African Women's Youth Handball Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| First season | 2000 |
| Continent | Africa (CAHB) |
| Most recent champion | Egypt (6th title) |
| Most titles | Egypt (5 titles) |
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
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2000 Details |
Abidjan |
Ivory Coast |
– | Nigeria |
No third place | ||||
| 2004 | Casablanca |
No team entered | No team entered | ||||||
| 2009 Details |
Abidjan |
Angola |
29–17 | Ivory Coast |
DR Congo |
No playoffs | None awarded | ||
| 2011 Details |
Ouagadougou |
Angola |
19–16 | DR Congo |
Tunisia |
19–17 | Congo | ||
| 2013 Details |
Oyo |
Angola |
29–18 | Tunisia |
Congo |
21–18 | Senegal | ||
| 2015 Details |
Nairobi |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Angola |
DR Congo |
No playoffs | Kenya | ||
| 2017 Details |
Abidjan |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Tunisia |
Angola |
No playoffs | Senegal | ||
| 2019 Details |
Niamey |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Angola |
Tunisia |
No playoffs | Guinea | ||
| 2022 Details |
Conakry |
Egypt |
No playoffs | Guinea |
Algeria |
No playoffs | Gambia | ||
| 2023 Details |
Monastir |
Egypt |
29–16 | Guinea |
Nigeria |
28–24 | Angola | ||
| 2025 Details |
Oran |
Egypt |
33–21 | Tunisia |
Guinea |
18–11 | Angola | ||
Most successful national teams
| Rank | Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 6 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) | – | – | – |
| 2 | Angola | 3 (2009, 2011, 2013) | 2 (2015, 2019) | 1 (2017) | 2 (2023, 2025) |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 1 (2000) | 1 (2009) | – | – |
| 4 | Tunisia | – | 3 (2013, 2017, 2025) | 2 (2011, 2019) | – |
| 5 | Guinea | – | 2 (2022, 2023) | 1 (2025) | 1 (2019) |
| 6 | DR Congo | – | 1 (2011) | 2 (2009, 2015) | – |
| 7 | Nigeria | – | 1 (2000) | 1 (2023) | – |
| 8 | Congo | – | – | 1 (2013) | 1 (2011) |
| 9 | Algeria | – | – | 1 (2022) | – |
| 10 | Senegal | – | – | – | 2 (2013, 2017) |
| 11 | Kenya | – | – | – | 1 (2015) |
| 12 | Gambia | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
Participating nations
| Nation | 2000 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5 | |||||
| Angola | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 8 | ||
| Benin | 9th | 1 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 5th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||
| Congo | 4th | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||
| DR Congo | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7 | |||
| Egypt | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6 | ||||
| Gambia | 4th | 1 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 6th | 1 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3 | |||||||
| Kenya | 4th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||
| Madagascar | 11th | 1 | |||||||||
| Mali | 6th | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 6th | 1 | |||||||||
| Niger | 7th | 1 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 3 | |||||||
| Senegal | 4th | 4th | 2 | ||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 5th | 1 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6 | ||||
| Zambia | 7th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||
| # Teams | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
See also
External links
- African Youth Handball Championship - news.abidjan.net