2008 African Men's Handball Championship

2008 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–17 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	2,326 (58.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed El-Ahmar (32 goals)
Best player	Ahmed El-Ahmar

The 2008 African Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Angola, from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championship in Croatia.

Egypt win their fifth title beating Tunisia in the final game 27–25.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Angola (hosts)
• Cameroon
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Tunisia

Venues

Luanda	Cabinda
Pavilhão da Cidadela	Pavilhão do Tafe
Capacity: 6,873	Capacity: 2,000
Lubango	Luanda Cabinda Lubango
Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte
Capacity: 2,000

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	95	68	+27	6
Angola (H)	3	1	0	2	81	83	−2	2
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	82	87	−5	2
DR Congo	3	1	0	2	83	103	−20	2

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 January 2008 16:00	Tunisia	29–24	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–14)

10 January 2008 18:00	Angola	30–33	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–14)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Cameroon	31–27	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(17–13)

11 January 2008 18:00	Tunisia	24–20	Angola	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(13–10)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Tunisia	42–23	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(22–12)

12 January 2008 16:00	Angola	31–26	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–10)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	3	0	0	90	65	+25	6
Algeria	3	2	0	1	75	65	+10	4
Morocco	3	1	0	2	71	82	−11	2
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	65	89	−24	0

Source:

10 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	26–23	Algeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(14–13)

10 January 2008 18:00	Morocco	30–25	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(18–10)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	31–22	Morocco	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(15–10)

11 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	26–20	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(14–9)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	33–20	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(12–10)

12 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	26–19	Morocco	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(17–9)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	15 January – Luanda
	Egypt	35
					17 January – Luanda
	Angola	27
					Egypt	27
	15 January – Luanda
					Tunisia	25
	Tunisia	41
	Algeria	25
					Third place
					17 January – Luanda
					Angola	20
					Algeria	23

5–8 place bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 January – Cabinda
	DR Congo	30
					15 January – Cabinda
	Morocco	28
					DR Congo	31
	14 January – Cabinda
					Nigeria	30
	Nigeria (ET)	37
	Cameroon	36
					Third place
					15 January – Cabinda
					Morocco	23
					Cameroon	32

5–8th place bracket

14 January 2008 17:00	DR Congo	30–28	Morocco	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(16–11)

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February 19 19:30 UTC+2	Nigeria	37–36 (ET)	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(15–18)
	FT: 31–31 ET: 2–2, 4–3

Semifinals

15 January 2008 14:00	Tunisia	41–25	Algeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(17–11)

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15 January 2008 18:00	Egypt	35–28	Angola	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(19–14)

Seventh place game

15 January 2008 15:00	Morocco	32–23	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(20–11)

Fifth place game

15 January 2008 17:00	DR Congo	31–30	Nigeria	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–15)

Third place game

16 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	23–20	Angola	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(11–11)

Final

17 January 2008 20:00	Egypt	27–25	Tunisia	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(12–16)

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics & the 2009 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualifier & the 2009 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Algeria
4	Angola
5	DR Congo
6	Nigeria
7	Cameroon
8	Morocco