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)
Dates	16–26 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (7th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	2,711 (52.13 per match)
Awards
Best player	Yehia El-Deraa
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Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.^[2][3]

Qualified teams

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

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

Draw

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
Tunisia  Egypt  Angola  Morocco	Algeria  Gabon  Cameroon  DR Congo	Congo  Guinea  Nigeria  Ivory Coast	Senegal  Kenya  Libya  Zambia  Cape Verde

Squads

Main article: 2020 African Men's Handball Championship squads

Match officials

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

CAHB referees Country Referees  Algeria Sid-Ali Hamidi Youcef Belkhiri  Egypt Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia  Egypt Mahmoud El Beltagy Hamdy Nasser  Senegal Abdoulaye Faye Cheikh Mohamed Fadel Diop  Togo Akpatsa Yawo Mawusse Assignon Agbeko Kokou  Tunisia Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf  Tunisia Ramzi Khenizi Ismaïl Boualloucha

Invited referees Country Referees  Spain Ignacio Garcia Andreu Marin

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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)

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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)

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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

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)

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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)

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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

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)

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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)

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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

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)

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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)

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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

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

Group 1

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)

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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

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)

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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

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

13th place game

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

Eleventh place game

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

Ninth place game

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

Main round

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

Group I

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)

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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

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)

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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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 January
	Egypt	30
					26 January
	Algeria	27
					Egypt	27
	24 January
					Tunisia	22
	Tunisia	39
	Angola	23
					Third place
					26 January
					Algeria	32
					Angola	27

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	24 January
	DR Congo	30
					25 January
	Cape Verde (ET)	32
					Cape Verde	37
	24 January
					Morocco	28
	Morocco	31
	Gabon	27
					Seventh place
					26 January
					DR Congo	30
					Gabon	26

5–8th place semifinals

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

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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

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking and awards

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

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)