2020 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2020 African Men's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and was held from 16 to 26 January 2020 in Tunisia. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[1]

2020 African Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates16–26 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (7th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored2,711 (52.13 per match)
Best playerEgypt Yehia El-Deraa
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Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.[2][3]

Qualified teams

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Country Previous appearances in tournament
  Algeria 22 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Angola 15 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Cameroon 14 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Cape Verde 0 (debut)
  Congo 19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  DR Congo 11 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Egypt 21 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Gabon 8 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Guinea 1 (1981)
  Ivory Coast 16 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012)
  Kenya 2 (2004, 2016)
  Libya 4 (2004, 2010, 2014, 2016)
  Morocco 17 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Nigeria 11 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Senegal 9 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014)
  Tunisia 23 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Zambia 0 (debut)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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Radès Nabeul
Salle Omnisport de Radès Salle Bir Challouf
Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 5,000
   
Hammamet
Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500
 

Draw

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The draw was held on 19 October 2019 in Tunis.[4][5] Senegal withdrew before the tournament.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

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Match officials

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On 13 January 2020, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has selected eight couples of referees.[6]

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).[7]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 0 111 60 +51 6 Main round
2   DR Congo 3 2 0 1 57 53 +4 4
3   Guinea 3 1 0 2 73 84 −11 2 Placement round
4   Kenya[a] 3 0 0 3 36 80 −44 0
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ Kenya forfeited their first game.[8]
16 January 2020
12:00
DR Congo   10–0 (awarded)[8]   Kenya Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
16 January 2020
12:00
Egypt   39–22   Guinea Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(19–10)

17 January 2020
12:00
Kenya   19–44   Egypt Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(7–21)
17 January 2020
16:00
Guinea   25–28   DR Congo Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–16)

19 January 2020
12:00
Guinea   26–17   Kenya Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(11–10)
19 January 2020
18:00
Egypt   28–19   DR Congo Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(16–10)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Angola 3 3 0 0 81 69 +12 6 Main round
2   Gabon 3 1 1 1 74 77 −3 3
3   Nigeria 3 1 0 2 79 80 −1 2 Placement round
4   Libya 3 0 1 2 65 73 −8 1
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2020
12:00
Angola   30–24   Nigeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(17–10)
16 January 2020
14:00
Gabon   22–22   Libya Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–13)

17 January 2020
14:00
Libya   19–20   Angola Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(6–8)
17 January 2020
18:00
Nigeria   24–26   Gabon Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(13–14)

19 January 2020
16:00
Angola   31–26   Gabon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(13–12)
19 January 2020
16:00
Nigeria   31–24   Libya Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(15–11)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia (H) 3 3 0 0 122 66 +56 6 Main round
2   Cape Verde 3 2 0 1 72 78 −6 4
3   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 68 82 −14 2 Placement round
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 69 105 −36 0
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
16 January 2020
10:00
Ivory Coast   19–28   Cameroon Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
(9–14)
16 January 2020
18:30
Tunisia   33–21   Cape Verde Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(17–9)

17 January 2020
14:00
Cameroon   19–22   Cape Verde Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–8)
17 January 2020
18:00
Tunisia   48–24   Ivory Coast Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(22–13)

19 January 2020
14:00
Ivory Coast   26–29   Cape Verde Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–13)
19 January 2020
18:00
Tunisia   41–21   Cameroon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(22–11)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Algeria 3 3 0 0 98 64 +34 6 Main round
2   Morocco 3 2 0 1 103 70 +33 4
3   Congo 3 1 0 2 87 82 +5 2 Placement round
4   Zambia 3 0 0 3 38 110 −72 0
  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2020
10:00
Morocco   34–25   Congo Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(20–15)
16 January 2020
10:00
Algeria   34–9   Zambia Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(17–4)

17 January 2020
12:00
Zambia   12–39   Morocco Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(7–19)
17 January 2020
16:00
Congo   25–31   Algeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(11–18)

19 January 2020
12:00
Congo   37–17   Zambia Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(19–7)
19 January 2020
14:00
Morocco   30–33   Algeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–16)

Placement round

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Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guinea 3 2 1 0 72 57 +15 5 Ninth place game
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 1 85 68 +17 4 Eleventh place game
3   Libya 3 1 1 1 67 73 −6 3 13th place game
4   Kenya 3 0 0 3 57 83 −26 0 15th place game
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
20 January 2020
12:00
Kenya   26–27   Libya Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–10)
20 January 2020
16:00
Guinea   30–24   Nigeria Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(16–11)

22 January 2020
12:00
Kenya   14–30   Nigeria Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(6–15)
22 January 2020
16:00
Libya   16–16   Guinea Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(9–7)

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Congo 3 2 1 0 95 76 +19 5 Ninth place game
2   Cameroon 3 2 0 1 63 43 +20 4 Eleventh place game
3   Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 92 86 +6 3 13th place game
4   Zambia[a] 3 0 0 3 41 86 −45 0 15th place game
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zambia forfeited their game against Cameroon.
20 January 2020
14:00
Ivory Coast   39–24   Zambia Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(20–14)
20 January 2020
18:00
Cameroon   24–25   Congo Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–11)

