African Handball Confederation

African Handball Confederation
French: Confédération Africaine de Handball

Flag of the African Handball Confederation
Abbreviation	CAHB
Formation	15 January 1973 (1973-01-15)
Founded at	Lagos, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Type	Continental Sports Federation
Purpose	Development of Handball & Beach Handball in Africa
Headquarters	Abidjan, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Membership	52 Members
Official language	English & French
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou
1st Vice-President	Medhat El-Beltagy
Secretary General	Charles Omboumahou
Affiliations	International Handball Federation, Association of African Sports Confederations
Website	www.cahbonline.info

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 on 15 January 1973 after the 2nd All-Africa 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

The African Handball Confederation has been first continental confederation and with its 51 national federation. It is also the continental confederation with highest numbers of members within the IHF.

The founding congress took place on January 15, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria during the 2nd All-Africa Games. It was attended by Alberto de San Roman (Spain), the Vice-President of the International Handball Federation. The committee, which had done all the preparation work, was awarded with executive functions within the confederation. Dr. Salem Nabil became President and Babacar Fall Secretary General.

Its headquarters is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

CAHB Presidents

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

CAHB Secretary Generals

S. No.	Name	Country	Tenure
1.	Colonel Issa Ahmed	Nigeria	1973 – 1978
2.	Mr. Christophe Yapo Achy	Ivory Coast	1978 – 1993
3.	Mr. Ferdinand Kitsadi Zorrino	Republic of the Congo	1993 – 2000
4.	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin	2000 – 2008
5.	Dr. Nicole Assele	Gabon	2008 – 2012
6.	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo	2012 – Till date

CAHB Executive Committee

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
1st Vice-President	Mr. Medhat El-Beltagy	Egypt
2nd Vice-President	Mr. Pedro Godinho	Angola
Secretary General	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Treasurer	Mr. Auguste Dogbo	Togo

CAHB Council

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
1st Vice-President	Mr. Medhat El-Beltagy	Egypt
2nd Vice-President	Mr. Pedro Godinho	Angola
Secretary General	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Treasurer	Mr. Auguste Dogbo	Togo
Council Members	Dr. François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
	Mr. Diouf Seydou	Senegal
	Mr. Habib Labane	Algeria
President Zone 1	Mr. Mourad Mestiri	Tunisia
President Zone 2	Mr. Camara Mamadouba	Guinea
President Zone 3	Mr. Alain Patrick Pare	Burkina Faso
President Zone 4	Mr. Amos Mbayo Kitenge	Democratic Republic of the Congo
President Zone 5	Mrs. Sheila Agonzibwa Richardson	Uganda
President Zone 6	Mrs. Ruth Saunders	South Africa

CAHB 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
• African 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
	Tunisia (2018)	Angola (2016)	Egypt (2018)	Angola (2017)	Egypt (2018)	Egypt (2017)
Clubs	Champions Cup		Cup Winner's Cup		Super Cup
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Zamalek (2017)	1º de Agosto (2017)	Al Ahly (2018)	Petro Atlético (2018)	Zamalek (2018)	1º de Agosto (2018)

CAHB Members

Summer olympics record

Nation	1936	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Men
Algeria				10/12	12/12	10/12		10/12							4
Egypt							11/12	6/12	7/12	12/12	10/12		9/12		6
Tunisia		16/16							10/12			8/12	12/12		4
Total	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2		14
Women
Angola								7/8	9/10	9/10	12/12	10/12	8/12		6
Congo				6/6											1
Ivory Coast						8/8									1
Nigeria							8/8								1
Total	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		9

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	2019	Total
Algeria								15/16		16/16	16/16	16/16		16/24	17/24	15/24	13/24	18/24	17/24		19/24	15/24	17/24	24/24			14
Angola																			20/24	21/24					24/24		3
Egypt					14/16								12/16	6/24	6/24	7/24	4/24	15/24	14/24	17/24	14/24	14/24	16/24	14/24	13/24		14
Morocco														22/24	23/24	17/24	22/24	23/24		20/24							6
Nigeria																23/24											1
Tunisia						15/16								15/24	16/24	12/24	10/24	14/24	4/24	11/24	17/24	20/24	11/24	15/24	19/24		13
Total	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3		62
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	2019	Total
Algeria									12/12						19/24								22/24				3
Angola												16/16	16/16	13/20	15/24	15/24	13/24	17/24	16/24	7/24	11/24	8/24	16/24	16/24	19/24		14
Cameroon																			22/24						20/24		2
Congo										12/12						22/24	22/24			17/24	20/24						5
DR Congo																							20/24	24/24			2
Ivory Coast														17/20	14/24	20/24		21/24	21/24		18/24	16/24					7
Tunisia								12/12									19/24	18/24		15/24	14/24	18/24	17/24	21/24	24/24		9
Total			—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3		42

Sponsors

• Qatar Airways

External links

• CAHB official website