African Handball Confederation

The African Handball Confederation, (acronym CAHB) referring to a (French: Confédération Africaine de Handball), is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded in 1973 after the 2nd African 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 the Ivorian Christophe Yapo Achy.

History

Old logo

Founded on January 15, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria during the 2nd All Africa Games, the African Handball Confederation (CAHB) is the institution which runs handball in Africa. It is a non-profit making apolitical organisation. To date, fifty (50) federations are affiliated to the CAHB. Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Tournaments

Country

• African Men's Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Championship
• African Men's Junior Handball Championship
• African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• African Men's Youth Handball Championship
• African Women's Youth Handball Championship
• All-Africa Games

Club

• African Handball Champions League
• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Handball Super Cup
• African Women's Handball Champions League
• African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Women's Handball Super Cup

Title Holders

African Championship	Men	Women	Men's U-20	Women's U-19	Men's U-18	Women's U-17
	Algeria (2014)	Tunisia (2014)	Egypt (2014)	Angola (2013)	Egypt (2014)	Angola (2013)
Champions League	Men	Women
	Club Africain (2014)	1º de Agosto (2014)

Members

Top ten CAHB Men's teams Updated as of 22 Sep 2013 Rank Team Points 15  Egypt 62 18  Tunisia 45 20  AlgeriaC 31 33  Morocco 8 42  Angola 3 47  Nigeria 1 C Current Africa champion

Top ten CAHB Women's teams Updated as of 03 Nov 2013 Rank Team Points 18  Angola 48 26  TunisiaC 18 27  Ivory Coast 14 29  Congo 10 39  Ivory Coast 3 43  DR Congo 2 61  Cameroon 4.8 48  Cape Verde 1 C Current Africa champion

Summer olympics record

Men

Nation	1936	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Algeria				10	12	10		10						4
Egypt							11	6	7	12	10			5
Tunisia		16							10			8		3
Total	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		12

Women

Nation	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Angola						7	9	9	12	10	Q	5
Congo		6										1
Ivory Coast				8								1
Nigeria					8							1
Total	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		14

World Championship record

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	Total
Algeria								15		16	16	16		16	17	15	13	18	17		19	15	17	Q		14
Angola																			20	21						2
Egypt					14								12	6	6	7	4	15	14	17	14	14	16	Q		13
Morocco														22	23	17	22	23		20						6
Nigeria																23										1
Tunisia						15								15	16	12	10	14	4	11	17	20	11	Q		12
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3			56

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	Total
Algeria							11						19								22			3
Angola										16	16	13	15	15	13	17	16	7	11	8	16	Q		13
Cameroon																	22							1
Congo								12						22	22			17	20					5
DR Congo																					20	Q		2
Ivory Coast												17	14	20		21	21		18	16				7
Tunisia						12									19	18		15	14	18	17	Q		8
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3		38

External links

• CAHB official website

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF) African Handball Confederation (CAHB) ALG ANG BEN BUR BDI CMR CAF CHA COM CGO CIV CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAR MAD MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SUD TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM Asian Handball Federation (AHF) AFG BHR BGD CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LBN MAC MYS MGL NEP OMN PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM European Handball Federation (EHF) BIH CRO DEN ESP FRA GBR GER HUN ISL UNK MAC MLT MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SRB SLO SWE TUR Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) AUS COK NZL SAM SOL VAN Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) Caribbean BAR CUB DOM HAI PUR SKN TRI Central America CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN Northern America CAN GRL MEX USA South America ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN Affiliated Members ENG NCL SCO TAH WLF

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