# African Men'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.
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.

## Summaries

| 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 |
| 1974 Details | Tunisia | Tunisia | | Cameroon | Senegal | | Togo |
| 1976 Details | Algeria | Tunisia | | Algeria | Cameroon | | Togo |
| 1979 Details | Congo | Tunisia | 21–17 | Egypt | Algeria | 26–24 | Congo |
| 1981 Details | Tunisia | Algeria | 30–25 | Ivory Coast | Tunisia | – | Egypt |
| 1983 Details | Egypt | Algeria | 25–24 | Congo | Tunisia | 29–24 | Egypt |
| 1985 Details | Angola | Algeria | 23–17 | Tunisia | Congo | – | Egypt |
| 1987 Details | Morocco | Algeria | 22–16 | Egypt | Tunisia | – | Congo |
| 1989 Details | Algeria | Algeria | 18–17 | Egypt | Tunisia | – | Congo |
| 1991 Details | Egypt | Egypt | | Algeria | Tunisia | | Morocco |
| 1992 Details | Ivory Coast | Egypt | 26–24 | Tunisia | Algeria | 28–16 | Zaire |
| 1994 Details | Tunisia | Tunisia | 18–16 (ET) | Algeria | Egypt | – | Morocco |
| 1996 Details | Benin | Algeria | 21–19 (ET) | Tunisia | Egypt | 28–21 | Morocco |
| 1998 Details | South Africa | Tunisia | 22–19 | Algeria | Egypt | 35–26 | Nigeria |
| 2000 Details | Algeria | Egypt | | Algeria | Tunisia | | Morocco |
| 2002 Details | Morocco | Tunisia | 25–19 | Algeria | Egypt | 35–25 | Morocco |
| 2004 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 31–28 | Tunisia | Angola | 31–30 | Algeria |
| 2006 Details | Tunisia | Tunisia | 26–21 | Egypt | Morocco | 26–25 | Angola |
| 2008 Details | Angola | Egypt | 27–25 | Tunisia | Algeria | 23–20 | Angola |
| 2010 Details | Egypt | Tunisia | 24–21 | Egypt | Algeria | 30–22 | DR Congo |
| 2012 Details | Morocco | Tunisia | 23–20 | Algeria | Egypt | 29–15 | Morocco |
| 2014 Details | Algeria | Algeria | 25–21 | Tunisia | Egypt | 31–24 | Angola |
| 2016 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 21–19 | Tunisia | Angola | 25–19 | Algeria |
| 2018 Details | Gabon | Tunisia | 26–24 | Egypt | Angola | 29–26 | Morocco |
| 2020 Details | Tunisia | Egypt | 27–22 | Tunisia | Algeria | 32–27 | Angola |
| 2022 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 37–25 | Cape Verde | Morocco | 28–24 | Tunisia |
| 2024 Details | Egypt | Egypt | 29–21 | Algeria | Tunisia | 35–28 | Cape Verde |
| 2026 Details | Rwanda | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
    ^n1 Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified.
    ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Egypt | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Algeria | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Participating nations
### Legend

| Team | 1974 | 1976 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Years |
| Algeria | × | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | | 25 |
| Angola | | | 9th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | | | | | 8th | | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 8th | | 19 |
| Benin | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | | | 8th | | | | | | 7th | 9th | | 5th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 12th | 12th | 10th | | 18 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 2nd | 4th | | 3 |
| Central African Rep. | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Congo | | | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 7th | | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 10th | 6th | | 8th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 9th | | 13th | | 21 |
| DR Congo | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | • | • | • | 7th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | | 14 |
| Djibouti | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Egypt | • | ×× | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | | 24 |
| Gabon | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 6th | 12th | • | 8th | • | 9th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 11th | | 11 |
| Ghana | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Guinea | | | | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 6th | 5th | | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | | 10th | | 7th | | 12th | 10th | | | | 14th | | | | 17 |
| Kenya | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | | | | | | 12th | | 15th | × | 15th | | 4 |
| Libya | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | 11th | • | 12th | 9th | • | 13th | | 12th | | 6 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | 8th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | | 20 |
| Nigeria | × | × | 8th | 6th | × | 7th | × | × | × | × | × | 5th | 4th | • | 7th | • | 10th | 6th | 7th | • | 11th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 9th | | 15 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14th | Q | 2 |
| Senegal | 3rd | 5th | | | | 9th | 7th | | 6th | 6th | 9th | | | | 9th | 7th | | | | 5th | 8th | | | WD | 11th | | | 12 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Togo | 4th | 4th | 6th | | | | | | | | 7th | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Tunisia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | | 26 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 13th | 16th | | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | |