2004 African Men's Handball Championship

2004 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–18 April
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	2,842 (56.84 per match)
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The 2004 African Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 8 to 18 April 2004. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia. ^[1]

Egypt win their fourth title beating Tunisia in the final game 31–28.

Qualified teams

•   Algeria
•   Angola
•   Cameroon
•   Congo
•   DR Congo
•   Egypt (hosts)
•   Ivory Coast (withdrew)
•   Kenya
•   Libya
•   Morocco
•   Senegal
•   Tunisia

Venues

Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
Main Hall	Media Hall
Capacity: 16,900	Capacity: 1,620
Cairo	Cairo
Police Union Hall
Capacity: 2,000

First round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Team advance to the second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	2	0	0	74	33	+41	4
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	49	45	+4	2
Kenya	2	0	0	2	40	85	−45	0
Ivory Coast (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(W) Withdrew

8 April 2004 16:00	Algeria	51–18	Kenya	Media Hall, Cairo
		(24–9)

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9 April 2004 18:00	Cameroon	34–22	Kenya	Media Hall, Cairo
		(8–9)

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10 April 2004 16:00	Algeria	23–15	Cameroon	Media Hall, Cairo
		(9–6)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt (H)	3	3	0	0	117	50	+67	6
Morocco	3	2	0	1	84	78	+6	4
DR Congo	3	1	0	2	68	100	−32	2
Congo	3	0	0	3	74	115	−41	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

8 April 2004 16:00	Morocco	37–25	Congo	Main Hall, Cairo
		(15–13)

8 April 2004 20:00	Egypt	39–15	DR Congo	Main Hall, Cairo
		(19–7)

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9 April 2004 17:00	Morocco	29–19	DR Congo	Main Hall, Cairo
		(13–10)

9 April 2004 19:00	Egypt	44–17	Congo	Main Hall, Cairo
		(20–6)

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10 April 2004 17:00	DR Congo	34–32	Congo	Main Hall, Cairo
		(13–11)

10 April 2004 19:00	Egypt	34–18	Morocco	Main Hall, Cairo
		(17–7)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	107	64	+43	6
Angola	3	2	0	1	77	73	+4	4
Senegal	3	1	0	2	79	85	−6	2
Libya	3	0	0	3	57	98	−41	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

8 April 2004 14:00	Angola	24–22	Senegal	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(12–13)

8 April 2004 16:00	Tunisia	35–17	Libya	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(19–7)

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9 April 2004 17:00	Angola	32–17	Libya	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(16–8)

9 April 2004 19:00	Tunisia	38–26	Senegal	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(19–10)

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10 April 2004 17:00	Senegal	31–23	Libya	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(16–10)

8 April 2004 19:00	Tunisia	34–21	Angola	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(18–11)

Second round

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt (H)	2	2	0	0	71	45	+26	4
Angola	2	1	0	1	53	61	−8	2
Cameroon	2	0	0	2	43	61	−18	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

12 April 2004 19:00	Egypt	38–25	Angola	Main Hall, Cairo
		(15–11)

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13 April 2004 19:00	Angola	28–23	Cameroon	Main Hall, Cairo
		(14–12)

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14 April 2004 19:00	Egypt	33–20	Cameroon	Main Hall, Cairo
		(13–8)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	0	71	54	+17	4
Algeria	2	1	0	1	60	50	+10	2
Morocco	2	0	0	2	44	71	−27	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

12 April 2004 19:00	Tunisia	39–26	Morocco	Media Hall, Cairo
		(23–14)

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13 April 2004 19:00	Algeria	32–18	Morocco	Media Hall, Cairo
		(16–9)

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14 April 2004 19:00	Tunisia	32–28	Algeria	Media Hall, Cairo
		(17–15)

Placement matches

Group 10–11th place

	Team took tenth place
	Team took eleventh place

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	1	1	0	0	28	18	+10	2
Libya	1	0	0	1	18	28	−10	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

12 April 2004 15:00	Libya	18–28	Congo	Media Hall, Cairo
		(8–13)

Group 7–9th place

	Team took seventh place
	Team took the height place
	Team took ninth place

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	0	72	52	+20	4
DR Congo	2	1	0	1	67	67	0	2
Kenya	2	0	0	2	61	81	−20	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

12 April 2004 17:00	Senegal	32–26	DR Congo	Media Hall, Cairo
		(15–14)

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13 April 2004 14:00	DR Congo	41–35	Kenya	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(17–20)

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14 April 2004 14:00	Senegal	40–26	Kenya	Police Union Hall, Cairo
		(18–12)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	16 April – Cairo
	Tunisia	39
					18 April – Cairo
	Angola	35
					Tunisia	28
	16 April – Cairo
					Egypt	31
	Egypt	31
	Algeria	24
					Third place
					17 April – Cairo
					Angola	31
					Algeria	30

Semifinals

16 April 2004 15:30	Tunisia	39–35	Angola
		(17–18)

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16 April 2004 19:00	Egypt	31–24	Algeria
		(16–14)

Fifth place game

17 April 2004 13:00	Cameroon	36–30	Morocco
		(20–11)

Third place game

17 April 2004 17:30	Angola	31–30	Algeria
		(15–16)

Final

18 April 2004 18:00	Egypt	31–28	Tunisia
		(20–12)

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2005 World Championship as hosts

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Angola
4	Algeria
5	Cameroon
6	Morocco
7	Senegal
8	DR Congo
9	Kenya
10	Congo
11	Libya

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Country
Goalkeeper	Hamada El-Ruby	Egypt
Right wing	Sherif Moemen	Egypt
Right back	Ahmed El-Ahmar	Egypt
Central back	Oualid Ben Amor	Tunisia
Left back	Belgacem Filah	Algeria
Left wing	Marcelino Nascimento	Angola
Pivot	Issam Tej	Tunisia

Topscorer

Tunisian Wissem Hmam and Egyptian Sherif Moemen are topscorer ^[2] with 48 goals ^[3]

References

1. "Men Handball XVI Africa Championship 2004 – Egypt". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
2. "Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Give and take". weekly.ahram.org.eg. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
3. "Championnat d'Afrique des nations (6-18 avril) - L'Egypte reprend son sceptre". Hand action (in French) (37). May 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2025.