The 2024 African Men's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 17 to 27 January 2024 in Egypt. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, with the top five nations qualifying. It also acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, with the champions qualifying.

Egypt won their ninth title by defeating Algeria in the final.

Qualification Below the qualified teams: CountryZonePrevious appearances in tournament 1 24 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 6 17 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 4 16 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 2 2 (2020, 2022) 4 20 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 4 12 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 5 23 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 4 9 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 2 3 (1981, 2020, 2022) 5 4 (2004, 2016, 2020, 2022) 1 5 (2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020) 1 19 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 3 12 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022) 5 0 (debut) 1 25 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) 6 2 (2020, 2022) Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw The draw was held on 16 November 2023.

Venues CairoCairo Stadium Indoor Halls ComplexMain HallSecond HallCapacity: 16,900Capacity: 1,620

Referees Nine referee pairs were selected.

Referees Youcef BelkhiriHamdi Sid Ali Heidy El-SayedYasmina-El Sayed Alaa EmamHossam Hedaia Ádám BíróOlivér Kiss Abdoulaye KonéJoel Yapo Referees Mohamed ChourakiAchraf El Mounir Zakaria El MalwaneMohamed El Ghass Abdoulaye FayeFadel Diop Makrem Ben DahouRochdi Zoghlami

Squads

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Placement round Bracket Ninth place bracket

13th place bracket

9–16th place quarterfinals

13–16th place semifinals

9–12th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket

Fifth place bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2025 World Championship Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments and 2025 World Championship Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

Awards The all-star team was announced on 28 January 2024.

Position Player Goalkeeper Pierre Rubens Right wing Mohamed Sanad Right back Anouar Ben Abdallah Centre back Mustapha Hadj Sadok Left back Yehia El-Deraa Left wing Ahmed Nafea Pivot Paulo Moreno MVP Yahia Omar

References

External links Official website