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Current season, competition or edition: 2024 African Women's Handball Championship | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1974 |
First season | 1974 |
Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
Most recent champion(s) | Angola (16th title) |
Most titles | Angola (16 titles) |
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 Summer Olympics and For World Handball Championship.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Angola | 16 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
2 | Congo | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
3 | Tunisia | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
5 | Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
7 | Senegal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
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Team | 1974 | 1976 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | Years |
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Algeria | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 8th | •• | 10th | 8th | 19 | ||||||
Angola | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 23 | |||
Benin | 8th | •• | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | •• | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 19 | ||||||
Cape Verde | 9th | 12th | 10th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chad | •• | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congo | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 25 | |
DR Congo | 8th | •• | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 5th | 13 | ||||||||||||
Egypt | 3rd | 6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | •• | 6th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 4th | 12 | |||||||||||||
Gabon | 9th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ghana | 9th | •• | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guinea | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 7th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 22 | ||||
Kenya | 10th | 12th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Madagascar | 11th | 13th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morocco | 8th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | 6th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | •• | •• | 1st | 4th | 5th | 8th | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Senegal | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 6th | ×× | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 13 | |||||||||||||
South Africa | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Togo | 7th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 22 | ||||
Uganda | 4th | 4th | 5th | 11th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
Year | Award Winner |
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2004 | Nair Almeida |
2006 | |
2008 | Nair Almeida |
2010 | Mouna Chebbah |
2012 | Mouna Chebbah |
2014 | |
2016 | Natália Bernardo |
2018 | Albertina Kassoma |
2021 | |
2022 | Helena Paulo |
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