# Handball at the African Games

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 | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | 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 | | 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 |
| 2019 Details | Rabat | 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.

### Participating nations

| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
| Algeria | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | | 4th | | 9 |
| Angola | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | | 4 |
| Benin | | | 6th | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | | 5th | 5th | 6th | | | | 6 |
| Congo | 4th | | | 2nd | | | | | | 7th | 3rd | | | 4 |
| DR Congo | | | | | | | | 7th | | | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 2nd | | w/o | | | | | | 7th | | 7th | | | 4 |
| Egypt | 1st | 2nd | w/o | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 12 |
| Ethiopia | | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Gabon | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 6th | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | | | 3rd | 6th | | 12th | | | 7th | 4 |
| Guinea | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Kenya | | | | 7th | | | | | | 10th | 10th | | 5th | 4 |
| Libya | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | | | 1 |
| Madagascar | | | 4th | 6th | | | | | | 11th | | | | 2 |
| Mali | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 1 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | 1 |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | 1 |
| Nigeria | | 4th | | | 3rd | 3rd | | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 9 |
| Senegal | | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | | | 4th | | 4th | 8th | | | 5 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | 4th | 8th | | | | | | 2 |
| Togo | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 1 |
| Tunisia | 3rd | | 2nd | | | | | | 3rd | | | | | 3 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | 1 |
Rq: The table is not complete.

## Women's tournaments
### Summaries

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | 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 | Rabat | 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.

### Participating nations

| Nation | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
| Algeria | 1st | | | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | | 6th | 4th | 8 |
| Angola | | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | 8th | | 7th | 2 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | | | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 9 |
| Congo | | 2nd | | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | | | 7 |
| DR Congo | | | | | | 7th | | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 4th | 1st | 2nd | | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | | 5th | | | 7 |
| Egypt | 6th | | | 5th | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | | | | 10th | | | 6th | 2 |
| Guinea | | | | | | | | | | 4th | | 1 |
| Kenya | | | | | | 8th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 10th | | 5 |
| Madagascar | | | | | | | | 12th | | | | 1 |
| Mali | | | | | | | | | 9th | | 8th | 2 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | | 11th | | | | 1 |
| Nigeria | 5th | | 3rd | 3rd | | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | | 8 |
| Senegal | | 4th | 4th | | 6th | | | 9th | 3rd | | | 5 |
| South Africa | | | | | 7th | | | | | | | 1 |
| Tunisia | 3rd | | | | | | 6th | | | 5th | | 3 |
| Uganda | | | | 7th | | | | | | 8th | 5th | 3 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | | | 11th | | | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | 1 |
Rq: The table is not complete.