Current season, competition or edition: 2022 African Women's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| Inaugural season | 1974 |
| Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Angola (15th title) |
| Most titles | Angola (15 titles) |
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 Summer Olympics and For World Handball Championship.
Summary
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Angola | 15 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 |  Congo | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 |  Tunisia | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 |  Ivory Coast | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 |  Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Senegal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Algeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 |  DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 | |
Participating nations
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| Algeria |
3rd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 8th | •• | 10th | 18 | ||||||
| Angola |
7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 22 | |||
| Benin |
8th | •• | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon |
2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | •• | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 18 | ||||||
 Cape Verde |
9th | 12th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Chad |
•• | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| / Congo |
2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 24 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} / DR Congo |
8th | •• | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Egypt |
3rd | 6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | •• | 6th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 11 | |||||||||||||
 Gabon |
9th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana |
9th | •• | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guinea |
8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
7th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 22 | |||
 Kenya |
10th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Madagascar |
11th | 13th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco |
8th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Mozambique |
6th | 5th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria |
6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | •• | •• | 1st | 4th | 5th | 8th | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Senegal |
2nd | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 6th | ×× | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 12 | |||||||||||||
| South Africa |
6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tanzania |
8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Togo |
7th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 21 | ||||
 Uganda |
4th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
Best player award
| Year | Award Winner |
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| 2004 | Nair Almeida |
| 2006 |  |
| 2008 | Nair Almeida |
| 2010 | Mouna Chebbah |
| 2012 | Mouna Chebbah |
| 2014 | |
| 2016 | Natália Bernardo |
| 2018 | Albertina Kassoma |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 | Helena Paulo |
See also
External links
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