1983 African Men's Handball Championship

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1983 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–31 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Egypt
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The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[1]

In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

Qualified teams[edit]

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Congo
•  Egypt (hosts)
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Morocco
•  Angola
•  Ivory Coast
•  Nigeria

Draw[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria (A)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Egypt (A, H)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Senegal	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Morocco	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

22 July 1983	Egypt	24–23	Morocco

23 July 1983	Morocco	v	Nigeria

23 July 1983	Algeria	17–14	Senegal

24 July 1983	Algeria	18–14	Morocco

24 July 1983	Egypt	v	Senegal

26 July 1983	Senegal	21–18	Morocco
		(10–12)

26 July 1983	Egypt	20–16	Nigeria
		(9–8)

27 July 1983	Algeria	29–23	Nigeria
		(17–11)

28 July 1983	Senegal	32–23	Nigeria
		(15–13)

28 July 1983	Algeria	25–23	Egypt
		(11–8)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo (A)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tunisia (A)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Angola	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	1

23 July 1983	Cameroon	22–20	Angola
		(11–9)

23 July 1983	Congo	v	Ivory Coast

24 July 1983	Cameroon	v	Ivory Coast

24 July 1983	Congo	v	Tunisia

26 July 1983	Congo	23–16	Cameroon
		(8–9)

26 July 1983	Tunisia	22–20	Angola
		(10–10)

27 July 1983	Tunisia	21–17	Cameroon
		(11–10)

27 July 1983	Ivory Coast	27–25	Angola
		(11–10)

28 July 1983	Congo	17–17	Angola
		(12–10)

28 July 1983	Tunisia	28–18	Ivory Coast
		(10–9)

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Algeria	19
	Tunisia	17
					Algeria	25
					Congo	24
	Congo	14
	Egypt	13
					Third place
					Tunisia	29
					Egypt	24

Semi-finals[edit]

29 July 1983	Algeria	19–17	Tunisia

29 July 1983	Congo	14-13	Egypt

Third place game[edit]

30 July 1983	Tunisia	29–24	Egypt	Cairo

Final[edit]

31 July 1983	Algeria	25–24	Congo	Cairo

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Congo
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	Cameroon
6	Senegal

References[edit]