2004 African Men's Handball Championship

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)
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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]

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

Qualified teams

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Venues

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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

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All times are local (UTC+2).

     Team advance to the second round

Group A

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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: [citation needed]
(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

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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: [citation needed]
(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

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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: [citation needed]
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

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     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group E

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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: [citation needed]
(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

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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: [citation needed]
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

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Group 10–11th place

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     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: [citation needed]
12 April 2004
15:00 		Libya  18–28  Congo Media Hall, Cairo
(8–13)

Group 7–9th place

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     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: [citation needed]
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

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

Semifinals

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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

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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

All Star Team

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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

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Award Player
Topscorer[2] Wissem Hmam
Sherif Moemen

References

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  1. ^ "Men Handball XVI Africa Championship 2004 – Egypt". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "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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