| African Handball Confederation | |
| Abbr: | CAHB |
| Logosize: | 200px |
| Url: | https://cahbonline.info/ |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Othersport1: | Beach handball |
| Historytitle: | History |
| Founded: | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Demographicstitle: | Demographics |
| Affiliations Title: | Affiliations |
| If: | International Handball Federation |
| If Abbr: | IHF |
| If Joined: | 1973 |
| Other Aff1: | Association of African Sports Confederations |
| Electedtitle: | Governance |
| President: | Mansourou Aremou |
| Board Type: | Vice-President |
| Board1: | Medhat El-Beltagy |
| Sectitle: | Secretariat |
| Address1: | 08 BP 1518 Abidjan |
| Country: | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Staff Pos2: | Official Language(s) |
| Staff Name2: | English & French |
| Staff Pos1: | Secretary General |
| Staff Name1: | Charles Omboumahou |
| Staff Number: | 14 |
| Financetitle: | Finance |
| Sponsors: | Hummel Qatar Airways |
The African Handball Confederation (acronym CAHB, referring to French: Confédération Africaine de Handball) 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).
The CAHB headquarters is located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Its current president is Dr. Mansourou Aremou from Benin. The motto of the organisation is "Let's build African Handball together."
The African Handball Confederation was the first such continental confederation and is tied to 53 national federations. It is also the continental confederation with the highest number of members within the IHF.
The founding congress took place on January 15, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria, during the 2nd All-Africa Games. It was attended by Alberto de San Roman (Spain), the vice-president of the International Handball Federation. The committee, which had done all the preparation work, was awarded with executive functions within the confederation. Dr. Salem Nabil became president, and Babacar Fall became secretary general.
Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
| S. No. | Name | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Babacar Fall | 1973 – 1993 | |
| 2 |  Nabil Salem | 1993 – 1996 | |
| 3 |  Christophe Yapo Achy | 1996 – 2008 | |
| 4 | September 2008 – present |
| S. No. | Name | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Issa Ahmed | 1973 – 1978 | |
| 2 | Christophe Yapo Achy | 1978 – 1993 | |
| 3 | Ferdinand Kitsadi Zorrino | 1993 – 2000 | |
| 4 | 2000 – 2008 | ||
| 5 |  Nicole Assele | 2008 – 2012 | |
| 6 | 2012 – present |
| Designation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| President |  Mansourou Aremou | |
| 1st Vice-president | Medhat El-Beltagy | |
| 2nd Vice-president | Pedro Godinho | |
| Secretary General | Charles Omboumahou | |
| Treasurer | Auguste Dogbo |
| Designation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| President | Mansourou Aremou | |
| 1st Vice-president | Medhat El-Beltagy | |
| 2nd Vice-president | Pedro Godinho | |
| Secretary General | Charles Omboumahou | |
| Treasurer | Auguste Dogbo | |
| Council Members | François Gnamian | |
| Diouf Seydou | ||
| Habib Labane | ||
| President Zone 1 |  Mourad Mestiri | |
| President Zone 2 | Camara Mamadouba | |
| President Zone 3 | Alain Patrick Pare | |
| President Zone 4 |  Amos Mbayo Kitenge | |
| President Zone 5 |  Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson | |
| President Zone 6 | Ruth Saunders |
| Competitions | Current Champion | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Men's Handball Championship | (2024) | 9th | |
| African Women's Handball Championship | (2022) | 15th | |
| African Men's Junior Handball Championship | (2022) | 13th | |
| African Women's Junior Handball Championship | (2023) | 11th | |
| African Men's Youth Handball Championship | (2022) | 7th | |
| African Women's Youth Handball Championship | (2023) | 5th |
| Competitions | Current Champion | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Handball Champions League | Zamalek (2019) | 12th | |
| African Handball Cup Winners' Cup | Zamalek (2022) | 6th | |
| African Handball Super Cup | Al Ahly (2022) | 2nd | |
| African Women's Handball Champions League | 1º de Agosto (2019) | 6th | |
| African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup | 1º de Agosto (2019) | 4th | |
| African Women's Handball Super Cup | 1º de Agosto (2019) | 5th |
Cape Verde
Mali Senegal
Sierra Leone Benin
Ghana Ivory Coast
Liberia
Burundi
Djibouti Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Somalia Uganda
Eswatini
Mozambique
Namibia ✝
Comoros| Nation | 1972[1] | 1980[2] [3] |  1984[4] |  1988[5] [6] |  1992[7] [8] | 1996[9] [10] |  2000[11] [12] | 2004[13] [14] |  2008[15] [16] | 2012[17] [18] |  2016[19] [20] |  2020[21] [22] |  2024 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||||||||||||||
| 10/ | 12/ | 10/ | 10/ | 4 | |||||||||||
| 11/ | 6/ | 7/ | 12/ | 10/ | 9/ | 4/ | 7 | ||||||||
| 16/ | 10/ | 8/ | 12/ | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Women | |||||||||||||||
| 7/ | 9/ | 9/ | 12/ | 10/ | 8/ | 10/ | 8 | ||||||||
| 6/ | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8/ | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8/ | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team |  1938 |  1954 | 1958 | 1961 | 1964 | 1967 | 1970 | 1974 |  1978 | 1982 |  1986 | 1990 | 1993 |  1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 |  2003 | 2005 | 2007 |  2009 | 2011 | 2013 |  2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 |  2023 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/ | 16/ | 16/ | 16/ | 16/ | 17/ | 15/ | 13/ | 18/ | 17/ | 19/ | 15/ | 17/ | 24/ | 22/ | Q | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 20/ | 21/ | 24/ | 23/ | 30/ | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32/ | Q | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28/ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14/ | 12/ | 6/ | 6/ | 7/ | 4/ | 15/ | 14/ | 17/ | 14/ | 14/ | 16/ | 14/ | 13/ | 8/ | 7/ | Q | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 22/ | 23/ | 17/ | 22/ | 23/ | 20/ | 29/ | Q | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23/ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15/ | 15/ | 16/ | 12/ | 10/ | 14/ | 4/ | 11/ | 17/ | 20/ | 11/ | 15/ | 19/ | 12/ | 25/ | Q | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 66 | |
| Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | — | — | 1957 | 1962 | 1965 | 1971 | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 |  1982 | 1986 | 1990 |  1993 |  1995 | 1997 | 1999 |  2001 | 2003 |  2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | Total | |
| 12/ | 19/ | 22/ | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16/ | 16/ | 13/ | 15/ | 15/ | 13/ | 17/ | 16/ | 7/ | 11/ | 8/ | 16/ | 16/ | 19/ | 15/ | 25/ | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 22/ | 20/ | 28/ | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/ | 22/ | 22/ | 17/ | 20/ | 23/ | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20/ | 24/ | 20/ | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17/ | 14/ | 20/ | 21/ | 21/ | 18/ | 16/ | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18/ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12/ | 19/ | 18/ | 15/ | 14/ | 18/ | 17/ | 21/ | 24/ | 27/ | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 53 | |||
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