2002 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 African Men's Handball Championship, was held in Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, from 19 to 28 April 2002. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.[1]

2002 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates19–28 April
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (6th title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches28
Goals scored1315 (46.96 per match)
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Tunisia win their sixth title beating Algeria in the final game 25–22.

Qualified teams

Group stage
     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco (H) 2 2 0 0 74 41 +33 4
 DR Congo 2 1 0 1 51 61 −10 2
 Congo 2 0 0 2 43 70 −27 0
Source:
(H) Host.
19 April 2002 Morocco  36–23  DR Congo
(22–9)
21 April 2002 Congo  25–28  DR Congo
(16–10)
22 April 2002 Morocco  38–18  Congo
(17–9)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 2 2 0 0 61 45 +16 4
 Angola 2 1 0 1 57 57 0 2
 Ivory Coast 2 0 0 2 44 60 −16 0
Source:
20 April 2002 Algeria  34–24  Angola
(16–11)
21 April 2002 Ivory Coast  23–33  Angola
(12–13)
22 April 2002 Algeria  27–21  Ivory Coast
(14–7)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 62 45 +17 4
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 55 55 0 2
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 51 68 −17 0
Source:
20 April 2002 Egypt  37–21  Senegal
(17–10)
21 April 2002 Nigeria  31–30  Senegal
(15–14)
22 April 2002 Egypt  25–24  Nigeria
(13–11)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 63 32 +31 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 55 55 0 2
 Gabon 2 0 0 2 51 68 −17 0
Source:
20 April 2002 Tunisia  36–13  Gabon
(17–5)
21 April 2002 Cameroon  27–22  Gabon
(13–10)
22 April 2002 Tunisia  27–19  Cameroon
(12–9)

Knockout stage
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 24 April –
 
 
 Morocco31
 
 26 April –
 
 Angola17
 
 Morocco18
 
 24 April –
 
 Algeria19
 
 Algeria25
 
 28 April – Casablanca
 
 DR Congo15
 
 Algeria19
 
 24 April –
 
 Tunisia25
 
 Egypt26
 
 26 April –
 
 Cameroon11
 
 Egypt19
 
 24 April –
 
 Tunisia25 Third place
 
 Tunisia29
 
 27 April –
 
 Nigeria19
 
 Morocco35
 
 
 Egypt25
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 27 April –
 
 
 Cameroon28
 
 28 April –
 
 Nigeria25
 
 Cameroon31
 
 27 April –
 
 Angola30
 
 Angola32
 
 
 DR Congo28
 
Seventh place
 
 
 28 April –
 
 
 Nigeria (w/o)–
 
 
 DR Congo–
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
 25 April –
 
 
 Senegal29
 
 26 April –
 
 Gabon20
 
 Senegal31
 
 25 April –
 
 Ivory Coast19
 
 Ivory Coast23
 
 
 Congo19
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 26 April –
 
 
 Gabon–
 
 
 Congo (w/o)–

Quarterfinals
24 April 2002 Algeria  25–15  DR Congo
(10–9)
24 April 2002 Tunisia  29–19  Nigeria
(18–9)
24 April 2002 Egypt  26–11  Cameroon
(11–5)
24 April 2002 Morocco  31–17  Angola
(16–7)

9–12th place semifinals
25 April 2002 Senegal  29–20  Gabon
(16–7)
25 April 2002 Ivory Coast  23–19  Congo
(12–9)

5–8th place semifinals
27 April 2002 Angola  32–28  DR Congo
(21–10)
27 April 2002 Cameroon  28–25  Nigeria
(12–14)

Semifinals
26 April 2002 Tunisia  25–19  Egypt
(12–10)
26 April 2002 Algeria  19–18  Morocco
(9–9)

Eleventh place game
26 April 2002 Congo  Walkover  Gabon

Gabon withdrew.

Ninth place game
26 April 2002 Senegal  31–19  Ivory Coast
(15–10)

Seventh place game
28 April 2002 Nigeria  Walkover  DR Congo

Congo withdrew.

Fifth place game
28 April 2002 Cameroon  31–30  Angola
(12–14)

Third place game
27 April 2002 Egypt  35–25  Morocco
(18–12)

Final
28 April 2002 Tunisia  25–19  Algeria
(13–12)

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2003 World Championship
RankTeam
 Tunisia
 Algeria
 Egypt
4 Morocco
5 Cameroon
6 Angola
7 Nigeria
8 DR Congo
9 Senegal
10 Ivory Coast
11 Congo
12 Gabon
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References
  1. "Men Handball XV Africa Championship 2002 – Morocco". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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