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

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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
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Casablanca
 
UA Republic
 
Morocco
 
Jordan
1965
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Cairo
 
UA Republic
 
Palestine
 
Syria
1976
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Damascus
 
Syria
 
Jordan
1985
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Rabat
 
Tunisia
 
Algeria
 
Morocco
 
Saudi Arabia
1992
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Damascus
 
Egypt
 
Saudi Arabia
 
Tunisia
1997  
Beirut
canceled canceled
1999
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Amman
 
Egypt
26 – 20  
Morocco
  Jordan /   Saudi Arabia
No 3rd place match
2004  
Algiers
canceled canceled
2007
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Cairo
 
Egypt
n/a  
Algeria
 
Saudi Arabia
n/a  
Jordan
2011
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Doha
 
Egypt
26 – 21  
Qatar
 
Tunisia
23 – 21  
Saudi Arabia
2023
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(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
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Rabat
 
Tunisia
 
Algeria
 
Morocco
1992
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Damascus
 
Algeria
 
Tunisia
 
Syria
1997  
Beirut
canceled canceled
1999
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Amman
 
Algeria
 
Tunisia
  Egypt /   Jordan
No 3rd place match
2004  
Algiers
canceled canceled
2007  
Cairo
canceled canceled
2011
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Doha
 
Algeria
n/a  
Tunisia
 
Jordan
n/a  
Qatar
2023
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(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
 
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.

References

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