Handball at the Arab Games

Handball at the Arab Games

Handball
First event	1961 Casablanca
Occur every	four years
Last event	2011 Doha
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (EGY) (6 titles)

Handball has been an Arab Games event since the third edition in 1961 in Casablanca, Morocco.

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third-place game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1961 Details	Casablanca		UA Republic	–	Morocco		Jordan	–
1965 Details	Cairo		UA Republic	–	Palestine		Syria	–
1976 Details	Damascus		Syria	–	Jordan			–
1985 Details	Rabat		Tunisia	–	Algeria		Morocco	–	Saudi Arabia
1992 Details	Damascus		Egypt	–	Saudi Arabia		Tunisia	–
1997	Beirut		canceled				canceled
1999 Details	Amman		Egypt	26 – 20	Morocco		Jordan / Saudi Arabia No 3rd place match
2004	Algiers		canceled				canceled
2007 Details	Cairo		Egypt	n/a	Algeria		Saudi Arabia	n/a	Jordan
2011 Details	Doha		Egypt	26 – 21	Qatar		Tunisia	23 – 21	Saudi Arabia
2023 Details	(5 cities)a		Qatar	37 – 24	Saudi Arabia		Algeria	31 – 29	Iraq

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Handball tournament helds in Oran.

Women's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third-place game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1985 Details	Rabat		Tunisia		Algeria		Morocco
1992 Details	Damascus		Algeria		Tunisia		Syria
1997	Beirut		canceled				canceled
1999 Details	Amman		Algeria		Tunisia		Egypt / Jordan No 3rd place match
2004	Algiers		canceled				canceled
2007	Cairo		canceled				canceled
2011 Details	Doha		Algeria	n/a	Tunisia		Jordan	n/a	Qatar
2023 Details	(5 cities)a		canceled				canceled

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Handball tournament helds in Oran.

Participating nations

Nation	85	92	99	11	Years
Algeria	2nd	1st	1st	1st	4
Egypt			3rd*		1
Jordan			3rd*	3rd	2
Morocco	3rd				1
Qatar				4th	1
Syria		3rd			1
Tunisia	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	4

* Egypt and Jordan third both.

External links

• Handball at the Pan Arab Games - goalzz.com
• Egypt Honnor Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine