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2018 African Men's Handball Championship

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]

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

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

Libreville
Palais des Sports de Libreville
Capacity: 6,000
 

Preliminary round edit

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Seventh place game edit

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

Fifth place game edit

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

Third place game edit

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

Final edit

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

Final ranking edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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