1996 African Men's Handball Championship
International handball competition
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Benin |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 18–27 October |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Algeria (6th title) |
Runner-up | Tunisia |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Morocco |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 1,176 (43.56 per match) |
The 1996 African Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cotonou, Benin, from 18 to 27 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship in Japan.[1]
Algeria win their sixth title beating Tunisia in the final game 21–19 after the first extra time of the history in the finals of the competition.
Qualified teams
Venue
Cotonou | |
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Palais des Sports de Cotonou | |
Capacity: 5,000 | |
Group stage
Team advance to the knockout stage |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 79 | +18 | 8 |
Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 84 | +5 | 6 |
Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 89 | +10 | 4 |
Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 101 | 0 | 2 |
Togo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 99 | −33 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
18 October 1996 | Nigeria | 30–27 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(15–11) | ||||
18 October 1996 | Tunisia | 22–18 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(17–8) | ||||
19 October 1996 | Morocco | 22–17 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(10–6) | ||||
19 October 1996 | Tunisia | 23–22 | Nigeria | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(10–9) | ||||
20 October 1996 | Tunisia | 30–21 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(13–11) | ||||
20 October 1996 | Morocco | 22–21 | Nigeria | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–8) | ||||
21 October 1996 | Nigeria | 26–17 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–5) | ||||
21 October 1996 | Morocco | 27–24 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(14–15) | ||||
23 October 1996 | Tunisia | 22–18 | Morocco | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–6) | ||||
23 October 1996 | Ivory Coast | 29–14 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(16–5) | ||||
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Algeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 61 | +34 | 8 |
Egypt | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 73 | +29 | 6 |
Congo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 80 | −19 | 3 |
Cameroon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 91 | −5 | 2 |
Benin (H) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 102 | −39 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
18 October 1996 | Egypt | 30–18 | Benin | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(17–10) | ||||
18 October 1996 | Algeria | 18–9 | Congo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(7–6) | ||||
19 October 1996 | Benin | 16–16 | Congo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(7–7) | ||||
19 October 1996 | Algeria | 23–19 | Cameroon | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(10–9) | ||||
20 October 1996 | Egypt | 23–20 | Cameroon | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(10–10) | ||||
20 October 1996 | Algeria | 29–10 | Benin | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(13–6) | ||||
21 October 1996 | Egypt | 26–10 | Congo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(13–4) | ||||
21 October 1996 | Congo | 26–20 | Cameroon | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(16–11) | ||||
23 October 1996 | Algeria | 25–23 | Egypt | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–17) | ||||
23 October 1996 | Cameroon | 27–19 | Benin | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–11) | ||||
Knockout stage
Semifinals | Final | |||||
25 October – Cotonou | ||||||
Tunisia | 18 | |||||
27 October – Cotonou | ||||||
Egypt | 16 | |||||
Tunisia | 19 | |||||
25 October – Cotonou | ||||||
Algeria (ET) | 21 | |||||
Algeria | 24 | |||||
Morocco | 16 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
27 October – Cotonou | ||||||
Morocco | 21 | |||||
Egypt | 28 |
Semifinals
25 October 1996 | Tunisia | 18–16 | Egypt | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(9–9) | ||||
25 October 1996 | Algeria | 24–16 | Morocco | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–6) | ||||
Ninth place game
26 October 1996 | Benin | 26–25 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–13) | ||||
Seventh place game
26 October 1996 | Cameroon | 28–27 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–15) | ||||
Fifth place game
26 October 1996 | Nigeria | 26–22 | Congo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–9) | ||||
Third place game
27 October 1996 | Morocco | 21–28 | Egypt | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(13–18) | ||||
Final
27 October 1996 | Tunisia | 19–21 (ET) | Algeria | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(7–8) | ||||
FT: 17–17 ET: 2–4 |
Final ranking
Team qualified for the 1997 World Championship |
Rank | Team |
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Algeria | |
Tunisia | |
Egypt | |
4 | Morocco |
5 | Nigeria |
6 | Congo |
7 | Cameroon |
8 | Ivory Coast |
9 | Benin |
10 | Togo |
References
- ^ "Men Handball XII Africa Championship – 1996 Benin". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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