The Cape Verde national football team represents Cape Verde in men's international football, and is controlled by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified for four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023. The team achieved their best result in 2023 after making it past the first round of the knockout stage.
The African Handball Confederation is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded on 15 January 1973 after the 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos (Nigeria), it represents the national handball associations of Africa under the supervision of the International Handball Federation (IHF).
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres (1,557 sq mi). These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles.
Luc Kangny Abalo is a French retired handball player.
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for TFF First League club Kocaelispor and the Cape Verde national team.
Cléopatre Darleux is a French handball goalkeeper for Metz Handball and the French national team.
Felipe Borges Dutra Ribeiro is a Brazilian handball player for US Créteil Handball and the Brazilian national team.
Marouan Chouiref is a Tunisian handball player for Tremblay-en-France and the Tunisian national team.
Steven Moreira is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.
Valentin Porte is a French handball player for Montpellier Handball.
Haniel Vinícius Inoue Langaro is a Brazilian professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian handball team.
Méline Nocandy is a French female handballer for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.
Alexandre de Oliveira Cavalcanti is a Portuguese handballer for MT Melsungen and the Portuguese national team.
Alexis Hernandez Borges is a Portuguese handball player for S.L. Benfica and the Portuguese national team.
Elohim Prandi is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain Handball and the French national team.
The Cape Verde national handball team is the national handball team of Cape Verde.
Wesley Pardin is a French handball player for Pays d’Aix UC and the French national team.
Pedro André Caseiro Portela is a Portuguese handball player for Sporting CP and the Portuguese national team.
Fábio Ramos Magalhães is a Portuguese handball player for FC Porto and the Portuguese national team.
