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Handball at the African Games

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{{Infobox Sporting Event Organization

| name = Handball at the African Games

| image = Handball pictogram.svg

| image_upright= 0.6

| caption = Handball

| abbreviation =

| motto =

| formation = 1965 {{flagicon|CGO}} Brazzaville

| recurrence = four years

| last = 2023 {{flagicon|GHA}} Accra

| purpose =

| headquarters =

| leader_title = Most successful team(s)

| leader_name = {{nowrap|M: {{hb|EGY}} {{small|(8 titles)}}}}
{{nowrap|W: {{hbw|ANG}} {{small|(8 titles)}}}}

| website =

| remarks =

}}

Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Men's tournaments

= Summaries =

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
bgcolor=#C1D8FF

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

! rowspan="36" width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" |

!colspan=3|Final

! rowspan="36" width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" |

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15%|Gold Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Silver Medal

!width=15%|Bronze Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth Place

1965
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|CGO}} Brazzaville

|{{hb-big|EGY|1958|name=United Arab Rep.}}

| 22 – 7

|{{hb-big|CIV}}

|{{hb-big|TUN|1959}}

| 13–10

|{{hb-big|MDG}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1973
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGR}} Lagos

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

| 14 – 12

|{{hb-big|EGY|1972}}

|{{hb-big|SEN}}

| 17 – 7

|{{hb-big|CIV}}

1978
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} Algiers

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

| 20 – 13

|{{hb-big|TUN|1959}}

|{{hb-big|CMR}}

| 36 – 20

|{{hb-big|MDG}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1987
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|KEN}} Nairobi

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

| 17 – 15

|{{hb-big|CGO|1970}}

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 17 – 11

|{{hb-big|CMR}}

1991
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

|{{hb-big|NGR}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|CMR}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|1995
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Harare

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|CMR}}

|{{hb-big|NGR}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|ZIM}}

1999
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} Johannesburg

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

|{{hb-big|GHA}}

|{{ref|1|n/a}}

|{{hb-big|RSA}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2003
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGR}} Abuja

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 31 – 29

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

|{{hb-big|NGR}}

| 35 – 33

|{{hb-big|SEN}}

2007
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} Algiers

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 29 – 21

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

|{{hb-big|TUN}}

| 34 – 31

|{{hb-big|ANG}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2011
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|MOZ}} Maputo

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 24 – 20

|{{hb-big|ANG}}

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

| 25 – 24

|{{hb-big|SEN}}

2015
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|CGO}} Brazzaville

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 25 – 23

|{{hb-big|ANG}}

|{{hb-big|CGO}}

| 32 – 29

|{{hb-big|NGR}}

style="background: #D0E6FF;"

|2019
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} Rabat{{ref|2|1}}

|{{hb-big|ANG}}

| 31 – 25

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

|{{hb-big|MAR}}

| 25 – 22

|{{hb-big|ALG}}

2023
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} Accra

|{{hb-big|EGY}}

| 33 – 32

|{{hb-big|COD}}

|{{hb-big|NGR}}

| 38 – 20

|{{hb-big|BEN}}

{{refbegin}}

:{{note|1|n/a}} A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

:{{note|2|1}} Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

{{refend}}

= Participating nations =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Nation

! 65
{{Flagicon|CGO}} !! 73
{{Flagicon|NGR}} !! 78
{{Flagicon|ALG}} !! 87
{{Flagicon|KEN}} !! 91
{{Flagicon|EGY}} !! 95
{{Flagicon|ZIM}} !! 99
{{Flagicon|RSA}} !! 03
{{Flagicon|NGR}} !! 07
{{Flagicon|ALG}} !! 11
{{Flagicon|MOZ}} !! 15
{{Flagicon|CGO}}

19
{{Flagicon|MAR}}		23
{{Flagicon|GHA}} !! Years
align=left|{{hb|ALG}}bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4th!9
align=left|{{hb|ANG}}4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1st!4
align=left|{{hb|BEN}}6th4th

!2

align=left|{{hb|BUR}}9th!1
align=left|{{hb|CMR}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd4th4thbgcolor="silver"|2nd5th5th6th!6
align=left|{{hb|CGO}}4thbgcolor="silver"|2nd7thbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd!4
align=left|{{hb|COD}}7th9th5thbgcolor="silver"|2nd

!4

align=left|{{hb|CIV}}bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="Red"|{{Tooltip|w/o|Withrew in the tournament}}7th7th!4
align=left|{{hb|EGY}}bgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="Red"|{{Tooltip|w/o|Withrew in the tournament}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="gold"|1stbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="gold"|1st

!12

align=left|{{hb|ETH}}6th!1
align=left|{{hb|GAB}}9th6th!2
align=left|{{hb|GHA}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd6th12th7th

!4

align=left|{{hb|GUI}}7th!1
align=left|{{hb|KEN}}7th10th10th5th

!4

align=left|{{hb|LBY}}5th!1
align=left|{{hb|MAD}}4th6th11th!2
align=left|{{hb|MLI}}6th

!1

align=left|{{hb|MAR}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd!1
align=left|{{hb|MOZ}}8th!1
align=left|{{hb|NGR}}4thbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd6th5th4th6thbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd

!9

align=left|{{hb|SEN}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd5th5th5th4th4th8th!5
align=left|{{hb|RSA}}4th8th!2
align=left|{{hb|TOG}}8th

!1

align=left|{{hb|TUN}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rdbgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd!3
align=left|{{hb|ZAM}}8th!1
align=left|{{hb|ZIM}}4th!1

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Women's tournaments

= Summaries =

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
bgcolor=#EFC1C4

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

! rowspan="36" width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" |

!colspan=3|Final

! rowspan="36" width="1%" bgcolor="ffffff" |

!colspan=3|Third Place Match

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15%|Gold Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Silver Medal

!width=15%|Bronze Medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth Place

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|1978
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} Algiers

|{{hbw-big|ALG}}

|17 – 12

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

|{{hbw-big|TUN|1959}}

|19 – 6

|{{hbw-big|CIV}}

style="background: #FFD4E4;"

|1987
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|KEN}} Nairobi

|{{hbw-big|CIV}}

| 22 – 11

|{{hbw-big|CGO|1970}}

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

| 18 – 13

|{{hbw-big|SEN}}

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|1991
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 23 – 19

|{{hbw-big|CIV}}

|{{hbw-big|NGR}}

| 31 – ??

|{{hbw-big|SEN}}

style="background: #FFD4E4;"

|1995
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Harare

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 22 – 21

|{{hbw-big|CGO}}

|{{hbw-big|NGR}}

| –

|{{hbw-big|ALG}}

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|1999
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} Johannesburg

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 29 – 19

|{{hbw-big|CGO}}

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

| 30 – 25

|{{hbw-big|ALG}}

style="background: #FFD4E4;"

|2003
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|NGR}} Abuja

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

| 28 – 27

|{{hbw-big|CIV}}

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 35 – 27

|{{hbw-big|CGO}}

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|2007
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} Algiers

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 35 – 22

|{{hbw-big|CGO}}

|{{hbw-big|CIV}}

| 25 – 24

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

style="background: #FFD4E4;"

|2011
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|MOZ}} Maputo

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 41 – 23

|{{hbw-big|CGO}}

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

| 26 – 20

|{{hbw-big|ALG}}

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|2015
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|CGO}} Brazzaville

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 33 – 29

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

|{{hbw-big|SEN}}

| 25 – 24

|{{hbw-big|NGR}}

style="background: #FFD4E4;"

|2019
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} Rabat{{ref|1|1}}

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 28 – 25

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

|{{hbw-big|COD}}

| 32 – 22

|{{hbw-big|GUI}}

style="background: #fff0ff;"

|2023
Details

|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} Accra

|{{hbw-big|ANG}}

| 33 – 15

|{{hbw-big|COD}}

|{{hbw-big|CMR}}

| 29 – 21

|{{hbw-big|ALG}}

{{refbegin}}

:{{note|1|1}} Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

{{refend}}

= Participating nations =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Nation

! 78
{{Flagicon|ALG}} !! 87
{{Flagicon|KEN}} !! 91
{{Flagicon|EGY}} !! 95
{{Flagicon|ZIM}} !! 99
{{Flagicon|RSA}} !! 03
{{Flagicon|NGR}} !! 07
{{Flagicon|ALG}} !! 11
{{Flagicon|MOZ}} !! 15
{{Flagicon|CGO}}

19
{{Flagicon|MAR}}		23
{{Flagicon|GHA}} !! Years
align=left|{{hbw|ALG}}bgcolor=gold|1st4th4th6th7th4th6th4th

!8

align=left|{{hbw|ANG}}bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1st

!9

align=left|{{hbw|BFA}}8th7th

!2

align=left|{{hbw|CPV}}8th!1
align=left|{{hbw|CMR}}bgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1st4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd

!9

align=left|{{hbw|CGO}}bgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2nd4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2nd6th!7
align=left|{{hbw|COD}}7th6th7thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd

!5

align=left|{{hbw|CIV}}4thbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2nd5thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5th!7
align=left|{{hbw|EGY}}6th5th!2
align=left|{{hbw|GHA}}10th6th

!2

align=left|{{hbw|GUI}}4th!1
align=left|{{hbw|KEN}}8th8th7th10th10th!5
align=left|{{hbw|MAD}}12th!1
align=left|{{hbw|MLI}}9th8th

!2

align=left|{{hbw|MAR}}7th!1
align=left|{{hbw|MOZ}}11th!1
align=left|{{hbw|NGR}}5thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd5th5th5th4th9th!8
align=left|{{hbw|SEN}}4th4th6th9thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd!5
align=left|{{hbw|RSA}}7th!1
align=left|{{hbw|TUN}}bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd6th5th!3
align=left|{{hbw|UGA}}7th8th5th

!3

align=left|{{hbw|ZAM}}11th!1
align=left|{{hbw|ZIM}}6th!1

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Medal table

{{col-begin|width=1100px}}

{{col-break|}}

= Men =

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = hb

| event =

| team =

| gold_EGY = 8 | silver_EGY = 3 | bronze_EGY = 1

| gold_ALG = 4 | silver_ALG = 3 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_ANG = 1 | silver_ANG = 2 | bronze_ANG = 0

| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 2

| gold_CGO = 0 | silver_CGO = 1 | bronze_CGO = 1

| gold_COD = 0 | silver_COD = 1 | bronze_COD = 0

| gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 1 | bronze_CMR = 1

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 1 | bronze_CIV = 0

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 4

| gold_GHA = 0 | silver_GHA = 0 | bronze_GHA = 1

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1

| gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1

}}

{{col-break|}}

= Women =

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = hbw

| event =

| team =

| gold_ANG = 8 | silver_ANG = 0 | bronze_ANG = 1

| gold_CMR = 1 | silver_CMR = 3 | bronze_CMR = 4

| gold_CIV = 1 | silver_CIV = 2 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 0

| gold_CGO = 0 | silver_CGO = 5 | bronze_CGO = 0

| gold_COD = 0 | silver_COD = 1 | bronze_COD = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 2

| gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 1

| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 0 | bronze_TUN = 1

}}

{{col-end|}}

{{col-begin|width=1020px}}

{{col-break|}}

= Overall =

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC2team

| event = African Games

| team =

| gold_ALG = 5 | silver_ALG = 3 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_ANG = 9 | silver_ANG = 2 | bronze_ANG = 1

| gold_CMR = 1 | silver_CMR = 4 | bronze_CMR = 5

| gold_CGO = 0 | silver_CGO = 6 | bronze_CGO = 1

| gold_COD = 0 | silver_COD = 2 | bronze_COD = 1 | name_COD = {{flagicon|COD}} DR Congo {{small|(COD)}}

| gold_EGY = 8 | silver_EGY = 3 | bronze_EGY = 1

| gold_GHA = 0 | silver_GHA = 0 | bronze_GHA = 1

| gold_CIV = 1 | silver_CIV = 3 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 6

| gold_SEN = 0 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 2

| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 3

}}

{{col-break|}}

{{col-end|}}

See also

External links

  • [http://www.todor66.com/handball/Africa/index.html Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518035858/http://sports123.com/han/mafg.html Men's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006023815/http://sports123.com/han/wafg.html Women's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)]

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