1998 African Men's Handball Championship

1998 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	19 – 28 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (5th title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches	27
Goals scored	1176 (43.56 per match)
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The 1998 African Men's Handball Championship, was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19 to 28 October 1998. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Championship in Egypt.^[1]

Tunisia win their fifth title beating Algeria in the final game 22–19.

Qualified teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	4	4	0	0	152	65	+87	8
Algeria	4	3	0	1	124	70	+54	6
Congo	4	2	0	2	90	102	−12	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	86	110	−24	2
South Africa	4	0	0	4	57	162	−105	0

19 October 1999	Congo	34–14	South Africa	Johannesburg

20 October 1999	Algeria	31–14	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

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20 October 1999	Egypt	34–11	Congo	Johannesburg

21 October 1999	Ivory Coast	34–20	South Africa	Johannesburg

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21 October 1999	Algeria	31–21	Congo	Johannesburg

22 October 1999	Egypt	57–14	South Africa	Johannesburg

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23 October 1999	Algeria	37–9	South Africa	Johannesburg

23 October 1999	Egypt	35–15	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

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24 October 1999	Egypt	26–25	Algeria	Johannesburg

24 October 1999	Congo	24–23	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	88	73	+15	7
Tunisia	4	3	0	1	100	80	+20	6
Morocco	4	2	0	2	83	88	−5	4
Angola	4	0	2	2	90	99	−9	2
Cameroon	4	0	1	3	61	82	−21	1

18 October 1999	Morocco	20–18	Angola	Johannesburg

19 October 1999	Nigeria	10–0	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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20 October 1999	Nigeria	28–24	Tunisia	Johannesburg

20 October 1999	Angola	23–23	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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22 October 1999	Nigeria	22–21	Morocco	Johannesburg

22 October 1999	Tunisia	24–14	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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23 October 1999	Tunisia	28–21	Angola	Johannesburg

23 October 1999	Morocco	25–24	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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24 October 1999	Tunisia	24–17	Morocco	Johannesburg

24 October 1999	Nigeria	28–28	Angola	Johannesburg

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	26 October – Johannesburg
	Egypt	23
					28 October – Johannesburg
	Tunisia	26
					Tunisia	22
	26 October – Johannesburg
					Algeria	17
	Nigeria	21
	Algeria	32
					Third place
					27 October – Johannesburg
					Egypt	35
					Nigeria	26

5–10th place bracket

Ninth place         25 October – Johannesburg      South Africa 18      Cameroon 41

Seventh place         25 October – Johannesburg      Ivory Coast 27      Angola 21

Fifth place         25 October – Johannesburg      Morocco 25      Congo 23

Semifinals

26 October 1998	Egypt	23–26	Tunisia	Johannesburg

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26 October 1998	Nigeria	21–32	Algeria	Johannesburg

Ninth place game

25 October 1998	South Africa	18–41	Cameroon	Johannesburg

Seventh place game

25 October 1998	Ivory Coast	27–21	Angola	Johannesburg

Fifth place game

25 October 1998	Morocco	25–23	Congo	Johannesburg

Third place game

27 October 1998	Egypt	35–26	Nigeria	Johannesburg

Final

28 October 1998	Tunisia	22–17	Algeria	Johannesburg

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Algeria
	Egypt
4	Nigeria
5	Morocco
6	Congo
7	Ivory Coast
8	Angola
9	Cameroon
10	South Africa

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