Tournament details | |
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Host country | Zimbabwe |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | September 1995 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Cameroon |
Third place | Nigeria |
Fourth place | Zimbabwe |
The Handball events at the 1995 All-Africa Games were held in Harare, Zimbabwe in September 1995. [1]
Zone | Team |
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Hosts | Zimbabwe |
Zone I | (withdrew) |
Zone II | (withdrew) |
Zone III | Cameroon |
Zone IV | Nigeria |
Zone V | Egypt |
Zone VI | (withdrew) |
Zone VII | (withdrew) |
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All times are local (UTC+2).
... September 1995 | Nigeria | – | Zimbabwe | Harare |
... September 1995 | Egypt | 26–18 | Cameroon | Harare |
... September 1995 | Egypt | 54–7 | Zimbabwe | Harare |
... September 1995 | Cameroon | – | Nigeria | Harare |
... September 1995 | Cameroon | – | Zimbabwe | Harare |
... September 1995 | Egypt | 23–20 | Nigeria | Harare |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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