African Women's Junior Handball Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| First season | 1980 |
| Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
| Most recent champion | Egypt (1st title) |
| Most titles | Angola (11 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.
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 |
Tunisia |
Egypt | ||||
| 1982 Details |
Cotonou |
Ivory Coast |
Nigeria |
Congo |
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| 1984 Details |
Bauchi |
Ivory Coast |
28–15 | Congo |
Nigeria |
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| 1986 Details |
Algiers |
Nigeria |
12–4 | Algeria |
Congo |
23–19 | Angola | ||
| 1988 Details |
Tunis |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Algeria |
Angola |
No playoffs | Tunisia | ||
| 1990 Details |
Cairo |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Angola |
Algeria |
No playoffs | Egypt | ||
| 1992 Details |
Tunis |
Algeria |
15–14 | Tunisia |
No third place | ||||
| 24–14 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 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 |
South Africa | ||||
| 2002 Details |
Cotonou |
Congo |
31–24 | Angola |
Algeria |
No playoffs | Tunisia | ||
| 2004 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
No playoffs | Tunisia |
Congo |
No playoffs | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2006 Details [1] |
Abidjan |
Angola |
26–19 | Algeria |
Nigeria |
25–22 | Ivory Coast | ||
| 2009 Details [2] |
Abidjan |
Angola |
29–21 | Tunisia |
DR Congo |
20–17 | Cameroon | ||
| 2011 Details [3] |
Ouagadougou |
Congo |
25–24 | Angola |
Tunisia |
34–27 | Algeria | ||
| 2013 Details [4] |
Oyo |
Angola |
23–21 | DR Congo |
Tunisia |
37–33 | Congo | ||
| 2015 Details |
Nairobi |
Angola |
No playoffs | Tunisia |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Kenya | ||
| 2017 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
No playoffs | Egypt |
Ivory Coast |
No playoffs | Cape Verde | ||
| 2019 Details |
Niamey |
Tunisia |
26–25 | Angola |
Guinea |
37–25 | DR Congo | ||
| 2022 Details |
Conakry |
Angola |
18–17 | Egypt |
Tunisia |
30–27 | Guinea | ||
| 2023 Details |
Monastir |
Angola |
30–26 | Egypt |
Guinea |
36–31 | Tunisia | ||
| 2025 Details |
Oran |
Egypt |
25–22 | Guinea |
Angola |
26–22 | Tunisia | ||
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 11 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Congo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Algeria | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Egypt | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 22 | 21 | 20 | 63 | |
Participation details
| Nation | 1980 |
1982 |
1984 |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 16 | ||||||
| Angola | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 18 | ||||
| Benin | 5th | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 4th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cape Verde | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 6th | 9 | ||||||||||||
| DR Congo | DSQ | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 4th | 4th | Q | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ghana | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | DSQ | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | Q | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 13 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 4th | 7th | 8th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 7th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | WD | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 9th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Réunion | WD | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 5th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 2nd | Q | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 15 | ||||||
| Zambia | 8th | 11th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
See also
References
- ^ "14ème EDITION / 14th EDITION: 2006 ABIDJAN (COTE D'IVOIRE)" (PDF). CAHBonline.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 19 Jul 2015.
- ^ "16ème EDITION / 16TH EDITION: 2009 ABIDJAN (COTE D'IVOIRE)" (PDF). CAHBonline.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 19 Jul 2015.
- ^ "17ème Championnat d'Afrique des Nations Juniors Féminins" (PDF). CAHBonline.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 19 Jul 2015.
- ^ "19EME CHAMPIONNAT D'AFRIQUE DES NATIONS JUNIORS FILLES" (PDF). CAHBonline.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 19 Jul 2015.