2018 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2018 African Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held from 17 to 27 January 2018 in Gabon. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

2018 African Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Gabon
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–27 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (10th title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	1,740 (52.73 per match)
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Tunisia won their tenth title after beating Egypt 26–24 in the final.^[2][3]

Qualified teams

Country	Previous appearances in tournament1
Algeria	21 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Angola	14 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Cameroon	13 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Congo	18 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
DR Congo	10 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Egypt	20 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Gabon	7 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Morocco	17 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Nigeria	10 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Tunisia	22 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italic indicates host country for that year

Venue

Libreville	Libreville
Palais des Sports de Libreville
Capacity: 6,000

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 3 November 2017 in Libreville.^[4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	3	1	0	120	89	+31	7	Quarterfinals
2	Gabon (H)	4	2	1	1	97	103	−6	5[a]
3	Algeria	4	2	1	1	114	105	+9	5[a]
4	Congo	4	1	0	3	105	118	−13	2
5	Cameroon	4	0	1	3	100	121	−21	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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
Notes:

1. Algeria 25–26 Gabon

17 January 2018 11:00	Algeria	31–23	Cameroon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(18–13)

17 January 2018 18:30	Gabon	27–22	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–12)

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18 January 2018 13:00	Cameroon	26–32	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–15)

18 January 2018 19:00	Algeria	25–26	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(12–16)

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19 January 2018 15:00	Congo	31–33	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–19)

19 January 2018 19:00	Gabon	15–27	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(6–11)

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21 January 2018 15:00	Cameroon	22–29	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–11)

21 January 2018 17:00	Tunisia	25–25	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–11)

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22 January 2018 13:00	Tunisia	36–23	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(19–8)

22 January 2018 19:00	Cameroon	29–29	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–16)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	0	121	97	+24	8	Quarterfinals
2	Angola	4	3	0	1	109	85	+24	6
3	Morocco	4	2	0	2	106	116	−10	4
4	DR Congo	4	1	0	3	106	118	−12	2
5	Nigeria	4	0	0	4	82	108	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

17 January 2018 09:00	Angola	29–16	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–5)

17 January 2018 13:00	Morocco	28–33	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–17)

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18 January 2018 15:00	DR Congo	23–28	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(8–13)

18 January 2018 17:00	Nigeria	22–27	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–12)

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19 January 2018 13:00	DR Congo	28–21	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–11)

19 January 2018 17:00	Angola	32–21	Morocco	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–12)

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21 January 2018 13:00	Morocco	33–28	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(18–13)

21 January 2018 19:00	Egypt	25–20	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–9)

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22 January 2018 15:00	Morocco	24–23	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(7–13)

22 January 2018 17:00	Egypt	36–27	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(19–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 January
	Tunisia	38
					25 January
	DR Congo	21
					Tunisia	34
	24 January
					Angola	14
	Angola	29
									27 January
	Algeria	27
									Tunisia	26
	24 January
									Egypt	24
	Gabon	23
					25 January
	Morocco (OT)	26
					Morocco	19
	24 January
					Egypt	31			Third place
	Egypt	37
									27 January
	Congo	22
									Angola	29
									Morocco	26

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	25 January
	DR Congo	24
					27 January
	Algeria	29
					Algeria	23
	25 January
					Gabon	24
	Gabon	31
	Congo	30
					Seventh place
					27 January
					DR Congo	23
					Congo	24

Quarterfinals

24 January 2018 13:00	Tunisia	38–21	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(21–12)

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24 January 2018 15:00	Angola	29–27	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–12)

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24 January 2018 17:00	Congo	22–37	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–18)

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24 January 2018 19:00	Gabon	23–26 (ET)	Morocco	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(9–11)
	FT: 20–20 ET: 3–6

5–8th place semifinals

25 January 2018 13:00	DR Congo	24–29	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–15)

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25 January 2018 15:00	Gabon	31–30	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–20)

Semifinals

25 January 2018 17:00	Tunisia	34–14	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–3)

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25 January 2018 19:00	Morocco	19–31	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(4–14)

Ninth place game

25 January 2018 11:00	Cameroon	27–19	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–10)

Seventh place game

27 January 2018 09:00	DR Congo	23–24	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–9)

Fifth place game

27 January 2018 11:00	Algeria	23–24	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–9)

Third place game

27 January 2018 13:00	Angola	29–26	Morocco	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(17–13)

Final

27 January 2018 19:00	Tunisia	26–24	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2019 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Egypt
	Angola
4	Morocco
5	Gabon
6	Algeria
7	Congo
8	DR Congo
9	Cameroon
10	Nigeria