2004 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 African Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 8 to 18 April 2004. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia.[1]

2004 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–18 April
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (4th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored2,842 (56.84 per match)

Egypt win their fourth title beating Tunisia in the final game 31–28.

Qualified teams

Venues
Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
Main Hall Media Hall
Capacity: 16,900 Capacity: 1,620
Cairo
Police Union Hall
Capacity: 2,000

First round

All times are local (UTC+2).

     Team advance to the second round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 2 2 0 0 74 33 +41 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 49 45 +4 2
 Kenya 2 0 0 2 40 85 −45 0
 Ivory Coast (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew
8 April 2004
16:00		 Algeria  51–18  Kenya Media Hall, Cairo
(24–9)
9 April 2004
18:00		 Cameroon  34–22  Kenya Media Hall, Cairo
(8–9)
10 April 2004
16:00		 Algeria  23–15  Cameroon Media Hall, Cairo
(9–6)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 117 50 +67 6
 Morocco 3 2 0 1 84 78 +6 4
 DR Congo 3 1 0 2 68 100 −32 2
 Congo 3 0 0 3 74 115 −41 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
8 April 2004
16:00		 Morocco  37–25  Congo Main Hall, Cairo
(15–13)
8 April 2004
20:00		 Egypt  39–15  DR Congo Main Hall, Cairo
(19–7)
9 April 2004
17:00		 Morocco  29–19  DR Congo Main Hall, Cairo
(13–10)
9 April 2004
19:00		 Egypt  44–17  Congo Main Hall, Cairo
(20–6)
10 April 2004
17:00		 DR Congo  34–32  Congo Main Hall, Cairo
(13–11)
10 April 2004
19:00		 Egypt  34–18  Morocco Main Hall, Cairo
(17–7)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 3 0 0 107 64 +43 6
 Angola 3 2 0 1 77 73 +4 4
 Senegal 3 1 0 2 79 85 −6 2
 Libya 3 0 0 3 57 98 −41 0
Source:
8 April 2004
14:00		 Angola  24–22  Senegal Police Union Hall, Cairo
(12–13)
8 April 2004
16:00		 Tunisia  35–17  Libya Police Union Hall, Cairo
(19–7)
9 April 2004
17:00		 Angola  32–17  Libya Police Union Hall, Cairo
(16–8)
9 April 2004
19:00		 Tunisia  38–26  Senegal Police Union Hall, Cairo
(19–10)
10 April 2004
17:00		 Senegal  31–23  Libya Police Union Hall, Cairo
(16–10)
8 April 2004
19:00		 Tunisia  34–21  Angola Police Union Hall, Cairo
(18–11)

Second round
     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt (H) 2 2 0 0 71 45 +26 4
 Angola 2 1 0 1 53 61 −8 2
 Cameroon 2 0 0 2 43 61 −18 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
12 April 2004
19:00		 Egypt  38–25  Angola Main Hall, Cairo
(15–11)
13 April 2004
19:00		 Angola  28–23  Cameroon Main Hall, Cairo
(14–12)
14 April 2004
19:00		 Egypt  33–20  Cameroon Main Hall, Cairo
(13–8)

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 71 54 +17 4
 Algeria 2 1 0 1 60 50 +10 2
 Morocco 2 0 0 2 44 71 −27 0
Source:
12 April 2004
19:00		 Tunisia  39–26  Morocco Media Hall, Cairo
(23–14)
13 April 2004
19:00		 Algeria  32–18  Morocco Media Hall, Cairo
(16–9)
14 April 2004
19:00		 Tunisia  32–28  Algeria Media Hall, Cairo
(17–15)

Placement matches

Group 10–11th place
     Team took tenth place
     Team took eleventh place
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 1 1 0 0 28 18 +10 2
 Libya 1 0 0 1 18 28 −10 0
Source:
12 April 2004
15:00		 Libya  18–28  Congo Media Hall, Cairo
(8–13)

Group 7–9th place
     Team took seventh place
     Team took the height place
     Team took ninth place
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Senegal 2 2 0 0 72 52 +20 4
 DR Congo 2 1 0 1 67 67 0 2
 Kenya 2 0 0 2 61 81 −20 0
Source:
12 April 2004
17:00		 Senegal  32–26  DR Congo Media Hall, Cairo
(15–14)
13 April 2004
14:00		 DR Congo  41–35  Kenya Police Union Hall, Cairo
(17–20)
14 April 2004
14:00		 Senegal  40–26  Kenya Police Union Hall, Cairo
(18–12)

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 16 April – Cairo
 
 
 Tunisia39
 
 18 April – Cairo
 
 Angola35
 
 Tunisia28
 
 16 April – Cairo
 
 Egypt31
 
 Egypt31
 
 
 Algeria24
 
Third place
 
 
 17 April – Cairo
 
 
 Angola31
 
 
 Algeria30

Semifinals
16 April 2004
15:30		 Tunisia  39–35  Angola
(17–18)
16 April 2004
19:00		 Egypt  31–24  Algeria
(16–14)

Fifth place game
17 April 2004
13:00		 Cameroon  36–30  Morocco
(20–11)

Third place game
17 April 2004
17:30		 Angola  31–30  Algeria
(15–16)

Final
18 April 2004
18:00		 Egypt  31–28  Tunisia
(20–12)

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
Qualified for the 2005 World Championship as hosts
RankTeam
 Egypt
 Tunisia
 Angola
4 Algeria
5 Cameroon
6 Morocco
7 Senegal
8 DR Congo
9 Kenya
10 Congo
11 Libya

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced [2]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Hamada El-Ruby[3]
Right wing Sherif Moemen
Right back Ahmed El-Ahmar
Central back Oualid Ben Amor
Left back Angola
Left wing Belgacem Filah
Pivot Essam Kash[4]

Other awards
Award Player
Topscorer[2] Wissem Hmam
Sherif Moemen

References
  1. "Men Handball XVI Africa Championship 2004 – Egypt". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
  2. "Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Give and take". weekly.ahram.org.eg. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. Could be Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib ?
  4. Could be Issam Tej ?
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