African Handball Confederation

African Handball Confederation
CAHB logo
Formation	1973
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Membership	53 nations
Official language	French, English & Arabic
President	Dr. Mansourou A. Aremou
Website	www.cahbonline

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

History

Old logo

The African Handball Confederation has been first continental confederation and with its 51 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	Country	Tenure
1.	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt	1973 - 1978
2.	Mr. Babacar Fall	Senegal	1978 - 1993
3.	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt	1993 - 1996
4.	Mr. Christophe Yapo Achi	Ivory Coast	1996 - 2008
5.	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin	September 2008 - Till date

CAHB Council

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
1st Vice-President	Mr. Medhat El-Beltagy	Egypt
2nd Vice-President	Mr. Pedro Godinho	Angola
Secretary General	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Treasurer	Mr. Auguste Dogbo	Togo
President Zone 1	Mr. Mourad Mestiri	Tunisia
President Zone 2	Mr. Camara Mamadouba	Guinea
President Zone 3	Mr. Alain Patrick Pare	Burkina Faso
President Zone 4	Mr. Amos Mbayo Kitenge	Republic of the Congo
President Zone 5	Mr. Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson	Uganda
President Zone 6	Mr. Ruth Saunders	South Africa

CAHB Tournaments

Nations

Clubs

Title Holders

Nations	African Championship		African Junior Championship		African Youth Championship
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Egypt (2016)	Tunisia (2014)	Tunisia (2016)	Angola (2015)	Egypt (2014)	Egypt (2015)

Clubs	Champions Cup		Cup Winner's Cup		Super Cup
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Al Ahly (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)	Zamalek (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)	ES Tunis (2016)	1º de Agosto (2016)

Members

Algeria (m / w)
Angola (m / w)
Benin (m / w)
Botswana (m / w)
Burkina Faso (m / w)
Burundi (m / w)
Cameroon (m / w)
Cape Verde (m / w)
Central African Republic (m / w)
Chad (m / w)
Comoros (m / w)
Congo (m / w)
DR Congo (m / w)
Ivory Coast (m / w)
Djibouti (m / w)
Egypt (m / w)
Equatorial Guinea (m / w)
Eritrea (m / w)

Ethiopia (m / w)
Gabon (m / w)
Gambia (m / w)
Ghana (m / w)
Guinea (m / w)
Guinea-Bissau (m / w)
Kenya (m / w)
Lesotho (m / w)
Liberia (m / w)
Libya (m / w)
Madagascar (m / w)
Malawi (m / w)
Mali (m / w)
Mauritania (m / w)
Mauritius (m / w)
Morocco (m / w)
Mozambique (m / w)
Namibia (m / w)

Niger (m / w)
Nigeria (m / w)
Rwanda (m / w)
Sao Tome and Principe (m / w)
Senegal (m / w)
Seychelles (m / w)
Sierra Leone (m / w)
Somalia (m / w)
South Africa (m / w)
Sudan (m / w)
Swaziland (m / w)
Tanzania (m / w)
Togo (m / w)
Tunisia (m / w)
Uganda (m / w)
Zambia (m / w)
Zimbabwe (m / w)

Top ten CAHB Men's teams

Updated as of 22 Sep 2013

Rank	Team	Points
15	Egypt	62
18	Tunisia	45
20	Algeria ^C	31
33	Morocco	8
42	Angola	3
47	Nigeria	1

^C Current Africa champion

Top ten CAHB Women's teams

Updated as of 03 Nov 2013

Rank	Team	Points
18	Angola	48
26	Tunisia^C	18
27	Ivory Coast	14
29	Congo	10
39	Ivory Coast	3
43	DR Congo	2
61	Cameroon	4.8
48	Cape Verde	1

^C Current Africa champion

Summer olympics record

Men

Nation	1936	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	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	6
Tunisia		16/16							10/12			8/12	12/12	4
Total	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	14
Women
Angola								7/8	9/10	9/10	12/12	10/12	8/12	6
Congo				6/6										1
Ivory Coast						8/8								1
Nigeria							8/8							1
Total	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9

World Championship record

Team	—	—	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Men
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	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		14
Angola																			20/24	21/24					Q	3
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	Q	14
Morocco														22/24	23/24	17/24	22/24	23/24		20/24						6
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	Q	13
Total	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3		59
Women
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		13
Cameroon																			22/24							1
Congo										12/12						22/24	22/24			17/24	20/24					5
DR Congo																							20/24	24/24		2
Ivory Coast														17/20	14/24	20/24		21/24	21/24		18/24	16/24				7
Tunisia								12/12									19/24	18/24		15/24	14/24	18/24	17/24	21/24		8
Total			—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3		38

External links

CAHB official website

African Handball Confederation – Club Competitions

Men	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup Super Cup

Women	Women's Champions League Women's Cup Winners' Cup Women's Super Cup

National handball teams of Africa (CAHB)

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Djibouti
DR Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Women's national handball teams of Africa (CAHB)

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Djibouti
DR Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)

African Handball
Confederation (CAHB)

Asian Handball
Federation (AHF)

AFG
BAN
BHU
BRN
BRU
CAM
CHN
HKG
IND
INA
IRI
IRQ
JOR
JPN
KAZ
KGZ
KOR
KSA
KUW ǂ
LAO
LIB
MAC
MAS
MDV
MGL
MYA
NEP
OMN
PAK
PLE
PHI
PRK
QAT
SIN
SRI
SYR
THA
TJK
TKM
TPE
UAE
UZB
VIE
YEM

European Handball
Federation (EHF)

Oceania Continent
Handball Federation
(OCHF)

Pan-American Team
Handball Federation
(PATHF)

Caribbean	ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI

Central America	BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN

Northern America	CAN GRL MEX USA

South America	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN

Affiliated Members

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Sports governing bodies in Africa

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