1983 African Men's Handball Championship

1983 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–31 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Egypt

The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Egypt (hosts)
• Senegal
• Tunisia
• Morocco
• Angola
• Ivory Coast
• Nigeria

Draw

Group A	Group B
Algeria Egypt Morocco Nigeria Senegal	Angola Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Tunisia

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria (A)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Egypt (A, H)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Senegal	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Morocco	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Source:
(A) Advanced to semi-finals; (H) Hosts

22 July 1983	Egypt	24–23	Morocco

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23 July 1983	Morocco	v	Nigeria

23 July 1983	Algeria	17–14	Senegal

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24 July 1983	Algeria	18–14	Morocco

24 July 1983	Egypt	v	Senegal

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26 July 1983	Senegal	21–18	Morocco
		(10–12)

26 July 1983	Egypt	20–16	Nigeria
		(9–8)

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27 July 1983	Algeria	29–23	Nigeria
		(17–11)

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28 July 1983	Senegal	32–23	Nigeria
		(15–13)

28 July 1983	Algeria	25–23	Egypt
		(11–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo (A)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tunisia (A)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Angola	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	1

Source:
(A) Advance to semi-finals

23 July 1983	Cameroon	22–20	Angola
		(11–9)

23 July 1983	Congo	v	Ivory Coast

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24 July 1983	Cameroon	v	Ivory Coast

24 July 1983	Congo	v	Tunisia

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26 July 1983	Congo	23–16	Cameroon
		(8–9)

26 July 1983	Tunisia	22–20	Angola
		(10–10)

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27 July 1983	Tunisia	21–17	Cameroon
		(11–10)

27 July 1983	Ivory Coast	27–25	Angola
		(11–10)

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28 July 1983	Congo	17–17	Angola
		(12–10)

28 July 1983	Tunisia	28–18	Ivory Coast
		(10–9)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Algeria	19
	Tunisia	17
					Algeria	25
					Congo	24
	Congo	14
	Egypt	13
					Third place
					Tunisia	29
					Egypt	24

Semi-finals

29 July 1983	Algeria	19–17	Tunisia

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29 July 1983	Congo	14-13	Egypt

Third place game

30 July 1983	Tunisia	29–24	Egypt	Cairo

Final

31 July 1983	Algeria	25–24	Congo	Cairo

Final ranking

	Team qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Team qualified for the 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Congo
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	Cameroon
6	Senegal