African Women's Junior Handball Championship
For the men's tournament, see African Men's Junior Handball Championship.
Current season, competition or edition: 2013 African Women's Junior Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Inaugural season | 1980 |
| Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Angola (7th title) |
| Most titles |
Angola (7 titles) |
The African Women's Junior Handball Championship is the official competition for junior women's national handball teams of Africa, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the supervision of the International Handball Federation and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Women's World Junior Championship.
Medal summary
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match (or third place) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1980 Details |
 Lagos |
 Ivory Coast |
Nigeria |
 Egypt | |||||
| 1982 Details |
 Cotonou |
Ivory Coast |
Nigeria |
No third place | |||||
| 1984 Details |
Bauchi |
Ivory Coast |
28 – 15 |  Congo |
Nigeria | ||||
| 1986 Details |
 Algiers |
Nigeria |
Algeria |
Angola | |||||
| 1988 Details |
 Tunis |
Nigeria |
Algeria |
Angola | |||||
| 1990 Details |
Cairo |
Nigeria |
Angola |
Algeria |
Egypt | ||||
| 1992 Details |
Tunis |
Algeria |
Tunisia |
No third place | |||||
| 1994 Details |
Cairo |
Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants | Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants | ||||||
| 1996 Details |
Cairo |
Angola |
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| 1998 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
 Congo |
Ivory Coast |
 Burkina Faso | ||||
| 2000 Details |
Tunis |
Angola |
Tunisia |
Algeria | |||||
| 2002 Details |
Cotonou |
Congo |
31 – 24 | Angola |
Algeria |
25 – 21 | Tunisia | ||
| 2004 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
27 – 25 | Tunisia |
Congo |
– | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2006 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
26 – 19 | Algeria |
Nigeria |
25 – 22 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2009 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
29 – 21 | Tunisia |
 DR Congo |
– |  Cameroon | ||
| 2011 Details |
Ouagadougou |
Congo |
25 – 24 | Angola |
Tunisia |
34 – 27 | Algeria | ||
| 2013 Details |
Oyo |
Angola |
23 – 21 | DR Congo |
Tunisia |
37 – 33 | Congo | ||
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Congo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Algeria | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participation details
| Nation | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
 | |  |  | | | | 7 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| Angola |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | ||||
| Burkina Faso |
8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cameroon |
4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Congo |
| | | | 5 | | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| DR Congo |
DNS | | 5 | | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Ghana |
6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Guinea |
DNS | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
| | | | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
 Mali |
7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Morocco |
5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria |
| | | | | | | 7 | |||||||||
 Rwanda |
6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Senegal |
5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia |
4 | | | 4 | | | | | 8 | ||||||||
| # Participating teams | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
- ^DNS Team was disqualified.
