Handball_at_the_African_Games Knowpia

Handball at the African Games
	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 edit

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1965 Details	Brazzaville	United Arab Rep.	22 – 7	Ivory Coast	Tunisia	13–10	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	^n/a	Algeria	Nigeria	^n/a	Cameroon
1995 Details	Harare	Egypt	^n/a	Cameroon	Nigeria	^n/a	Zimbabwe
1999 Details	Johannesburg	Algeria	^n/a	Egypt	Ghana	^n/a	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
2019 Details	Rabat¹	Angola	31 – 25	Egypt	Morocco	25 – 22	Algeria
2023 Details	Accra	Egypt	33 – 32	DR Congo	Nigeria	38 – 20	Benin

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

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Rq: The table is not complete.

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	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
2019 Details	Rabat¹	Angola	28 – 25	Cameroon	DR Congo	32 – 22	Guinea
2023 Details	Accra	Angola	33 – 15	DR Congo	Cameroon	29 – 21	Algeria

^1 Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Rq: The table is not complete.


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
5	Congo	0	1	1	2
7	DR Congo	0	1	0	1
7	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


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
8	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		11	11	11	33


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