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Handball at the 2019 African Games | |
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Location | Casablanca, Morocco |
Dates | 20–29 August |
Nations | 13 |
Handball at the 2019 African Games was held from 20 to 29 August 2019 in Casablanca, Morocco.
Nine men's and ten women's teams qualified for the games, including the host country, Morocco.
P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Tue 20 Aug | Wed 21 Aug | Thu 22 Aug | Sat 24 Aug | Sun 25 Aug | Mon 26 Aug | Wed 28 Aug | Thu 29 Aug |
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Men | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Women | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Angola Adelino Pestana Adilson Maneco Agnelo Quitongo Albino Cassange Cláudio Lopes Cláudio Chicola Custódio Gouveia Declerck Sibo Elsemar Pedro Feliciano Couveiro Gabriel Teca Giovane Muachissengue Manuel Nascimento Mário Tati Otiniel Pascoal Romé Hebo | Egypt Abd Aziz Ahab Abd Elfatah Ali Abdelrahman Taha Ahmed Rady Abdelrahman Mohamed Kassem Ahmed Khaled Walid Omar Dahroug Omar El-Wakil Omar Khaled Mohab Said Mohsen Ramadan Ramadan Shady Saif Hany Seif El-Deraa Shehab Ahmed | Morocco Abderrahim Chouhou Amine Harchaoui Belhou Mourad Hamza Mannane Hassan Kacheradi Hicham El Hakimy Icham Frid Jamal Ouaali Mehdi Alaoui Mohamed Miri Mohammed Bentaleb Mohammed Ezzine Mohammed Zaher Redwane Braout Said Malki Yassine Belhou |
Women | Angola Albertina Kassoma Azenaide Carlos Carolina Morais Claudete José Helena Paulo Helena Sousa Iracelma Silva Isabel Guialo Janete Santos Juliana Machado Magda Cazanga Natália Bernardo Ruth João Teresa Almeida Vilma Silva Wuta Dombaxe | Cameroon Adjani Nguesseu Anne Essam Berthe Abiabakon Claudia Eyenga Génie Fedjou Gisele Nkolo Jacqueline Mossy Jacky Baniomo Jasmine Yotchoum Liliane Kamga Marie Balana Yolande Touba Marie Tenang Noelle Mben Vanessa Djiepmou Vicky Pokop | DR Congo Grace Zoubalela Consolate Feza Micheline Mukoko Christianne Mwasesa Raissa Yalibi Prescyllia Engala Diane Louoba Lydia Kasangala Rabby Ifaso Falonne Yabon Carine Ngombo Cynthia Liandja Isaure Mosabau Grace Shokkos Francoise Kashala Roseline Ngo Leyi |
* Host nation (Morocco)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Angola (ANG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Morocco (MAR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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