The African Women's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth 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 Youth World Championship.
Summary YearHostFinalThird place matchChampionScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place2000DetailsAbidjan–No third place2004CasablancaNo team enteredNo team entered2009DetailsAbidjan29–17No playoffsNone awarded2011DetailsOuagadougou19–1619–172013DetailsOyo29–1821–182015DetailsNairobiNo playoffsNo playoffs2017DetailsAbidjanNo playoffsNo playoffs2019DetailsNiameyNo playoffsNo playoffs2022DetailsConakryNo playoffsNo playoffs2023DetailsMonastir29–1628–242025DetailsOran33–2118–11
Most successful national teams RankTeamChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) – – – 23 (2009, 2011, 2013) 2 (2015, 2019) 1 (2017) 2 (2023, 2025) 31 (2000) 1 (2009) – – 4 – 3 (2013, 2017, 2025) 2 (2011, 2019) – 5 – 2 (2022, 2023) 1 (2025) 1 (2019) 6 – 1 (2011) 2 (2009, 2015) – 7 – 1 (2000) 1 (2023) – 8 – – 1 (2013) 1 (2011) 9 – – 1 (2022) – 10 – – – 2 (2013, 2017) 11 – – – 1 (2015) 12 – – – 1 (2022)
Participating nations Nation2000200920112013201520172019202220232025Years 7th5th3rd7th6th5 1st1st1st2nd3rd2nd 4th4th8 9th1 5th 8th2 4th3rd 2 3rd2nd5th3rd5th6th 8th7 1st1st1st1st1st1st6 4th 1 6th 4th2nd2nd3rd5 6th 11st2nd 6th 3 4th 7th2 11th1 6th 1 6th1 7th 12nd 3rd5th3 4th 4th 2 5th 1 3rd2nd 2nd3rd 5th2nd6 7th 10th2# Teams23674776811
See also African Women's Junior Handball Championship African Men's Youth Handball Championship
External links African Youth Handball Championship - news.abidjan.net