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2018 African Men's Handball Championship

2018 African Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Gabon
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates17–27 January
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (10th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Angola
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored1,740 (52.73 per match)
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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]

Qualified teams

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)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host country for that year

Venue

Libreville
Palais des Sports de Libreville
Capacity: 6,000

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 3 November 2017 in Libreville.[4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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
Source: [citation needed]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Algeria 25–26 Gabon
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)
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)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 4 0 0 121 97 +24 8 Quarterfinals
2  Angola 4 3 0 1 109 85 +24 6
3  Morocco 4 2 0 2 106 116 −10 4
4  DR Congo 4 1 0 3 106 118 −12 2
5  Nigeria 4 0 0 4 82 108 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]
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.
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)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 January
 
 
 Tunisia38
 
25 January
 
 DR Congo21
 
 Tunisia34
 
24 January
 
 Angola14
 
 Angola29
 
27 January
 
 Algeria27
 
 Tunisia26
 
24 January
 
 Egypt24
 
 Gabon23
 
25 January
 
 Morocco (OT)26
 
 Morocco19
 
24 January
 
 Egypt31 Third place
 
 Egypt37
 
27 January
 
 Congo22
 
 Angola29
 
 
 Morocco26
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
25 January
 
 
 DR Congo24
 
27 January
 
 Algeria29
 
 Algeria23
 
25 January
 
 Gabon24
 
 Gabon31
 
 
 Congo30
 
Seventh place
 
 
27 January
 
 
 DR Congo23
 
 
 Congo24

Quarterfinals

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

5–8th place semifinals

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)

Semifinals

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)

Ninth place game

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

27 January 2018
11:00 		Algeria  23–24  Gabon Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
(14–9)

Third place game

27 January 2018
13:00 		Angola  29–26  Morocco Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
(17–13)

Final

27 January 2018
19:00 		Tunisia  26–24  Egypt Palais des Sports de Libreville, Libreville
(13–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2019 World Championship
Rank Team
 Tunisia
 Egypt
 Angola
4  Morocco
5  Gabon
6  Algeria
7  Congo
8  DR Congo
9  Cameroon
10  Nigeria

References

  1. ^ "Gabon, Congo and Tunisia to host upcoming handball tournaments". africanews.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ^ "CAN HANDBALL GABON 2018: La Tunisie championne d'Afrique !!". cahbonline.info. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tunisia win battle of Africa to take continental title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ "23ème CAN GABON 2018: Résultats du tirage au sort". cahbonline.info. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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