Tournament details | |
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Host country | Egypt |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 17–27 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (9th title) |
Runner-up | Algeria |
Third place | Tunisia |
Fourth place | Cape Verde |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 2,699 (56.23 per match) |
The 2024 African Men's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 17 to 27 January 2024 in Egypt. [1] [2] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, with the top five nations qualifying. It also acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, with the champions qualifying.
Egypt won their ninth title by defeating Algeria in the final. [3]
Below the qualified teams:
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
The draw was held on 16 November 2023. [4]
Cairo | |||
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Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex | |||
Main Hall | Second Hall | ||
Capacity: 16,900 | Capacity: 1,620 | ||
Nine referee pairs were selected. [5]
Referees | |
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Algeria | Youcef Belkhiri Hamdi Sid Ali |
Egypt | Heidy El-Sayed Yasmina-El Sayed |
Egypt | Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia |
Hungary | Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss |
Ivory Coast | Abdoulaye Koné Joel Yapo |
Referees | |
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Morocco | Mohamed Chouraki Achraf El Mounir |
Morocco | Zakaria El Malwane Mohamed El Ghass |
Senegal | Abdoulaye Faye Fadel Diop |
Tunisia | Makrem Ben Dahou Rochdi Zoghlami |
All times are local (UTC+2). [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cape Verde | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 62 | +64 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | DR Congo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 70 | +30 | 4 | |
3 | Rwanda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 115 | −32 | 2 | Placement round |
4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 121 | −62 | 0 |
17 January 2024 12:00 | DR Congo | 40–21 | Zambia | Main Hall Attendance: 200 Referees: El-Sayed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Kiangbeni 8 | (20–8) | Syakwayi 9 | ||
2× | Report | 1× 2× |
17 January 2024 14:00 | Cape Verde | 52–27 | Rwanda | Main Hall Attendance: 200 Referees: Ben Dahou, Zoghlami (TUN) |
three players 7 | (24–13) | three players 4 | ||
6× | Report | 6× 1× |
19 January 2024 14:00 | Rwanda | 20–38 | DR Congo | Second Hall |
(11–18) | ||||
19 January 2024 16:00 | Zambia | 13–45 | Cape Verde | Second Hall |
(8–23) | ||||
21 January 2024 16:00 | Zambia | 25–36 | Rwanda | Second Hall |
(12–18) | ||||
21 January 2024 18:00 | Cape Verde | 29–22 | DR Congo | Second Hall |
(16–11) | ||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Egypt (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 50 | +52 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 74 | −11 | 4 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 79 | −19 | 2 | Placement round |
4 | Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 84 | −22 | 0 |
17 January 2024 16:00 | Cameroon | 25–21 | Congo | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Chouraki, El Mounir (MAR) |
Eyebe 6 | (13–6) | Hubesch 6 | ||
2× | Report | 1× 1× |
17 January 2024 20:00 | Egypt | 33–15 | Guinea | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Abdou 7 | (18–7) | three players 3 | ||
3× | Report | 1× 3× |
19 January 2024 16:00 | Guinea | 23–19 | Cameroon | Main Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Ben Dahou, Zoghlami (TUN) |
Mannou 13 | (10–11) | Fokou 5 | ||
4× | Report | 1× 5× |
19 January 2024 18:00 | Egypt | 34–19 | Congo | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN) |
Reda 7 | (16–11) | Okoko 8 | ||
1× | Report | 2× 3× |
21 January 2024 16:00 | Congo | 22–25 | Guinea | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Taty 10 | (9–15) | Lebon 14 | ||
1× 7× | Report | 1× 2× |
21 January 2024 18:00 | Cameroon | 16–35 | Egypt | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Chouraki, El Mounir (MAR) |
Eyebe II 5 | (9–17) | four players 4 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 1× |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 69 | +26 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 80 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | Libya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 88 | −19 | 2 | Placement round |
