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2020 African Men's Handball Championship

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.[1]

Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.[2][3]

Qualified teams

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

Draw

The draw was held on 19 October 2019 in Tunis.[4][5] Senegal withdrew before the tournament.

Squads

Match officials

On 13 January 2020, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has selected eight couples of referees.[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[7]

Group A

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ Kenya forfeited their first game.[8]

Group B

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Group C

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Group D

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Placement round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

Group 1

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group 2

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zambia forfeited their game against Cameroon.

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

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group II

Source: CAN 2020
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

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

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 3 February 2020.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Gabon, Congo and Tunisia to host upcoming handball tournaments". africanews.com. 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "L'Egypte champion d'Afrique 2020". can2020.tn. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Egypt are Kings of Africa again and heading to Tokyo 2020". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Draw's date of the 24th Men' Seniors Africa Nations Championship 2020 is announced". CAHB. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Results of the Draw for the 24th African Senior Men's Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2020". CAHB. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Hand/CAN-2020 (Arbitrage), 8 paires retenues". Algérie Presse Service. 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Match schedule
  8. ^ a b "Forfait surprise du Kenya et belle victoire pour l'Egypte". can2020.tn. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "The Best: 2020 CAHB Men's African Championship". ihf.info. 3 February 2020.

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