2018 African Men's Handball Championship

2018 African Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Gabon
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–27 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (10th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	1,740 (52.73 per match)
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Host country

Gabon

Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

Dates17–27 January

Teams10 (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 African Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held from 17 to 27 January 2018 in Gabon. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Tunisia won their tenth title after beating Egypt 26–24 in the final.^[2]^[3]

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Country	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Algeria	21 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Angola	14 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Cameroon	13 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Congo	18 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
DR Congo	10 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Egypt	20 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Gabon	7 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Morocco	17 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Nigeria	10 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Tunisia	22 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Libreville	Libreville
Palais des Sports de Libreville
Capacity: 6,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	4	3	1	0	120	89	+31	7	Quarterfinals
2	Gabon (H)	4	2	1	1	97	103	−6	5^[a]
3	Algeria	4	2	1	1	114	105	+9	5^[a]
4	Congo	4	1	0	3	105	118	−13	2
5	Cameroon	4	0	1	3	100	121	−21	1

17 January 2018 11:00	Algeria	31–23	Cameroon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(18–13)

17 January 2018 18:30	Gabon	27–22	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–12)

2018 African Men's Handball Championship

Venue

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

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18 January 2018 13:00	Cameroon	26–32	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–15)

18 January 2018 19:00	Algeria	25–26	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(12–16)

19 January 2018 15:00	Congo	31–33	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–19)

19 January 2018 19:00	Gabon	15–27	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(6–11)

21 January 2018 15:00	Cameroon	22–29	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–11)

21 January 2018 17:00	Tunisia	25–25	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–11)

22 January 2018 13:00	Tunisia	36–23	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(19–8)

22 January 2018 19:00	Cameroon	29–29	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–16)

17 January 2018 09:00	Angola	29–16	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–5)

17 January 2018 13:00	Morocco	28–33	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–17)

18 January 2018 15:00	DR Congo	23–28	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(8–13)

18 January 2018 17:00	Nigeria	22–27	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–12)

19 January 2018 13:00	DR Congo	28–21	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–11)

19 January 2018 17:00	Angola	32–21	Morocco	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–12)

21 January 2018 13:00	Morocco	33–28	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(18–13)

21 January 2018 19:00	Egypt	25–20	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–9)

22 January 2018 15:00	Morocco	24–23	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(7–13)

22 January 2018 17:00	Egypt	36–27	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(19–7)

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

24 January

Tunisia	38
		25 January
DR Congo	21
		Tunisia	34
24 January
		Angola	14
Angola	29
				27 January
Algeria	27
				Tunisia	26
24 January
				Egypt	24
Gabon	23
		25 January
Morocco (OT)	26
		Morocco	19
24 January
		Egypt	31	Third place
Egypt	37
				27 January
Congo	22
				Angola	29

				Morocco	26

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

25 January

DR Congo	24
		27 January
Algeria	29
		Algeria	23
25 January
		Gabon	24
Gabon	31

Congo	30
		Seventh place

		27 January

		DR Congo	23

		Congo	24

24 January 2018 13:00	Tunisia	38–21	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(21–12)

24 January 2018 15:00	Angola	29–27	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(13–12)

24 January 2018 17:00	Congo	22–37	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(15–18)

24 January 2018 19:00	Gabon	23–26 (ET)	Morocco	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(9–11)

	FT: 20–20 ET: 3–6

25 January 2018 13:00	DR Congo	24–29	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(14–15)

25 January 2018 15:00	Gabon	31–30	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–20)

25 January 2018 17:00	Tunisia	34–14	Angola	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–3)

25 January 2018 19:00	Morocco	19–31	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(4–14)

25 January 2018 11:00	Cameroon	27–19	Nigeria	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(16–10)

27 January 2018 09:00	DR Congo	23–24	Congo	Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
		(10–9)