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.

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

Qualified teams

Venues CairoCairo Stadium Indoor Halls ComplexMain HallMedia 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

Group B

Group C

Second round     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group E

Group F

Placement matches Group 10–11th place     Team took tenth place    Team took eleventh place

Group 7–9th place     Team took seventh place    Team took the height place    Team took ninth place

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking Qualified for the 2005 World Championship Qualified for the 2005 World Championship as hosts Rank Team4567891011

All Star Team The All-star team and award winners were announced +PositionPlayerCountryGoalkeeperHamada El-Ruby Right wingSherif Moemen Right backAhmed El-Ahmar Central backOualid Ben Amor Left backBelgacem Filah Left wingMarcelino Nascimento PivotIssam Tej

Topscorer Tunisian Wissem Hmam and Egyptian Sherif Moemen are topscorer with 48 goals

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