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

Founded on January 15, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria during the 2nd All Africa Games, the African Handball Confederation (CAHB) is the institution which runs handball in Africa. It is a non-profit making apolitical organisation. To date, fifty (50) federations are affiliated to the CAHB. Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

CAHB Presidents

S. No.	Name	Country	Tenure
1.	Mr. Babacar Fall	Senegal	1973 - 1993
2.	Dr. Salem Nabil	Egypt	1993 - 1996
3.	Mr. Christophe Yapo Achi	Ivory Coast	1996 - 2008
4.	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin	September 2008 - Till date

CAHB Council

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
1st Vice-President	Dr. Lanre Glover	Nigeria
2nd Vice-President	Mr. Medhat Elbeltagy	Egypt
Secretary General	Dr. Nicole Assele	Gabon
Treasurer	Mr. Auguste Dogbo	Togo

Tournaments

Nations

• African Men's Handball Championship
• African Women's Handball Championship
• African Men's Junior Handball Championship
• African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• African Men's Youth Handball Championship
• African Women's Youth Handball Championship
• All-Africa Games

Clubs

• African Handball Champions League
• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Handball Super Cup
• African Women's Handball Champions League
• African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Women's Handball Super Cup

Title Holders

Nations	African Championship		African Junior Championship		African Youth Championship
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Egypt (2016)	Tunisia (2014)	Egypt (2014)	Angola (2015)	Egypt (2014)	Egypt (2015)
Clubs	Champions Cup		Cup Winner's Cup		Super Cup
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Zamalek (2015)	1º de Agosto (2015)	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	AlgeriaC	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	TunisiaC	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
Algeria				10	12	10		10						4
Egypt							11	6	7	12	10		Q	6
Tunisia		16							10			8		3
Total	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		12

Women

Nation	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Angola						7	9	9	12	10	Q	5
Republic of the Congo		6										1
Ivory Coast				8								1
Nigeria					8							1
Total	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		14

World Championship record

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	17	15	13	18	17		19	15	17	24		14
Angola																			20	21					Q	3
Egypt					14								12	6	6	7	4	15	14	17	14	14	16	14	Q	14
Morocco														22	23	17	22	23		20						6
Nigeria																23										1
Tunisia						15								15	16	12	10	14	4	11	17	20	11	15	Q	13
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3		59

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	Total
Algeria							11						19								22			3
Angola										16	16	13	15	15	13	17	16	7	11	8	16	16		13
Cameroon																	22							1
Congo								12						22	22			17	20					5
DR Congo																					20	24		2
Ivory Coast												17	14	20		21	21		18	16				7
Tunisia						12									19	18		15	14	18	17	21		8
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3		38

Sponsors

• Qatar Airways

External links

• CAHB official website