Handball at the All-Africa Games
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Handball
has been an All-Africa Games
event since the first edition in 1965
in Brazzaville
, Republic of the Congo
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Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
has been an All-Africa Games
All-Africa Games
The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or the Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa...
event since the first edition in 1965
1965 All-Africa Games
The first All-Africa Games were played from July 18, 1965 to July 25, 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo.The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they were first intended. Pierre de Coubertin, had proposed the first African Games be held in Algiers, Algeria...
in Brazzaville
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
, Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
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Summaries
| Men's Handball | |||||
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| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1965 Details |
 BrazzavilleBrazzaville -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo... |
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| 1973 Details |
 LagosLagos Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa... |
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| 1978 Details |
 AlgiersAlgiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 1987 Details |
 NairobiNairobi Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is... |
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| 1991 Details |
 CairoCairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
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| 1995 Details |
 HarareHarare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
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| 1999 Details |
 JohannesburgJohannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... |
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| 2003 Details |
Abuja Abuja Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos... |
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| 2007 Details Handball at the 2007 All-Africa Games The Handball competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria between 14 July and 21 July 2007.-Pool A:-Pool B:- Play-off :Semifinals:*Algeria Tunisia*Egypt Angola... |
Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 2011 Details Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games will be held from September 6–16, 2011 at several venues.-Medal summary:... |
 MaputoMaputo Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its... |
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| 2015 Details |
Brazzaville Brazzaville -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo... |
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Participating nations
| Nation | 65 Republic of the Congo | 73 Nigeria | 78 Algeria | 87 Kenya | 91 Egypt | 95 Zimbabwe | 99 South Africa | 03 Nigeria | 07 Handball at the 2007 All-Africa Games The Handball competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria between 14 July and 21 July 2007.-Pool A:-Pool B:- Play-off :Semifinals:*Algeria Tunisia*Egypt Angola... Algeria | 11 Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games will be held from September 6–16, 2011 at several venues.-Medal summary:... Mozambique | 15 Republic of the Congo | Years |
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| 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 9 | |||
| 4th | 2nd | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5 | |||||||
| 4th | 2nd | 7th | 3 | |||||||||
| 7th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2nd | 4th | 7th | 3 | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 | |||
| 9th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3rd | 6th | 12th | 3 | |||||||||
| 5th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 5 | |||||||
| 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3 | |||||||||
| 4th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3 | |||||||||
| 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
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Summaries
| Women's Handball | |||||
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| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1978 Details |
Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 1987 Details |
Nairobi Nairobi Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is... |
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| 1991 Details |
Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
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| 1995 Details |
Harare Harare Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its... |
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| 1999 Details |
Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa... |
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| 2003 Details |
Abuja Abuja Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos... |
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| 2007 Details Handball at the 2007 All-Africa Games The Handball competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria between 14 July and 21 July 2007.-Pool A:-Pool B:- Play-off :Semifinals:*Algeria Tunisia*Egypt Angola... |
Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... |
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| 2011 Details Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games will be held from September 6–16, 2011 at several venues.-Medal summary:... |
Maputo Maputo Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its... |
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| 2015 Details |
Brazzaville Brazzaville -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo... |
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Participating nations
| Nation | 78 Algeria | 87 Kenya | 91 Egypt | 95 Zimbabwe | 99 South Africa | 03 Nigeria | 07 Handball at the 2007 All-Africa Games The Handball competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria between 14 July and 21 July 2007.-Pool A:-Pool B:- Play-off :Semifinals:*Algeria Tunisia*Egypt Angola... Algeria | 11 Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games Handball at the 2011 All-Africa Games will be held from September 6–16, 2011 at several venues.-Medal summary:... Mozambique | 15 Republic of the Congo | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 6 | ||||
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 6 | ||||
| 8th | 1 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 6 | ||||
| 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | |||
| 7th | 6th | 2 | ||||||||
| 4th | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5 | |||||
| 6th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||
| 10th | 1 | |||||||||
| 8th | 8th | 7th | 3 | |||||||
| 12th | 1 | |||||||||
| 11th | 1 | |||||||||
| 5th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5 | |||||
| 4th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 4 | ||||||
| 7th | 1 | |||||||||
| 3rd | 6th | 2 | ||||||||
| 7th | 1 | |||||||||
| 6th | 1 | |||||||||
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Total
| 1 | align=left | |6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | align=left | |5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | align=left | |5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | align=left | |1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | align=left | |0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medal table, men
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medal table, women
| 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
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