# African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The African Men's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth men's 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 Youth World Championship. Egypt is the most successful national team with a record number of eight (8) titles out of nine (9) participants.

## Summary

| # | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| # | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| I | 2000 Details | Abidjan | Benin | – | Nigeria | | Ivory Coast | – | Burkina Faso |
| II | 2004 Details | Casablanca | Egypt | – | Tunisia | | Morocco | – | |
| III | 2008 Details | Tripoli | Egypt | 31–24 | Tunisia | | Libya | 24–17 | Benin |
| V | 2010 Details | Libreville | Egypt | 25–24 | Tunisia | | Gabon | 22–20 | Algeria |
| VII | 2012 Details | Abidjan | Egypt | 27–22 | Tunisia | | Angola | 30–23 | Gabon |
| IX | 2014 Details | Nairobi | Egypt | 26–22 | Algeria | | Tunisia | 24–16 | Angola |
| | 2016 Details | Bamako | Tunisia | 26–25 | Egypt | | Algeria | 22–15 | DR Congo |
| | 2018 Details | Marrakesh | Egypt | No playoffs | Tunisia | | Nigeria | No playoffs | Algeria |
| | 2020 | Casablanca | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| XVIII | 2022 Details | Kigali | Egypt | 51–29 | Rwanda | | Morocco | 41–34 | Burundi |
| XX | 2024 Details | Mahdia | Egypt | 34–29 | Tunisia | | Guinea | 20–11 | Morocco |

## Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Benin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Gabon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | Years |
| Algeria | | | | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
| Angola | | | | 5th | 3rd | 4th | | | | | 3 |
| Benin | 1st | | 4th | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 4th | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Burundi | | | | | | | | | 4th | 8th | 2 |
| Cameroon | | | | 7th | | | | | | | 1 |
| Congo | | | | | 9th | | | | | | 1 |
| DR Congo | | | | | 6th | | 4th | | | | 2 |
| Egypt | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 |
| Gabon | | | | 3rd | 4th | | | | | | 2 |
| Guinea | | | | | 10th | 7th | 6th | 5th | | 3rd | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 3rd | | | 8th | 8th | | | | | | 3 |
| Kenya | | | | | | 6th | | | | 7th | 2 |
| Libya | | | 3rd | | 5th | 5th | | | 7th | 6th | 5 |
| Madagascar | | | | | | | | | 8th | | 1 |
| Mali | 6th | | | | | | 8th | | | | 2 |
| Mauritania | | | | | | | | 7th | | | 1 |
| Morocco | | 3rd | 5th | 6th | | | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 7 |
| Niger | 5th | | | | | 8th | | | | | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2nd | | | | | | | 3rd | | | 2 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | 7th | | 2nd | | 2 |
| Tunisia | | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | | 2nd | 8 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | 6th | | 1 |
| Zambia | | | | | | 9th | | | | | 1 |
| # Teams | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |