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| Dates | 1974 |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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The 1974 African Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, which took place in 1974, in Tunis, Tunisia. The host Tunisia won the tournament. [1]
Note that a women's tournament of the African Women's Handball Championship is organized in parallel.
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