22 January 2020
14:00
Ivory Coast   34–34   Congo Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(16–19)
22 January 2020
18:00
Cameroon   10–0 (forfeit)   Zambia Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet

15th place game

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24 January 2020
12:00
Kenya   28–17   Zambia Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(12–11)

13th place game

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24 January 2020
14:00
Libya   32–25   Ivory Coast Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(13–12)

Eleventh place game

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24 January 2020
16:00
Nigeria   33–29   Cameroon Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(17–17)

Ninth place game

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25 January 2020
18:00
Guinea   23–25   Congo Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(11–12)

Main round

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Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 0 97 62 +35 6 Semifinals
2   Angola 3 2 0 1 87 84 +3 4
3   DR Congo 3 1 0 2 76 76 0 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Gabon 3 0 0 3 61 99 −38 0
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
20 January 2020
12:00
Egypt   36–17   Gabon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(20–7)
20 January 2020
14:00
Angola   30–25   DR Congo Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(11–13)

22 January 2020
12:00
DR Congo   32–18   Gabon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–10)
22 January 2020
16:00
Egypt   33–26   Angola Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–12)

Group II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia (H) 3 3 0 0 90 67 +23 6 Semifinals
2   Algeria 3 2 0 1 80 79 +1 4
3   Morocco 3 1 0 2 85 89 −4 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Cape Verde 3 0 0 3 69 89 −20 0
Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
20 January 2020
16:00
Cape Verde   23–25   Algeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(12–13)
20 January 2020
18:00
Tunisia   31–24   Morocco Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(17–12)

22 January 2020
14:00
Cape Verde   25–31   Morocco Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(11–17)
22 January 2020
18:00
Tunisia   26–22   Algeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(12–11)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 January
 
 
  Egypt30
 
26 January
 
  Algeria27
 
  Egypt27
 
24 January
 
  Tunisia22
 
  Tunisia39
 
 
  Angola23
 
Third place
 
 
26 January
 
 
  Algeria32
 
 
  Angola27
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
24 January
 
 
  DR Congo30
 
25 January
 
  Cape Verde (ET)32
 
  Cape Verde37
 
24 January
 
  Morocco28
 
  Morocco31
 
 
  Gabon27
 
Seventh place
 
 
26 January
 
 
  DR Congo30
 
 
  Gabon26

5–8th place semifinals

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24 January 2020
13:00
Morocco   31–27   Gabon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(12–8)

24 January 2020
18:00
DR Congo   30–32 (ET)   Cape Verde Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(13–10)

FT: 25–25 ET: 5–7

Semifinals

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24 January 2020
16:00
Egypt   30–27   Algeria Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
Referees: Garcia, Marin (ESP)
(15–14)

24 January 2020
18:30
Tunisia   39–23   Angola Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(21–7)

Seventh place game

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26 January 2020
09:30
DR Congo   30–26   Gabon Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–11)

Fifth place game

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25 January 2020
16:00
Cape Verde   37–28   Morocco Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall, Hammamet
(18–13)

Third place game

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26 January 2020
15:00
Algeria   32–27   Angola Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–14)

Final

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26 January 2020
18:00
Egypt   27–22   Tunisia Salle Omnisport de Radès, Radès
(15–11)

Final ranking and awards

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Legend for qualification type
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2021 World Championship
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2021 World Championship
Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
Rank Team
    Egypt
    Tunisia
    Algeria
4   Angola
5   Cape Verde
6   Morocco
7   DR Congo
8   Gabon
9   Congo
10   Guinea
11   Nigeria
12   Cameroon
13   Libya
14   Ivory Coast
15   Kenya
16   Zambia

All-Star Team

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The all-star team and awards were announced on 3 February 2020.[9]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Giovane Muachissengue (ANG)
Right wing   Mohammad Sanad (EGY)
Right back   Yahia Omar (EGY)
Centre back   Moustafa Hadj Sadok (ALG)
Left back   Ali Zein (EGY)
Left wing   Oussama Boughanmi (TUN)
Pivot   Jihed Jaballah (TUN)
Most Valuable Player   Yehia El-Deraa (EGY)

References

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  1. ^ "Gabon, Congo and Tunisia to host upcoming handball tournaments". africanews.com. 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "L'Egypte champion d'Afrique 2020". can2020.tn. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Egypt are Kings of Africa again and heading to Tokyo 2020". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Draw's date of the 24th Men' Seniors Africa Nations Championship 2020 is announced". CAHB. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Results of the Draw for the 24th African Senior Men's Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2020". CAHB. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Hand/CAN-2020 (Arbitrage), 8 paires retenues". Algérie Presse Service. 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Match schedule
  8. ^ a b "Forfait surprise du Kenya et belle victoire pour l'Egypte". can2020.tn. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "The Best: 2020 CAHB Men's African Championship". ihf.info. 3 February 2020.
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