2020 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2020 African Men's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the championship and was held from January 16 to January 26, 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
Dates16–26 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (7th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches52
Goals scored2711 (52.13 per match)
Best player Yehia El-Deraa
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Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–23 in the final.[2][3]

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

Qualified teams
CountryPrevious appearances in tournament
 Algeria22 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Angola15 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Cameroon14 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Cape Verde0 (debut)
 Congo19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 DR Congo11 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Egypt21 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Gabon8 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Guinea1 (1981)
 Ivory Coast16 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012)
 Kenya2 (2004, 2016)
 Libya4 (2004, 2010, 2014, 2016)
 Morocco17 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Nigeria11 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Senegal9 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014)
 Tunisia23 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Zambia0 (debut)

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

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

Squads

Match officials

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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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
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
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) Host.
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
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

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)
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[lower-alpha 1] 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
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)
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) Host.
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

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 January
 
 
 Egypt30
 
26 January
 
 Algeria27
 
 Egypt27
 
24 January
 
 Tunisia23
 
 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
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
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
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  27–23  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
RankTeam
 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]

PositionPlayer
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
  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.
  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. 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. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. "Hand/CAN-2020 (Arbitrage), 8 paires retenues". Algérie Presse Service. 13 January 2020.
  7. Match schedule
  8. "Forfait surprise du Kenya et belle victoire pour l'Egypte". can2020.tn. 16 January 2020.
  9. "The Best: 2020 CAHB Men's African Championship". ihf.info. 3 February 2020.
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