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African Handball Confederation
CAHB
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitecahbonline.info
History
Year of formation15 January 1973; 51 years ago (1973-01-15) Lagos, Nigeria
Demographics
Membership size53 Members (52 full, 1 non-active)
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1973
Other affiliation(s)
Governance
PresidentMansourou Aremou
Vice-President
  • Medhat El-Beltagy
Secretariat
Address
CountryCôte d'Ivoire
Secretary GeneralCharles Omboumahou
Official Language(s)English & French
Number of staff14
Finance
SponsorsHummel
Qatar Airways

The African Handball Confederation (acronym CAHB, referring to French: Confédération Africaine de Handball) is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded on 15 January 1973 after the 2nd All-Africa 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 Dr. Mansourou Aremou from Benin. The motto of the organisation is Let's build African Handball together.

History

The African Handball Confederation has been first continental confederation and with its 53 national federation. It is also the continental confederation with highest numbers of members within the IHF.

The founding congress took place on January 15, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria during the 2nd All-Africa Games. It was attended by Alberto de San Roman (Spain), the vice-president of the International Handball Federation. The committee, which had done all the preparation work, was awarded with executive functions within the confederation. Dr. Salem Nabil became president and Babacar Fall Secretary General.

Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

CAHB Presidents

S. No. Name Tenure
1 Senegal Babacar Fall 1973 – 1993
2 Egypt Nabil Salem 1993 – 1996
3 Ivory Coast Christophe Yapo Achy 1996 – 2008
4 Benin Mansourou Aremou September 2008 – present

CAHB Secretary Generals

S. No. Name Tenure
1 Nigeria Issa Ahmed 1973 – 1978
2 Ivory Coast Christophe Yapo Achy 1978 – 1993
3 Republic of the Congo Ferdinand Kitsadi Zorrino 1993 – 2000
4 Benin Mansourou Aremou 2000 – 2008
5 Gabon Nicole Assele 2008 – 2012
6 Republic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou 2012 – present

CAHB Executive Committee

Designation Name
President Benin Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-president Egypt Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-president Angola Pedro Godinho
Secretary General Republic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou
Treasurer Togo Auguste Dogbo

CAHB Council

Designation Name
President Benin Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-president Egypt Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-president Angola Pedro Godinho
Secretary General Republic of the Congo Charles Omboumahou
Treasurer Togo Auguste Dogbo
Council Members Ivory Coast François Gnamian
Senegal Diouf Seydou
Algeria Habib Labane
President Zone 1 Tunisia Mourad Mestiri
President Zone 2 Guinea Camara Mamadouba
President Zone 3 Burkina Faso Alain Patrick Pare
President Zone 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Amos Mbayo Kitenge
President Zone 5 Uganda Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson
President Zone 6 South Africa Ruth Saunders

CAHB Tournaments

Nations
Clubs

Title holders

Nations

Competitions Current Champion Title
African Men's Handball Championship  Egypt (2024) 9th
African Women's Handball Championship  Angola (2022) 15th
African Men's Junior Handball Championship  Egypt (2022) 13th
African Women's Junior Handball Championship  Angola (2023) 11th
African Men's Youth Handball Championship  Egypt (2022) 7th
African Women's Youth Handball Championship  Egypt (2023) 5th

Clubs

Competitions Current Champion Title
African Handball Champions League Egypt Zamalek (2019) 12th
African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Egypt Zamalek (2022) 6th
African Handball Super Cup Egypt Al Ahly (2022) 2nd
African Women's Handball Champions League Angola 1º de Agosto (2019) 6th
African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup Angola 1º de Agosto (2019) 4th
African Women's Handball Super Cup Angola 1º de Agosto (2019) 5th

CAHB Members

Africa Handball Confederation's zones
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
Zone 6
Zone 7

Summer Olympics Record

Nation West Germany
1972[1]		 Soviet Union
1980[2][3]		 United States
1984[4]		 South Korea
1988[5][6]		 Spain
1992[7][8]		 United States
1996[9][10]		 Australia
2000[11][12]		 Greece
2004[13][14]		 China
2008[15][16]		 United Kingdom
2012[17][18]		 Brazil
2016[19][20]		 Japan
2020[21][22]		 France
2024		 Total
Men
 Algeria 10/12 12/12 10/12 10/12 4
 Egypt 11/12 6/12 7/12 12/12 10/12 9/12 4/12 7
 Tunisia 16/16 10/12 8/12 12/12 4
Total 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 15
Women
 Angola 7/8 9/10 9/10 12/12 10/12 8/12 10/12 8
 Republic of the Congo 6/6 1
 Ivory Coast 8/8 1
 Nigeria 8/8 1
Total — 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11

World Championship record

Men
Team Germany
1938 		Sweden
1954 		East Germany
1958 		West Germany
1961 		Czechoslovakia
1964 		Sweden
1967 		France
1970 		East Germany
1974 		Denmark
1978 		West Germany
1982 		Switzerland
1986 		Czechoslovakia
1990 		Sweden
1993 		Iceland
1995 		Japan
1997 		Egypt
1999 		France
2001 		Portugal
2003 		Tunisia
2005 		Germany
2007 		Croatia
2009 		Sweden
2011 		Spain
2013 		Qatar
2015 		France
2017 		Denmark
Germany
2019 		Egypt
2021 		Poland
Sweden
2023 		Total
 Algeria 15/16 16/16 16/16 16/16 16/24 17/24 15/24 13/24 18/24 17/24 19/24 15/24 17/24 24/24 22/32 Q 16
 Angola 20/24 21/24 24/24 23/24 30/32 5
 Cape Verde 32/32 Q 2
 DR Congo 28/32 1
 Egypt 14/16 12/16 6/24 6/24 7/24 4/24 15/24 14/24 17/24 14/24 14/24 16/24 14/24 13/24 8/24 7/32 Q 17
 Morocco 22/24 23/24 17/24 22/24 23/24 20/24 29/32 Q 8
 Nigeria 23/24 1
 Tunisia 15/16 15/24 16/24 12/24 10/24 14/24 4/24 11/24 17/24 20/24 11/24 15/24 19/24 12/24 25/32 Q 16
Total — — — — 1 1 — 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 5 66
Women
Team — — Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1957 		Romania
1962 		Germany
1965 		Netherlands
1971 		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1973 		Soviet Union
1975 		Czechoslovakia
1978 		Hungary
1982 		Netherlands
1986 		South Korea
1990 		Norway
1993 		Austria
1995 		Germany
1997 		Denmark
1999 		Italy
2001 		Croatia
2003 		Russia
2005 		France
2007 		China
2009 		Brazil
2011 		Serbia
2013 		Denmark
2015 		Germany
2017 		Japan
2019 		Spain
2021 		Denmark
Norway
Sweden
2023 		Total
 Algeria 12/12 19/24 22/24 3
 Angola 16/16 16/16 13/20 15/24 15/24 13/24 17/24 16/24 7/24 11/24 8/24 16/24 16/24 19/24 15/24 25/32 16
 Cameroon 22/24 20/24 28/32 3
 Congo 12/12 22/24 22/24 17/24 20/24 23/32 6
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 20/24 24/24 20/24 3
 Ivory Coast 17/20 14/24 20/24 21/24 21/24 18/24 16/24 7
Senegal Senegal 18/24 1
 Tunisia 12/12 19/24 18/24 15/24 14/24 18/24 17/24 21/24 24/24 27/32 10
Total — — — — — 1 1 1 — 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 53

Sponsors

References

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External links

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National members of the African Handball Confederation
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National women's handball teams of Africa (CAHB)
National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
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