African Mens Handball Championship

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Sport
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League
African Mens Handball Championship

Season
2026

Season Description
The 2026 African Men's Handball Championship is the 27th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, the biennial international men's handball championship of Africa organized by CAHB. The tournament is held from 21 to 31 January 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda.

It will be the first time in history that the championship will be organised by Rwanda and the first time that the championship will be held in East Africa.

It acts as the African qualifying tournament for the 2027 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany, with the top five nations qualifying.

Egypt are three time defending champions, most recently beating Algeria 29–21 in the 2024 final in Cairo.

Event List

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21 Jan 26	r01	Angola Handball Angola Handba	37 - 21	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba
21 Jan 26	r01	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba	36 - 27	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal
21 Jan 26	r01	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	36 - 25	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal
21 Jan 26	r01	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb	23 - 25	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb
21 Jan 26	r01	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb	41 - 22	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand
21 Jan 26	r01	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb	52 - 28	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
21 Jan 26	r01	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha	34 - 28	Congo Handball Congo Handbal
21 Jan 26	r01	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba	30 - 19	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba

22 Jan 26	r02	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand	28 - 24	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal
22 Jan 26	r02	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal	33 - 16	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba
22 Jan 26	r02	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha	33 - 28	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb
22 Jan 26	r02	Congo Handball Congo Handbal	26 - 22	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
22 Jan 26	r02	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	41 - 28	Angola Handball Angola Handba
22 Jan 26	r02	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb	36 - 18	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba
22 Jan 26	r02	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb	35 - 25	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba
22 Jan 26	r02	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb	46 - 25	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba

24 Jan 26	r03	Benin Handball Benin Handbal	24 - 32	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha
24 Jan 26	r03	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba	13 - 54	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal
24 Jan 26	r03	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb	39 - 31	Congo Handball Congo Handbal
24 Jan 26	r03	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba	21 - 37	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb
24 Jan 26	r03	Angola Handball Angola Handba	33 - 21	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal
24 Jan 26	r03	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal	21 - 39	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb
24 Jan 26	r03	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba	24 - 18	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand
24 Jan 26	r03	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb	30 - 20	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba

25 Jan 26	r01	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba	37 - 27	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba
25 Jan 26	r01	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb	24 - 27	Angola Handball Angola Handba
25 Jan 26	r01	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb	29 - 29	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb
25 Jan 26	r01	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand	34 - 27	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
25 Jan 26	r01	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal	36 - 16	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba
25 Jan 26	r01	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	42 - 28	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb
25 Jan 26	r01	Congo Handball Congo Handbal	37 - 26	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal
25 Jan 26	r01	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha	45 - 25	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba

27 Jan 26	r02	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb	27 - 22	Angola Handball Angola Handba
27 Jan 26	r02	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand	37 - 22	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal
27 Jan 26	r02	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba	34 - 26	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba
27 Jan 26	r02	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal	40 - 19	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba
27 Jan 26	r02	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	48 - 22	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb
27 Jan 26	r02	Congo Handball Congo Handbal	27 - 27	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
27 Jan 26	r02	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba	26 - 38	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb
27 Jan 26	r02	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha	25 - 37	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb

29 Jan 26	r03	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba	31 - 30	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba

29 Jan 26	Playoff	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb	30 - 28	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba

29 Jan 26	r03	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal	30 - 33	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
29 Jan 26	r03	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba	28 - 32	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal

29 Jan 26	Playoff	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb	20 - 27	Angola Handball Angola Handba

29 Jan 26	r03	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand	28 - 27	Congo Handball Congo Handbal

29 Jan 26	SF	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	32 - 26	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha
29 Jan 26	SF	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb	33 - 24	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb

30 Jan 26	Playoff	Uganda Handball Uganda Handba	29 - 35	Kenya Handball Kenya Handbal
30 Jan 26	Playoff	Rwanda Handball Rwanda Handba	28 - 30	Congo Handball Congo Handbal
30 Jan 26	Playoff	Guinea Handball Guinea Handba	37 - 38	Morocco Handball Morocco Handb
30 Jan 26	Playoff	Zambia Handball Zambia Handba	25 - 42	Benin Handball Benin Handbal
30 Jan 26	Playoff	Gabon Handball Gabon Handbal	29 - 27	Cameroon Handball Cameroon Hand
30 Jan 26	Playoff	Nigeria Handball Nigeria Handb	20 - 25	Angola Handball Angola Handba
31 Jan 26	Playoff	Cape Verde Handball Cape Verde Ha	29 - 23	Algeria Handball Algeria Handb

31 Jan 26	Final	Egypt Handball Egypt Handbal	37 - 24	Tunisia Handball Tunisia Handb

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