4 | Gabon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 89 | −13 | 0 |
17 January 2024 10:00 | Algeria | 31–27 | Gabon | Second Hall Attendance: 700 Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN) |
Abdi 7 | (16–12) | Aubyang 7 | ||
1× | Report | 2× |
17 January 2024 14:00 | Morocco | 30–25 | Libya | Second Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Emam, Hossam (EGY) |
Ezzine 7 | (17–14) | Al-Har 6 | ||
7× | Report | 1× 7× |
19 January 2024 18:00 | Libya | 19–34 | Algeria | Second Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: El-Sayed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Al-Rabia, Al-Shati 5 | (10–18) | Saker 8 | ||
4× | Report | 7× |
19 January 2024 20:00 | Gabon | 25–33 | Morocco | Second Hall Attendance: 400 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Aubyang 11 | (9–16) | Lakbi 8 | ||
1× 1× | Report | 4× |
21 January 2024 14:00 | Gabon | 24–25 | Libya | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Ben Dahou, Zoghlami (TUN) |
Wora 6 | (10–13) | Al-Rabia 7 | ||
1× | Report | 3× |
21 January 2024 20:00 | Morocco | 23–30 | Algeria | Main Hall Attendance: 800 Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN) |
Mansari 7 | (13–16) | Abdi 7 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 2× 4× |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 67 | +61 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 77 | +27 | 4 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 85 | −10 | 2 | Placement round |
4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 139 | −78 | 0 |
17 January 2024 12:00 | Tunisia | 59–18 | Kenya | Second Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: El Malwane, El Ghass (MAR) |
Toumi 10 | (27–4) | Kirimi 5 | ||
2× | Report | 2× |
17 January 2024 16:00 | Angola | 26–24 | Nigeria | Second Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Ferreira 9 | (13–11) | Ani 8 | ||
2× | Report | 1× |
19 January 2024 14:00 | Kenya | 20–48 | Angola | Main Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Emam, Hossam (EGY) |
Wakhuka 5 | (10–28) | Pascoal 10 | ||
5× | Report | 2× |
19 January 2024 20:00 | Nigeria | 19–36 | Tunisia | Main Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Chouraki, El Mounir (MAR) |
Yusuf 7 | (10–18) | Rzig 9 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× |
21 January 2024 14:00 | Nigeria | 32–23 | Kenya | Second Hall |
(16–9) | ||||
21 January 2024 20:00 | Tunisia | 33–30 | Angola | Second Hall Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Belkhiri, Ali (ALG) |
Sanaï 6 | (16–15) | Hebo 5 | ||
1× 5× 1× | Report | 1× 1× |
Ninth place bracket
9–16th place semifinals | 9–12th place | Ninth place | ||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Rwanda | 33 | |||||||||
24 January | ||||||||||
Gabon | 37 | |||||||||
Gabon | 21 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Cameroon | 28 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 36 | |||||||||
26 January | ||||||||||
Kenya | 18 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 25 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 33 | |||||||||
Libya | 36 | |||||||||
24 January | ||||||||||
Zambia | 17 | |||||||||
Libya | 24 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 31 | 11th place | ||||||||
Nigeria | 27 | |||||||||
26 January | ||||||||||
Congo | 26 | |||||||||
Gabon | 25 | |||||||||
Libya | 24 | |||||||||
13th place bracket
13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | |||||
24 January | ||||||
Rwanda | 32 | |||||
26 January | ||||||
Kenya | 24 | |||||
Rwanda | 28 | |||||
24 January | ||||||
Congo | 42 | |||||
Zambia | 17 | |||||
Congo | 36 | |||||
15th place | ||||||
26 January | ||||||
Kenya | 34 | |||||
Zambia | 28 |
23 January 2024 10:30 | Rwanda | 33–37 | Gabon | Second Hall |
(17–22) | ||||
23 January 2024 13:00 | Libya | 36–17 | Zambia | Second Hall |
(19–3) | ||||
23 January 2024 15:00 | Cameroon | 36–18 | Kenya | Second Hall |
(15–7) | ||||
23 January 2024 18:00 | Nigeria | 27–26 | Congo | Second Hall |
(14–16) | ||||
24 January 2024 13:00 | Rwanda | 32–24 | Kenya | Second Hall |
(19–10) | ||||
24 January 2024 15:00 | Zambia | 17–36 | Congo | Second Hall |
(8–21) | ||||
24 January 2024 13:00 | Gabon | 21–28 | Cameroon | Main Hall |
(8–16) | ||||
24 January 2024 17:00 | Libya | 24–31 | Nigeria | Second Hall |
(10–14) | ||||
26 January 2024 14:00 | Kenya | 34–28 | Zambia | Second Hall |
(15–16) | ||||
26 January 2024 16:00 | Rwanda | 28–42 | Congo | Second Hall |
(16–20) | ||||
