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Association | Cameroon Handball Federation | ||
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African Championship | |||
Appearances | 18 (First in 1974 ) | ||
Best result | 2nd (1974) | ||
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The Cameroon national handball team is the national handball team of Cameroon.
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Sports in Cameroon is practiced widely by the population and advocated by the national government. Cameroonians take pride in victories at international competitions, making sport an important source of national unity. Traditional sports in Cameroon include canoe racing, swimming, tug of war, and wrestling. Wrestling has featured in the initiation rites and other ceremonies of ethnic groups such as the Bakweri and the Duala.
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