Handball at the African Games explained

Handball at the African Games
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Formation:	1965 Brazzaville
Recurrence:	four years
Last:	2023 Accra
Leader Title:	Most successful team(s)
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Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
width=15%	Gold Medal		width=10%	Score	width=15%		Silver Medal	width=15%	Bronze Medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
1965 Details	Brazzaville			22 – 7				13–10
1973 Details	Lagos			14 – 12				17 – 7
1978 Details	Algiers			20 – 13				36 – 20
1987 Details	Nairobi			17 – 15				17 – 11
1991 Details	Cairo
1995 Details	Harare
1999 Details	Johannesburg
2003 Details	Abuja			31 – 29				35 – 33
2007 Details	Algiers			29 – 21				34 – 31
2011 Details	Maputo			24 – 20				25 – 24
2015 Details	Brazzaville			25 – 23				32 – 29
2019 Details	Rabat			31 – 25				25 – 22
2023 Details	Accra			33 – 32				38 – 20

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

Nation	65	73	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23 !	Years
		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd		4th		9
									4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st		4
			6th										4th	2
												9th		1
			3rd	4th	4th	2nd		5th	5th	6th				6
	4th			2nd						7th	3rd			4
								7th			9th	5th	2nd	4
	2nd								7th		7th			4
	1st	2nd		3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	12
					6th									1
										9th	6th			2
							3rd	6th		12th			7th	4
												7th		1
				7th						10th	10th		5th	4
											5th			1
			4th	6th						11th				2
													6th	1
												3rd		1
										8th				1
		4th			3rd	3rd		3rd	6th	5th	4th	6th	3rd	9
		3rd	5th	5th	5th			4th		4th	8th			5
							4th	8th						2
													8th	1
	3rd		2nd						3rd					3
												8th		1
						4th								1

Rq: The table is not complete.

Women's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
width=15%	Gold Medal		width=10%	Score	width=15%		Silver Medal	width=15%	Bronze Medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
1978 Details	Algiers			17 – 12				19 – 6
1987 Details	Nairobi			22 – 11				18 – 13
1991 Details	Cairo			23 – 19				31 – ??
1995 Details	Harare			22 – 21				–
1999 Details	Johannesburg			29 – 19				30 – 25
2003 Details	Abuja			28 – 27				35 – 27
2007 Details	Algiers			35 – 22				25 – 24
2011 Details	Maputo			41 – 23				26 – 20
2015 Details	Brazzaville			33 – 29				25 – 24
2019 Details	Rabat			28 – 25				32 – 22
2023 Details	Accra			33 – 15				29 – 21

Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations

Nation	78	87	91	95	99	03	07	11	15	19	23 !	Years
	bgcolor=gold	1st			4th	4th	6th	7th	4th		6th	4th	8
			bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	9
									8th		7th	2
								8th				1
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd			3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	9
		bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th			7
						7th		6th	7th	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5
	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd		5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd		5th			7
	6th			5th								2
								10th			6th	2
										4th		1
						8th	8th	7th	10th	10th		5
								12th				1
									9th		8th	2
										7th		1
								11th				1
	5th		3rd	3rd		5th	5th	5th	4th	9th		8
		4th	4th		6th			9th	3rd			5
					7th							1
	3rd						6th			5th		3
				7th						8th	5th	3
									11th			1
				6th								1

Rq: The table is not complete.

Medal table

Overall

See also

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