26 January 2024 18:00 | Gabon | 25–24 | Libya | Second Hall |
(13–12) | ||||
26 January 2024 16:00 | Cameroon | 25–33 | Nigeria | Main Hall |
(12–15) | ||||
Championship bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Cape Verde | 31 | |||||||||
25 January | ||||||||||
Morocco | 22 | |||||||||
Cape Verde | 26 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Algeria | 32 | |||||||||
Algeria | 36 | |||||||||
27 January | ||||||||||
DR Congo | 23 | |||||||||
Algeria | 21 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Egypt | 29 | |||||||||
Egypt | 37 | |||||||||
25 January | ||||||||||
Angola | 25 | |||||||||
Egypt | 30 | |||||||||
23 January | ||||||||||
Tunisia | 25 | Third place | ||||||||
Tunisia | 37 | |||||||||
27 January | ||||||||||
Guinea | 24 | |||||||||
Cape Verde | 28 | |||||||||
Tunisia | 35 | |||||||||
Fifth place bracket
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
24 January | ||||||
Morocco | 30 (6) | |||||
26 January | ||||||
DR Congo (Pen.) | 30 (7) | |||||
DR Congo | 26 | |||||
24 January | ||||||
Guinea | 29 | |||||
Angola | 22 (2) | |||||
Guinea (Pen.) | 22 (3) | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
26 January | ||||||
Morocco | 25 | |||||
Angola | 23 |
23 January 2024 10:30 | Cape Verde | 31–22 | Morocco | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 1,200 Referees: El Sayed, El Sayed (EGY) |
Moreno 8 | (13–10) | Lakbi 5 | ||
4× | Report | 1× 3× |
23 January 2024 13:00 | Algeria | 36–23 | DR Congo | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Berkous 7 | (14–15) | Tchitombi 6 | ||
1× 1× | Report | 1× |
23 January 2024 15:30 | Egypt | 37–25 | Angola | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 1,200 |
Abdelrahman 7 | (20–13) | Sibo 5 | ||
3× | Report | 1× 3× 1× |
23 January 2024 18:00 | Tunisia | 37–24 | Guinea | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 700 Referees: Chouraki, El Mounir (MAR) |
Maaref, Toumi 7 | (17–12) | Corcher 7 | ||
3× | Report | 4× |
24 January 2024 15:00 | Morocco | 36–37 | DR Congo | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY) |
Lakbi 9 | (12–14) | Tchitombi 11 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 5× | ||
FT: 30–30 Pen: 6–7 |
24 January 2024 17:30 | Angola | 24–25 | Guinea | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 1,200 Referees: El Malwane, El Ghass (MAR) |
Chicola, Ferreira 4 | (12–9) | Corcher 7 | ||
3× | Report | 1× | ||
FT: 22–22 Pen: 2–3 |
25 January 2024 17:30 | Egypt | 30–25 | Tunisia | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Sanad 8 | (17–12) | Ben Abdallah 5 | ||
3× | Report | 2× 4× |
25 January 2024 20:30 | Cape Verde | 26–32 | Algeria | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
D. Pina, Moreno 5 | (8–16) | Abdi, Khermouche 7 | ||
1× 4× 2× | Report | 5× |
26 January 2024 14:00 | Morocco | 25–23 | Angola | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 300 Referees: Ben Dahou, Zoghlami (TUN) |
Ezzine 9 | (12–13) | Chicola 7 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
26 January 2024 18:00 | DR Congo | 26–29 | Guinea | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Tchitombi 7 | (11–17) | Lebon 8 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 1× |
27 January 2024 15:30 | Cape Verde | 28–35 | Tunisia | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Semedo 6 | (13–20) | Toumi 6 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× 1× |
27 January 2024 18:00 | Algeria | 21–29 | Egypt | Main Hall, Cairo Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN) |
Daoud 6 | (10–17) | Nafea, Sanad 5 | ||
1× 5× | Report | 1× 1× |
Rank | Team |
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Egypt | |
Algeria | |
Tunisia | |
4 | Cape Verde |
5 | Guinea |
6 | DR Congo |
7 | Morocco |
8 | Angola |
9 | Nigeria |
10 | Cameroon |
11 | Gabon |
12 | Libya |
13 | Congo |
14 | Rwanda |
15 | Kenya |
16 | Zambia |
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2025 World Championship | |
Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments and 2025 World Championship | |
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship |
The all-star team was announced on 28 January 2024. [7]
Position | Player |
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Goalkeeper | Pierre Rubens |
Right wing | Mohamed Sanad |
Right back | Anouar Ben Abdallah |
Centre back | Mustapha Hadj Sadok |
Left back | Yehia El-Deraa |
Left wing | Ahmed Nafea |
Pivot | Paulo Moreno |
MVP | Yahia Omar |
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