2008 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Angola
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates8–17 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored2,326 (58.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ahmed El-Ahmar (32 goals)
Best playerEgypt 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
Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte
Capacity: 2,000

Qualified teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the knockout stage

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 January – Luanda
 
 
 Egypt35
 
17 January – Luanda
 
 Angola27
 
 Egypt27
 
15 January – Luanda
 
 Tunisia25
 
 Tunisia41
 
 
 Algeria25
 
Third place
 
 
17 January – Luanda
 
 
 Angola20
 
 
 Algeria23
5–8 place bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 January – Cabinda
 
 
 DR Congo30
 
15 January – Cabinda
 
 Morocco28
 
 DR Congo31
 
14 January – Cabinda
 
 Nigeria30
 
 Nigeria (ET)37
 
 
 Cameroon36
 
Third place
 
 
15 January – Cabinda
 
 
 Morocco23
 
 
 Cameroon32

5–8th place bracket

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

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)

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

Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics & the 2009 World Championship
Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualifier & the 2009 World Championship
RankTeam
 Egypt
 Tunisia
 Algeria
4 Angola
5 DR Congo
6 Nigeria
7 Cameroon
8 Morocco

References

  1. "Men Handball XVIII Africa Championship 2008 – Angola". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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