 Handball | |
| First event | 1965  Brazzaville |
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| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2023  Accra |
| Most successful team(s) | M: Egypt (8 titles)W:  Angola (8 titles) |
Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1965 Details | Brazzaville |  United Arab Rep. | 22 – 7 |  Ivory Coast |  Tunisia | 13–10 |  Madagascar | ||
| 1973 Details |  Lagos |  Algeria | 14 – 12 |  Egypt |  Senegal | 17 – 7 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 1978 Details |  Algiers | Algeria | 20 – 13 | Tunisia |  Cameroon | 36 – 20 | Madagascar | ||
| 1987 Details |  Nairobi | Algeria | 17 – 15 |  Congo |  Egypt | 17 – 11 | Cameroon | ||
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Egypt | n/a | Algeria |  Nigeria | n/a | Cameroon | ||
| 1995 Details |  Harare | Egypt | n/a | Cameroon | Nigeria | n/a |  Zimbabwe | ||
| 1999 Details |  Johannesburg | Algeria | n/a | Egypt |  Ghana | n/a |  South Africa | ||
| 2003 Details | Abuja | Egypt | 31 – 29 | Algeria | Nigeria | 35 – 33 | Senegal | ||
| 2007 Details | Algiers | Egypt | 29 – 21 | Algeria |  Tunisia | 34 – 31 |  Angola | ||
| 2011 Details |  Maputo | Egypt | 24 – 20 | Angola | Algeria | 25 – 24 | Senegal | ||
| 2015 Details | Brazzaville | Egypt | 25 – 23 | Angola |  Congo | 32 – 29 | Nigeria | ||
| 2019 Details |  Rabat 1 | Angola | 31 – 25 | Egypt |  Morocco | 25 – 22 | Algeria | ||
| 2023 Details | Accra | Egypt | 33 – 32 |  DR Congo | Nigeria | 38 – 20 |  Benin | ||
| Nation | 65 | 73 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
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| Algeria | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 9 | ||||
| Angola | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4 | |||||||||
 Benin | 6th | 4th | 2 | |||||||||||
 Burkina Faso | 9th | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Cameroon | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 6 | ||||||
| Congo | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||
 DR Congo | 7th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 4 | |||||||||
 Ivory Coast | 2nd | w/o | 7th | 7th | 4 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 1st | 2nd | w/o | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 12 |
 Ethiopia | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Gabon | 9th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ghana | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 4 | |||||||||
 Guinea | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kenya | 7th | 10th | 10th | 5th | 4 | |||||||||
 Libya | 5th | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Madagascar | 4th | 6th | 11th | 2 | ||||||||||
 Mali | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Morocco | 3rd | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 9 | ||||
 Senegal | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 5 | ||||||
| South Africa | 4th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||
 Togo | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Tunisia | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3 | ||||||||||
 Zambia | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 4th | 1 |
Rq: The table is not complete.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1978 Details | Algiers | Algeria | 17 – 12 | Cameroon | Tunisia | 19 – 6 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 1987 Details | Nairobi | Ivory Coast | 22 – 11 | Congo | Cameroon | 18 – 13 | Senegal | ||
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Angola | 23 – 19 | Ivory Coast | Nigeria | 31 – ?? | Senegal | ||
| 1995 Details | Harare | Angola | 22 – 21 | Congo | Nigeria | – | Algeria | ||
| 1999 Details | Johannesburg | Angola | 29 – 19 | Congo | Cameroon | 30 – 25 | Algeria | ||
| 2003 Details | Abuja | Cameroon | 28 – 27 | Ivory Coast | Angola | 35 – 27 | Congo | ||
| 2007 Details | Algiers | Angola | 35 – 22 | Congo | Ivory Coast | 25 – 24 | Cameroon | ||
| 2011 Details | Maputo | Angola | 41 – 23 | Congo | Cameroon | 26 – 20 | Algeria | ||
| 2015 Details | Brazzaville | Angola | 33 – 29 | Cameroon | Senegal | 25 – 24 | Nigeria | ||
| 2019 Details | Rabat 1 | Angola | 28 – 25 | Cameroon | DR Congo | 32 – 22 |  Guinea | ||
| 2023 Details | Accra | Angola | 33 – 15 | DR Congo | Cameroon | 29 – 21 | Algeria | ||
| Nation | 78 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | Years |
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| Algeria | 1st | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 8 | |||
| Angola | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 8th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||
 Cape Verde | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 9 | ||
| Congo | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7 | ||||
| DR Congo | 7th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7 | ||||
| Egypt | 6th | 5th | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 10th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 4th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 8th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 5 | ||||||
| Madagascar | 12th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 9th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 11th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 8 | |||
| Senegal | 4th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 5 | ||||||
| South Africa | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tunisia | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
 Uganda | 7th | 8th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Zambia | 11th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 6th | 1 |
Rq: The table is not complete.
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