Handball at the 2019 African Games – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2019 African Games was held from 20 to 29 August at the Mohammed V Sports Complex and Sports Center Ibrahim Zahare in Casablanca.

Men's handball
at the 2019 African Games

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–29 August
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	116	72	+44	6	Quarterfinals
2	Morocco (H)	3	2	0	1	115	64	+51	4
3	Guinea	3	1	0	2	81	112	−31	2
4	Zambia	3	0	0	3	70	134	−64	0

Source: AG 2019
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

20 August 2019 18:00	Morocco	51–14	Zambia	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(27–6)

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21 August 2019 12:00	Egypt	42–22	Guinea	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(21–8)

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22 August 2019 18:00	Guinea	18–37	Morocco	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(8–13)

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24 August 2019 12:00	Zambia	23–42	Egypt	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(12–20)

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25 August 2019 10:00	Zambia	33–41	Guinea	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		10–17

25 August 2019 18:00	Egypt	32–27	Morocco	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(17–13)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	4	3	1	0	109	86	+23	7	Quarterfinals
2	Algeria	4	2	2	0	101	94	+7	6
3	DR Congo	4	1	2	1	89	94	−5	4
4	Nigeria	4	1	1	2	91	93	−2	3
5	Burkina Faso	4	0	0	4	92	115	−23	0

Source: AG 2019
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

20 August 2019 14:00	Algeria	31–26	Burkina Faso	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(13–14)

21 August 2019 16:00	Angola	31–20	Nigeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(16–12)

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21 August 2019 14:00	DR Congo	29–28	Burkina Faso	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(16–13)

21 August 2019 18:00	Algeria	24–22	Nigeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(7–11)

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22 August 2019 12:00	Burkina Faso	21–27	Angola	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(8–15)

22 August 2019 16:00	DR Congo	20–20	Algeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(10–11)

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24 August 2019 14:00	Nigeria	28–17	Burkina Faso	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(17–10)

24 August 2019 18:00	Angola	25–19	DR Congo	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(12–10)

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25 August 2019 14:00	DR Congo	21–21	Nigeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(12–10)

25 August 2019 16:00	Angola	26–26	Algeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(13–10)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 August
	Egypt	27
					28 August
	Nigeria	26
					Egypt	40
	26 August
					Algeria	23
	Algeria	33
									29 August
	Guinea	18
									Egypt	25
	26 August
									Angola	31
	Morocco (OT)	26
					28 August
	DR Congo	23
					Morocco	24
	26 August
					Angola	27			Third place
	Zambia	20
									29 August
	Angola	41
									Algeria	22
									Morocco	25

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 August
	Nigeria	23
					29 August
	Guinea	17
					Nigeria	18
	28 August
					DR Congo	19
	DR Congo	42
	Zambia	20
					Seventh place
					29 August
					Guinea	39
					Zambia	19

Quarterfinals

26 August 2019 12:00	Egypt	27–26	Nigeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(9–14)

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26 August 2019 14:00	Algeria	33–18	Guinea	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(16–8)

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26 August 2019 16:00	Zambia	20–41	Angola	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(8–20)

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26 August 2019 18:00	Morocco	26–23 (ET)	DR Congo	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(10–9)
	FT: 22–22 ET: 4–1

5–8th place semifinals

28 August 2019 16:00	DR Congo	42–20	Zambia	Sports Center Ibrahim Zahare
		(22–10)

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28 August 2019 18:00	Nigeria	23–17	Guinea	Sports Center Ibrahim Zahare
		(11–7)

Semifinals

28 August 2019 14:00	Egypt	40–23	Algeria	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(21–12)

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28 August 2019 19:00	Morocco	24–27	Angola	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(11–14)

Seventh place game

29 August 2019 12:00	Guinea	39–19	Zambia	Sports Center Ibrahim Zahare
		(20–5)

Fifth place game

29 August 2019 11:00	Nigeria	18–19	DR Congo	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(8–9)

Third place game

29 August 2019 15:00	Algeria	22–25	Morocco	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(11–12)

Final

29 August 2019 19:00	Egypt	25–31	Angola	Mohammed V Sports Complex
		(12–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Egypt
	Morocco
4	Algeria
5	DR Congo
6	Nigeria
7	Guinea
8	Zambia
9	Burkina Faso