Handball has been an African Games event since the first edition in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Men's tournaments Summaries YearHostFinalThird Place MatchGold MedalScoreSilver MedalBronze MedalScoreFourth Place1965Details Brazzaville 22 – 7 13–10 1973Details Lagos 14 – 12 17 – 71978Details Algiers 20 – 13 36 – 201987Details Nairobi 17 – 15 17 – 111991Details Cairo1995Details Harare1999Details Johannesburg2003Details Abuja 31 – 29 35 – 332007Details Algiers 29 – 21 34 – 312011Details Maputo 24 – 20 25 – 242015Details Brazzaville 25 – 23 32 – 29 2019Details Rabat 31 – 25 25 – 22 2023Details Accra 33 – 32 38 – 20

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings. Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations Nation 65 73 78 87 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23 Years 1st1st1st2nd 1st2nd2nd3rd 4th9 4th2nd2nd1st4 6th 4th2 9th1 3rd4th4th2nd 5th5th6th 64th 2nd 7th3rd 4 7th 9th5th2nd42nd 7th 7th 41st2nd3rd1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st2nd1st12 6th 1 9th6th 2 3rd6th 12th 7th4 7th1 7th 10th10th 5th4 5th 1 4th6th 11th 2 6th1 3rd1 8th 1 4th 3rd3rd 3rd6th5th4th6th3rd9 3rd5th5th5th 4th 4th8th 5 4th8th 2 8th13rd 2nd 3rd 3 8th1 4th 1

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Women's tournaments Summaries YearHostFinalThird Place MatchGold MedalScoreSilver MedalBronze MedalScoreFourth Place1978Details Algiers17 – 1219 – 61987Details Nairobi 22 – 11 18 – 131991Details Cairo 23 – 19 31 – ??1995Details Harare 22 – 21 – 1999Details Johannesburg 29 – 19 30 – 252003Details Abuja 28 – 27 35 – 272007Details Algiers 35 – 22 25 – 242011Details Maputo 41 – 23 26 – 202015Details Brazzaville 33 – 29 25 – 24 2019Details Rabat 28 – 25 32 – 22 2023Details Accra 33 – 15 29 – 21

Handball tournament held in Casablanca.

Participating nations Nation 78 87 91 95 99 03 07 11 15 19 23 Years 1st 4th 4th 6th 7th 4th 6th 4th8 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st9 8th 7th2 8th 1 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd9 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 6th 7 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd5 4th 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 5th 7 6th 5th 2 10th 6th2 4th 1 8th 8th 7th 10th 10th 5 12th 1 9th 8th2 7th 1 11th 1 5th 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th 9th 8 4th 4th 6th 9th 3rd 5 7th 1 3rd 6th 5th 3 7th 8th 5th3 11th 1 6th 1

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Medal table

Men

Women

Overall

See also African Men's Handball Championship African Women's Handball Championship

External links Handball Africa Archive (todor66.com) Men's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com) Women's All-Africa Games handball tournament (sports123.com)