2008 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–17 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	2,326 (58.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed El-Ahmar (32 goals)
Best player	Ahmed El-Ahmar

The 2008 African Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Angola, from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championship in Croatia.^[1]

Egypt win their fifth title beating Tunisia in the final game 27–25.

Venues

Luanda	Cabinda
Pavilhão da Cidadela	Pavilhão do Tafe
Capacity: 6,873	Capacity: 2,000
Lubango	Luanda Cabinda Lubango
Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte
Capacity: 2,000

Qualified teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	95	68	+27	6
Angola (H)	3	1	0	2	81	83	−2	2
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	82	87	−5	2
DR Congo	3	1	0	2	83	103	−20	2

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 January 2008 16:00	Tunisia	29–24	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–14)

10 January 2008 18:00	Angola	30–33	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–14)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Cameroon	31–27	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(17–13)

11 January 2008 18:00	Tunisia	24–20	Angola	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(13–10)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Tunisia	42–23	DR Congo	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(22–12)

12 January 2008 16:00	Angola	31–26	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–10)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	3	0	0	90	65	+25	6
Algeria	3	2	0	1	75	65	+10	4
Morocco	3	1	0	2	71	82	−11	2
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	65	89	−24	0

Source:

10 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	26–23	Algeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(14–13)

10 January 2008 18:00	Morocco	30–25	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(18–10)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	31–22	Morocco	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(15–10)

11 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	26–20	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(14–9)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Egypt	33–20	Nigeria	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(12–10)

12 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	26–19	Morocco	Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango
		(17–9)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	15 January – Luanda
	Egypt	35
					17 January – Luanda
	Angola	27
					Egypt	27
	15 January – Luanda
					Tunisia	25
	Tunisia	41
	Algeria	25
					Third place
					17 January – Luanda
					Angola	20
					Algeria	23

5–8 place bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 January – Cabinda
	DR Congo	30
					15 January – Cabinda
	Morocco	28
					DR Congo	31
	14 January – Cabinda
					Nigeria	30
	Nigeria (ET)	37
	Cameroon	36
					Third place
					15 January – Cabinda
					Morocco	23
					Cameroon	32

5–8th place bracket

14 January 2008 17:00	DR Congo	30–28	Morocco	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(16–11)

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February 19 19:30 UTC+2	Nigeria	37–36 (ET)	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(15–18)
	FT: 31–31 ET: 2–2, 4–3

Semifinals

15 January 2008 14:00	Tunisia	41–25	Algeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(17–11)

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15 January 2008 18:00	Egypt	35–28	Angola	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(19–14)

Seventh place game

15 January 2008 15:00	Morocco	32–23	Cameroon	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(20–11)

Fifth place game

15 January 2008 17:00	DR Congo	31–30	Nigeria	Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda
		(14–15)

Third place game

16 January 2008 18:00	Algeria	23–20	Angola	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(11–11)

Final

17 January 2008 20:00	Egypt	27–25	Tunisia	Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda
		(12–16)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Algeria
4	Angola
5	DR Congo
6	Nigeria
7	Cameroon
8	Morocco

References