2020 African Men's Handball Championship

International handball competition

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)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	2,711 (52.13 per match)
Best player	Yehia El-Deraa
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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.

Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.

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. 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.

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).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	111	60	+51	6	Main round
2	DR Congo	3	2	1	57	53	+4	4	Main round
3	Guinea	3	1	2	73	84	−11	2	Placement round
4	Kenya	3	0	3	36	80	−44	0	Placement round

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:

Kenya forfeited their first game.

16 January 2020 12:00	DR Congo	10–0 (awarded)	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	Main round
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	79	80	−1	2	Placement round
4	Libya	3	0	1	2	65	73	−8	1	Placement round

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	3	3	0	122	66	+56	6	Main round
2	Cape Verde	3	2	1	72	78	−6	4	Main round
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	68	82	−14	2	Placement round
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	3	69	105	−36	0	Placement round

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)

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	98	64	+34	6	Main round
2	Morocco	3	2	1	103	70	+33	4	Main round
3	Congo	3	1	2	87	82	+5	2	Placement round
4	Zambia	3	0	3	38	110	−72	0	Placement round
–	Senegal	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	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:

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	97	62	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Angola	3	2	1	87	84	+3	4	Semifinals
3	DR Congo	3	1	2	76	76	0	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Gabon	3	0	3	61	99	−38	0	5–8th place semifinals

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	3	3	0	90	67	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Algeria	3	2	1	80	79	+1	4	Semifinals
3	Morocco	3	1	2	85	89	−4	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Cape Verde	3	0	3	69	89	−20	0	5–8th place semifinals

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)

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)

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	27–22	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.

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)

References

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"Draw's date of the 24th Men' Seniors Africa Nations Championship 2020 is announced". CAHB. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
"Results of the Draw for the 24th African Senior Men's Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2020". CAHB. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
"Hand/CAN-2020 (Arbitrage), 8 paires retenues". Algérie Presse Service. 13 January 2020.
Match schedule
^ "Forfait surprise du Kenya et belle victoire pour l'Egypte". can2020.tn. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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External links

v t e African Handball Championship
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Women	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Angola 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Angola 2016 Congo 2018 Cameroon 2021 Senegal 2022 DR Congo 2024 Tunisia 2026

v t e 2021 World Men's Handball Championship qualification
Africa	2020 African Men's Handball Championship
Asia	2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship
SCAHC	2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship ~~Last Chance Qualification Tournament~~
NACHC	~~2020 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship~~
Europe	2020 European Men's Handball Championship ~~European qualification~~

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