en 2002 African Men%27s Handball Championship

2002 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	19–28 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (6th title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	1,315 (46.96 per match)
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The 2002 African Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, 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]

Tunisia win their sixth title beating Algeria in the final game 25–22.

Qualified teams

Venues

Casablanca	Casablanca Rabat	Rabat
Salle Mohammed V		Salle Moulay Abdellah
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

	Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco (H)	2	2	0	74	41	+33	4
DR Congo	2	1	1	51	61	−10	2
Congo	2	0	2	43	70	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	2	0	61	45	+16	4
Angola	2	1	1	57	57	0	2
Ivory Coast	2	0	2	44	60	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	62	45	+17	4
Nigeria	2	1	1	55	55	0	2
Senegal	2	0	2	51	68	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	63	32	+31	4
Cameroon	2	1	1	55	55	0	2
Gabon	2	0	2	51	68	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

24 April –

Morocco	31
		26 April –
Angola	17
		Morocco	18
24 April –
		Algeria	19
Algeria	25
				28 April – Casablanca
DR Congo	15
				Algeria	19
24 April –
				Tunisia	25
Egypt	26
		26 April –
Cameroon	11
		Egypt	19
24 April –
		Tunisia	25	Third place
Tunisia	29
				27 April –
Nigeria	19
				Morocco	35

				Egypt	25

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

27 April –

Cameroon	28
		28 April –
Nigeria	25
		Cameroon	31
27 April –
		Angola	30
Angola	32

DR Congo	28
		Seventh place

		28 April –

		Nigeria (w/o)	–

		DR Congo	–

9th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place

25 April –

Senegal	29
		26 April –
Gabon	20
		Senegal	31
25 April –
		Ivory Coast	19
Ivory Coast	23

Congo	19
		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

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Algeria
	Egypt
4	Morocco
5	Cameroon
6	Angola
7	Nigeria
8	DR Congo
9	Senegal
10	Ivory Coast
11	Congo
12	Gabon

References

^ "Men Handball XV Africa Championship 2002 – Morocco". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.

[1] "Men Handball XV Africa Championship 2002 – Morocco". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.

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