The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and for World Handball Championship.
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| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1974 Details |
Tunisia |
Tunisia |
– | Cameroon |
Senegal |
– | Togo |
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| 1976 Details |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
– | Algeria |
Cameroon |
– | Togo |
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| 1979 Details |
Republic of the Congo |
Tunisia |
21 – 17 | Egypt |
Algeria |
26 – 24 | Congo |
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| 1981 Details |
Tunisia |
Algeria |
– | Côte d'Ivoire |
Tunisia |
– | Egypt |
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| 1983 Details |
Egypt |
Algeria |
– | Congo |
Tunisia |
– | Egypt |
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| 1985 Details |
Tunisia |
Algeria |
– | Egypt |
Tunisia |
– | Congo |
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| 1987 Details |
Morocco |
Algeria |
– | Egypt |
Tunisia |
– | Congo |
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| 1989 Details |
Algeria |
Algeria |
– | Egypt |
Tunisia |
– | Congo |
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| 1991 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
– | Algeria |
Tunisia |
– | Morocco |
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| 1992 Details |
Ivory Coast |
Egypt |
– | Tunisia |
Algeria |
– | Zaire |
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| 1994 Details |
Tunisia |
Tunisia |
– | Algeria |
Egypt |
– | Morocco |
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| 1996 Details |
Benin |
Algeria |
21 – 19 aet |
Tunisia |
Egypt |
28 – 21 | Morocco |
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| 1998 Details |
South Africa |
Tunisia |
22 – 17 | Algeria |
Egypt |
35 – 26 | Nigeria |
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| 2000 Details |
Algeria |
Egypt |
n/a | Algeria |
Tunisia |
n/a | Morocco |
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| 2002 Details |
Morocco |
Tunisia |
25 – 19 | Algeria |
Egypt |
34 – 25 | Morocco |
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| 2004 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
31 – 28 | Tunisia |
Angola |
31 – 30 | Algeria |
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| 2006 Details |
Tunisia |
Tunisia |
26 – 21 | Egypt |
Morocco |
26 – 25 | Angola |
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| 2008 Details |
Angola |
Egypt |
27 – 25 | Tunisia |
Algeria |
23 – 20 | Angola |
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| 2010 Details |
Egypt |
Tunisia |
24 – 21 | Egypt |
Algeria |
30 – 22 | Congo DR |
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| 2012 Details |
Morocco |
– | – | ||||||
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Algeria | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Egypt | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
| Nation | 1974 |
1976 |
1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
Years |
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| Algeria | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 19 | |
| Angola | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | Q | 12 | ||||||||
| Benin | 9th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | Q | 11 | |||||||||
| Central African RP | 5th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 8th | Q | 16 | ||||
| Congo DR | 4th | 4th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 5th | 4th | Q | 9 | |||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 12th | Q | 16 | ||||
| Djibouti | 8th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 18 | ||
| Gabon | 6th | 12th | 8th | 9th | Q | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 10th | 11th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 4th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 5th | Q | 14 | ||||||
| Nigeria | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 7th | Q | 9 | |||||||||||
| Senegal | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 7th | Q | 8 | ||||||||||||
| South Africa | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Q | 20 |
| Total |
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