1983 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship, aka Marien Ngouabi Cup was held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

1983 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates22 – 31 July
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up Congo
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Egypt
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It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]

In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

Qualified teams

Draw
Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Egypt
 Morocco
 Nigeria
 Senegal

 Angola
 Cameroon
 Congo
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Fri, 22 Jul 1983
Egypt 24 (–:–) 23 Morocco
Sat, 23 Jul 1983
Nigeria (–:–) Morocco
Algeria 17 (–:–) 14 Senegal
Sun, 24 Jul 1983
Algeria 18 (–:–) 14 Morocco
Egypt (–:–) Senegal
Tue, 26 Jul 1983
Senegal 21 (10:12) 18 Morocco
Egypt 20 (9:8) 16 Nigeria
Wed, 27 Jul 1983
Algeria 29 (17:11) 23 Nigeria
Tunisia (–:–) Algeria
Thu, 28 Jul 1983
Nigeria 24 (13:15) 32 Senegal
Algeria 25 (11:08) 22 Egypt
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria (A) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 8
 Egypt (A) 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 6
 Senegal 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
 Morocco 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
 Nigeria 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Source:
(A) Advanced to semi-finals.

Group B
Sat, 23 Jul 1983
Angola 20 (09:11) 22 Cameroon
Ivory Coast (–:–) Congo
Sun, 24 Jul 1983
Ivory Coast (–:–) Cameroon
Tunisia (–:–) Congo
Tue, 26 Jul 1983
Congo 23 (8:9) 16 Cameroon
Tunisia 22 (10:10) 20 Angola
Wed, 27 Jul 1983
Tunisia 21 (11:10) 17 Cameroon
Ivory Coast 27 (10:11) 25 Angola
Thu, 28 Jul 1983
Angola 17 (10:12) 17 Congo
Ivory Coast 18 (09:10) 28 Tunisia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo (A) 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
 Tunisia (A) 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 6
 Cameroon 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
 Ivory Coast 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
 Angola 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1
Source:
(A) Advance to semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Fri, 29 Jul 1983
Algeria 19 (–:–) 17 Tunisia
Congo (–:–) Egypt

Third place game
30 July 1983 Tunisia  29–24  Egypt Cairo

Final
31 July 1983 Algeria  25 – 24  Congo Cairo

Final ranking
Team qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
Team qualified for the 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B
RankTeam
 Algeria
 Congo
 Tunisia
4 Egypt
5 Cameroon
6 Senegal

References
  1. "Men Handball V Africa Championship 1981 Egypt". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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