The 2020 African Men's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and was held from 16 to 26 January 2020 in Tunisia. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.
Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.
Qualified teams Country Previous appearances in tournament 22 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 15 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 14 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 0 (debut) 19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 11 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) 21 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 8 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 1 (1981) 16 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012) 2 (2004, 2016) 4 (2004, 2010, 2014, 2016) 17 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 11 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) 9 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014) 23 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 0 (debut)
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues Radès Nabeul Salle Omnisport de Radès Salle Bir Challouf Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 5,000 Hammamet Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall Capacity: 2,500
Draw The draw was held on 19 October 2019 in Tunis. Senegal withdrew before the tournament.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Squads
Match officials On 13 January 2020, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has selected eight couples of referees.
CAHB referees Country Referees Sid-Ali HamidiYoucef Belkhiri Alaa EmamHossam Hedaia Mahmoud El BeltagyHamdy Nasser Abdoulaye FayeCheikh Mohamed Fadel Diop Akpatsa Yawo MawusseAssignon Agbeko Kokou Samir KrichenSamir Makhlouf Ramzi KheniziIsmaïl Boualloucha
Invited referees Country Referees Ignacio GarciaAndreu Marin
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).Match schedule
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Placement round Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
Group 1
Group 2
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Main round Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
Group I
Group II
Knockout stage Bracket
Fifth place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking and awards Legend for qualification typeQualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2021 World ChampionshipQualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2021 World ChampionshipQualified for the 2021 World Championship
Rank Team45678910111213141516
All-Star Team The all-star team and awards were announced on 3 February 2020.
Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Most Valuable Player
References
External links
Results at todor66