African_Men's_Handball_Championship

African Men's Handball Championship

African Men's Handball Championship

Men's national handball team tournament

For the women's tournament, see African Women's Handball Championship.

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 Egypt, who won the 2024 tournament in Egypt.

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Only three countries have won the tournament. Tunisia, winner of the first edition, has won the title a record ten times. Egypt, with nine titles, and Algeria, with seven titles, are the only two other teams to have won the competition.

Both Morocco and Algeria were banned from hosting the African Handball Championship in 2022 and 2024, Egypt were chosen to host the tournaments instead.[1][2]

Summaries

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^n1 Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal table

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Participating nations

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rahhali, Lamine. "Morocco, Algeria Banned from Hosting Africa Handball Cup". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. [2]
    "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة اليد يمنح مصر استضافة بطولتي إفريقيا 2022 و2024". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
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