nigeria	–	Zimbabwe
1999 Details	Johannesburg		Algeria	–	Egypt		Ghana	–	South Africa
2003 Details	Abuja		Egypt	31 – 29	Algeria		Nigeria	35 – 33	Senegal
2007 Details	Algiers		Egypt	29 – 21	Algeria		Tunisia	34 – 31	Angola
2011 Details	Maputo		Egypt	24 – 20	Angola		Algeria	25 – 24	Senegal
2015 Details	Brazzaville		Egypt	25–23	Angola		Congo	32–29	Nigeria

Participating nations

Nation	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	Years
Algeria		1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd		9
Angola									4th	2nd	2nd	3
Benin			8th									1
Cameroon			3rd	4th		2nd		5th	5th	6th		6
Congo	4th			2nd						7th	3rd	4
DR Congo								7th			9th	2
Ivory Coast	2nd		4th						7th		7th	4
Egypt	1st	2nd		3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	10
Gabon										9th	6th	2
Ghana							3rd	6th		12th		3
Kenya				5th						10th	10th	3
Libya											5th	1
Madagascar										11th		1
Mozambique										8th		1
Nigeria		4th			3rd	3rd		3rd	6th	5th	4th	5
Senegal		3rd						4th		4th	8th	4
South Africa							4th	8th				2
Tunisia	3rd		2nd						3rd			3
Uganda					8th							1
Zimbabwe						8th						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		Algeria	17 – 12	Cameroon		Tunisia	19 – 6	Ivory Coast
1987 Details	Nairobi		Ivory Coast	22 – 11	Congo		Cameroon	18 – 13	Senegal
1991 Details	Cairo		Angola	23 – 19	Ivory Coast		Nigeria	31 – ??	Senegal
1995 Details	Harare		Angola	22 – 21	Congo		Nigeria	–	Algeria
1999 Details	Johannesburg		Angola	29 – 19	Congo		Cameroon	30 – 25	Algeria
2003 Details	Abuja		Cameroon	28 – 27	Ivory Coast		Angola	35 – 27	Congo
2007 Details	Algiers		Angola	35 – 22	Congo		Ivory Coast	25 – 24	Cameroon
2011 Details	Maputo		Angola	41 – 23	Congo		Cameroon	26 – 20	Algeria
2015 Details	Brazzaville		Angola	33–29	Cameroon		Senegal	25–24	Nigeria

Participating nations

Nation	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	Years
Algeria	1st			4th	4th	6th	7th	4th		6
Angola			1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	7
Burkina Faso									8th	1
Cape Verde								8th		1
Cameroon	2nd	3rd			3rd	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	7
Congo		2nd		2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	6th	7
DR Congo						7th		6th	7th	3
Ivory Coast	4th	1st	2nd		5th	2nd	3rd		5th	7
Egypt	6th			5th						2
Ghana								10th		1
Kenya						8th	8th	7th	10th	4
Madagascar								12th		1
Mali									9th	1
Mozambique								11th		1
Nigeria	5th		3rd	3rd		5th	5th	5th	4th	6
Senegal		4th	4th		6th			9th	3rd	5
South Africa					7th					1
Tunisia	3rd						6th			2
Uganda				7th						1
Zambia									11th	1
Zimbabwe				6th						1

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Medal table

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	7	2	1	10
2	Algeria	4	3	1	8
3	Angola	0	2	0	2
4	Tunisia	0	1	2	3
5	Congo	0	1	1	2
	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
7	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
8	Nigeria	0	0	3	3
9	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola	6	0	1	7
2	Cameroon	1	2	3	6
3	Ivory Coast	1	2	1	4
4	Algeria	1	0	0	1
5	Congo	0	5	0	5
6	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
7	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	7	2	1	10
2	Angola (ANG)	6	2	1	9
3	Algeria (ALG)	5	3	1	9
4	Cameroon (CMR)	1	3	4	8
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	3	1	5
6	Congo (CGO)	0	6	1	7
7	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	3	4
8	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	5	5
9	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	2	2
10	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

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)