African Handball Confederation

African Handball Confederation
CAHB
African Handball Confederation; CAHB
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach handball;
Official website	cahbonline.info
History
Year of formation	15 January 1973 Lagos, Nigeria
Demographics
Membership size	53 Members (52 full, 1 non-active)
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1973
Other affiliation(s)	Association of African Sports Confederations;
Governance
President	Mansourou Aremou
Vice-President	Medhat El-Beltagy;
Secretariat
Address	08 BP 1518 Abidjan;
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Secretary General	Charles Omboumahou
Official Language(s)	English & French
Number of staff	14
Finance
Sponsors	Hummel; 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.

Old logo
Former logo
Present logo

CAHB Presidents

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

CAHB Secretary Generals

S. No.	Name	Tenure
1	Issa Ahmed	1973 – 1978
2	Christophe Yapo Achy	1978 – 1993
3	Ferdinand Kitsadi Zorrino	1993 – 2000
4	Mansourou Aremou	2000 – 2008
5	Nicole Assele	2008 – 2012
6	Charles Omboumahou	2012 – present

CAHB Executive Committee

Designation	Name
President	Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-president	Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-president	Pedro Godinho
Secretary General	Charles Omboumahou
Treasurer	Auguste Dogbo

CAHB Council

Designation	Name
President	Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-president	Medhat El-Beltagy
2nd Vice-president	Pedro Godinho
Secretary General	Charles Omboumahou
Treasurer	Auguste Dogbo
Council Members	François Gnamian
	Diouf Seydou
	Habib Labane
President Zone 1	Mourad Mestiri
President Zone 2	Camara Mamadouba
President Zone 3	Alain Patrick Pare
President Zone 4	Amos Mbayo Kitenge
President Zone 5	Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson
President Zone 6	Ruth Saunders

CAHB Tournaments

Nations

Clubs

Title Holders

Nations

Competitions	Current Champion	Title
African Men's Handball Championship	Egypt (2022)	8th
African Women's Handball Championship	Angola (2022)	15th
African Men's Junior Handball Championship	Egypt (2022)	13th
African Women's Junior Handball Championship	Angola (2022)	10th
African Men's Youth Handball Championship	Egypt (2022)	7th
African Women's Youth Handball Championship	Egypt (2022)	4th

Clubs

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

CAHB Members

Africa Handball Confederation's zones

Zone 1

Zone 2

Cape Verde
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
Sierra Leone

Zone 3

Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Niger
Nigeria
Togo

Zone 4

Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
DR Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
São Tomé and Príncipe

Zone 5

Burundi
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda

Zone 6

Angola
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia ✝
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Zone 7

Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius
Seychelles

✝ means non-active member

Summer Olympics Record

Nation	1972^[1]	1980^[2]^[3]	1984^[4]	1988^[5]^[6]	1992^[7]^[8]	1996^[9]^[10]	2000^[11]^[12]	2004^[13]^[14]	2008^[15]^[16]	2012^[17]^[18]	2016^[19]^[20]	2020^[21]^[22]	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

Team	1938	1954	1958	1961	1964	1967	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	Total
Men
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	—	—	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	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
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																										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

References

↑ "MUNICH 1972 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1972. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "MOSCOW 1980 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1980. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "MOSCOW 1980 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1980. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "LOS ANGELES 1984 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1984. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "SEOUL 1988 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1988. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "SEOUL 1988 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1988. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "BARCELONA 1992 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1992. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "BARCELONA 1992 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1992. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "ATLANTA 1996 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1996. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "ATLANTA 1996 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1996. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "SYDNEY 2000 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2000. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "SYDNEY 2000 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2000. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "ATHENS 2004 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "ATHENS 2004 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "BEIJING 2008 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "BEIJING 2008 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "LONDON 2012 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "LONDON 2012 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "RIO 2016 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "RIO 2016 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "TOKYO 2020 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
↑ "TOKYO 2020 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

External links

CAHB official website

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[1] "MUNICH 1972 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1972. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[2] "MOSCOW 1980 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1980. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[3] "MOSCOW 1980 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1980. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[4] "LOS ANGELES 1984 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1984. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[5] "SEOUL 1988 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1988. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[6] "SEOUL 1988 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1988. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[7] "BARCELONA 1992 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1992. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[8] "BARCELONA 1992 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1992. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[9] "ATLANTA 1996 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1996. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[10] "ATLANTA 1996 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 1996. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[11] "SYDNEY 2000 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2000. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[12] "SYDNEY 2000 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2000. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[13] "ATHENS 2004 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2004. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[14] "ATHENS 2004 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[15] "BEIJING 2008 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[16] "BEIJING 2008 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[17] "LONDON 2012 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[18] "LONDON 2012 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[19] "RIO 2016 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[20] "RIO 2016 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[21] "TOKYO 2020 HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Olympic Games. 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

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International Handball Federation (IHF)
History of IHF IHF Congress IHF Council Handball at the Summer Olympics List of handball federations
Sports	Handball Field handball Beach handball Wheelchair handball
Predecessors	International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) (1926–1928) International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF) (1928–1946) Protocol of Stockholm
Confederations	CAHB AHF EHF NACHC OCHF SCAHC PATHF (1977–2018)
Men's tournaments	IHF World Men's Handball Championship IHF Men's Junior World Championship IHF Men's Youth World Championship Beach Handball World Championships IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship IHF Men's Super Globe Summer Olympic Games Summer Youth Olympic Games World Games IHF Emerging Nations Championship IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Women's tournaments	IHF World Women's Handball Championship IHF Women's Junior World Championship IHF Women's Youth World Championship Beach Handball World Championships IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship IHF Women's Super Globe Summer Olympic Games Summer Youth Olympic Games World Games IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Presidents	Gösta Björk (1946–1950) Hans Baumann (1950–1971) Paul Högberg (1971–1984) Erwin Lanc (1984–2000) Hassan Moustafa (2000–Till date)
General Secretaries	Carl Filip Borgh (1946–1950) Albert Wagner (1950–1972) Max Rinkenburger (1972–1988) Raymond Hahn (1988–2004) Peter Mühlematter (2004–2009) Joel Delplanque (2009–2011) Position dissolved by IHF Congress
Awards	Hans Baumann Trophy (defunct) IHF Badge of Merit IHF Certificate of Merit IHF Cup of Honour and certificate IHF Hall of Fame IHF Honorary President and Honorary Members IHF Olympic Order IHF Plaque of Merit IHF President's Development Award IHF Referee's Badge of Honour IHF Referee's Diploma of Honour IHF Ring of Honour IHF World Coach of the Year IHF World Player of the Year

International handball
IAHF IHF Olympic Games World Championships Men Women National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach handball World Championships World Games
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth University Wheelchair Men's Field Handball Women's Field Handball Youth Olympics Summer Universiade Emerging Nations IHF Inter-Continental Trophy Arab Games Mediterranean Games
Africa	African Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games
North America and Caribbean	North American and Caribbean Championship Men Women Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games
South & Central America	South & Central American Championships Men Women Pan American Games South American Games Bolivarian Games
Asia	Asian Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Asian Games
Europe	European Championships Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach Men Beach Women Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championships Senior Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup French Pacific Championship
Defunct	Goodwill Games Intercontinental Cup Pan American Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth

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