Handball at the Arab Games

Handball at the Arab Games
Handball
First event1961 Morocco Casablanca
Occur everyfour years
Last event2011 Qatar 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

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Summaries

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Year Host Final Third-place game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1961
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

UA Republic

Morocco

Jordan
1965
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United Arab Republic
Cairo

UA Republic

Palestine

Syria
1976
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Syria
Damascus

Syria

Jordan
1985
Details
Morocco
Rabat

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Saudi Arabia
1992
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Syria
Damascus

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia
1997 Lebanon
Beirut
canceled canceled
1999
Details
Jordan
Amman

Egypt
26 – 20
Morocco
 Jordan /  Saudi Arabia
No 3rd place match
2004 Algeria
Algiers
canceled canceled
2007
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Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
n/a
Algeria

Saudi Arabia
n/a
Jordan
2011
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Qatar
Doha

Egypt
26 – 21
Qatar

Tunisia
23 – 21
Saudi Arabia
2023
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Algeria
(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

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Summaries

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Year Host Final Third-place game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1985
Details
Morocco
Rabat

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco
1992
Details
Syria
Damascus

Algeria

Tunisia

Syria
1997 Lebanon
Beirut
canceled canceled
1999
Details
Jordan
Amman

Algeria

Tunisia
 Egypt /  Jordan
No 3rd place match
2004 Algeria
Algiers
canceled canceled
2007 Egypt
Cairo
canceled canceled
2011
Details
Qatar
Doha

Algeria
n/a
Tunisia

Jordan
n/a
Qatar
2023
Details
Algeria
(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

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Nation 85
Morocco
92
Syria
99
Jordan
11
Qatar
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.

References

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