African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Handball competition in Africa
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The African Handball Junior Nations Championship is the official competition for junior men's 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 World Junior Handball Championship.
Medal summary
| # | Year | Host | Final | Third place match (or third place) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| I | 1980 Details |
 Lagos |
Nigeria |
13 – 11 |  Tunisia |
 Algeria |
18 – 14 |  Egypt | ||
| II | 1982 Details |
 Cotonou |
Egypt |
12 – 11 | Algeria |
Nigeria |
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| III | 1984 Details |
Bauchi |
 Egypt |
18 – 15 | Nigeria |
Algeria |
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| iV | 1986 Details |
Algiers |
Algeria |
17 – 15 | Egypt |
Tunisia |
23 – 22 | Nigeria | ||
| V | 1988 Details |
Tunis |
Algeria |
No playoffs | Egypt |
Tunisia |
No playoffs | Nigeria | ||
| VI | 1990 Details |
Cairo |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Algeria |
Tunisia |
No playoffs |  Morocco | ||
| VII | 1992 Details |
Tunis |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Algeria |
Tunisia |
No playoffs | no 4th, only 3 teams | ||
| VIII | 1994 Details |
Cairo |
Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants | Cancelled due to insufficient number of participants | ||||||
| IX | 1996 Details |
Cairo |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Algeria |
Tunisia |
No playoffs |  Guinea | ||
| X | 1998 Details |
 Abidjan |
Egypt |
32 – 25 | Tunisia |
 Angola |
Ivory Coast | |||
| XI | 2000 Details |
 Tunis |
Egypt |
Tunisia |
Algeria |
 South Africa | ||||
| XII | 2002 Details |
 Cotonou |
Tunisia |
22 – 21 | Egypt |
Algeria |
round robin |  Congo | ||
| XIII | 2004 Details |
Abidjan |
Egypt |
28 – 19 | Tunisia |
Congo |
Ivory Coast | |||
| XIV | 2006 Details |
Abidjan |
Egypt |
26 – 25 | Tunisia |
Angola |
36 – 32 | Algeria | ||
| XV | 2008 Details |
 Tripoli |
Tunisia |
26 – 19 | Libya |
Morocco |
34 – 28 | Algeria | ||
| XVII | 2010 Details |
 Libreville |
Egypt |
38 – 31 | Tunisia |
Algeria |
32 – 24 | Benin | ||
| XIX | 2012 Details |
Abidjan |
Tunisia |
41 – 25 | Congo |
Egypt |
27 – 22 | Angola | ||
| XXI | 2014 Details |
 Nairobi |
Egypt |
25 – 23 | Tunisia |
Angola |
29 – 25 | Algeria | ||
| XXIII | 2016 Details |
 Bamako |
Tunisia |
No playoffs | Egypt |
Algeria |
No playoffs |  Burkina Faso | ||
| XXV | 2018 Details |
Marrakesh |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Tunisia |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Morocco | ||
| XXVII | 2020 | Casablanca |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| XXIX | 2022 Details |
 Kigali |
Egypt |
35 – 15 | Algeria |
Tunisia |
24 – 22 | Angola | ||
| XXXI | 2024 Details |
Mahdia |
Egypt |
29 – 25 | Tunisia |
Algeria |
23 – 20 | Morocco | ||
| XXXII | 2026 Details |
Abidjan |
– | – | ||||||
Medal count
Participation details
| Nation | 1980 |
1982 |
1984 |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
 2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2022 |
2024 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 19 | ||
 Angola | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | ||||||||
 Benin | 4+ | 5th | 6th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||
 Burkina Faso | 7th | 9th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
 Cameroon | 5th | 9th | • | |||||||||||||||||||
 Central African Rep. | Dq | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Congo | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
 DR Congo | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 20 | |
| Gabon | 8th | 6th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Guinea | 4th | 11th | Dq | 7th | 5th | |||||||||||||||||
 Ivory Coast | 5+ | 4+ | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 10th | ||||||||||||||
 Kenya | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Libya | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
 Mali | 11th | 8th | 6th | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mauritius | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Morocco | 9th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | |||||||||
 Nigeria | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | |||||||||||||||||
 Rwanda | • | 8th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
 Senegal | 4+ | |||||||||||||||||||||
 South Africa | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Togo | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Tunisia | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 19 | ||
| Total | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |