Handball at the Arab Games

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

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)

Men's tournaments

Summaries

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

UA Republic

Morocco

Jordan
1965
Details
United Arab Republic
Cairo

UA Republic

Palestine

Syria
1976
Details
Syria
Damascus

Syria

Jordan
1985
Details
Morocco
Rabat

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Saudi Arabia
1992
Details
Syria
Damascus

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia
1997 Lebanon
Beirut
canceled canceled
1999
Details
Jordan
Amman

Egypt
26 – 20
Morocco

Jordan and
Saudi Arabia
2004 Algeria
Algiers
canceled canceled
2007
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
n/a
Algeria

Saudi Arabia
n/a
Jordan
2011
Details
Qatar
Doha

Egypt
26 – 21
Qatar

Tunisia
23 – 21
Saudi Arabia
2023
Details
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

Summaries

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
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
n/a n/a

^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
Morocco
92
Syria
99
Jordan
11
Qatar
Years
 Algeria2nd1st1st1st 4
 Egypt3rd* 1
 Jordan3rd*3rd 2
 Morocco3rd 1
 Qatar4th 1
 Syria3rd 1
 Tunisia1st2nd2nd2nd 4

* Egypt and Jordan third both.

References

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