Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

For the women's tournament, see Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament.

Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games

Tournament details
Host country	Kenya
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–11 August 1987
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (3rd title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Cameroon

The men's handball tournament of the 1987 All-Africa Games were held in Nairobi, Kenya in August 1987.[1]

Qualified teams

Zone	Team
Hosts	Kenya
Zone I	Algeria
Zone II	Senegal
Zone III	Cameroon
Zone IV	Congo
Zone V	Egypt
Zone VI	Mozambique (DNS)
Zone VII	Madagascar

Squads

•  Algeria:[2] Mohamed Maachou (GK), Mohamed Hachemi (GK), Bachir Dib (GK), Soufiane Khalfallah, Sid Ahmed Tekfa, Abdelkrim Chouchaoui, Fethnour Lacheheb, Salahedine Agrane, Nabil Rouabhi, Benali Beghouach, Nouredine Khelil, Abdeldjalil Bouanani, Mounir Ben Merabet, Hassen Aït Abdeslem, Sid Ahmed Ledraa, Mokrane Gherbi. Coach : Fodil Hassen Khodja.

Group stage

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	3	2	1	0	107	47	+60	5
Egypt	3	2	1	0	95	62	+33	5
Madagascar	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
Kenya	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 August 1987	Congo	24 – 24	Egypt
	Kenya	? – ?	Madagascar
4 August 1987	Congo	41 – 17	Madagascar
	Kenya	15 – 44	Egypt
6 August 1987	Egypt	27 – 23	Madagascar
	Kenya	06 – 42	Congo

Group B

Mozambique withdrew

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	2	0	0	46	31	+15	4
Cameroon	2	0	1	1	35	40	−5	1
Senegal	2	0	1	1	28	38	−10	1

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 August 1987	Cameroon	16 – 16	Senegal
5 August 1987	Algeria	22 – 12 (11-05)	Senegal
7 August 1987	Algeria	24 – 19 (12-08)	Cameroon

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	9 August – Nairobi
	Algeria	18 (10)
					11 August – Nairobi
	Egypt	17 (9)
					Algeria	17 (10)
	9 August – Nairobi
					Congo	15 (5)
	Congo	17
	Cameroon	16
					Third place
					11 August – Nairobi
					Egypt	17
					Cameroon	11

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Congo
	Egypt
4	Cameroon
5 to 7	Madagascar
	Senegal
	Kenya
-	Mozambique (DNS)

References

1. "Men Handball IV All Africa Games - 1987 Nairobi". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. El Mountakheb (Algerian newspaper) n°85, 1 August 1987, page 14.