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]
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) |
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 edit
Venue edit
Cotonou | |
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Palais des Sports de Cotonou | |
Capacity: 5,000 | |
Group stage edit
Team advance to the knockout stage |
Group A edit
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 edit
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 |
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
26 October 1996 | Benin | 26–25 | Togo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–13) | ||||
Seventh place game edit
26 October 1996 | Cameroon | 28–27 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(11–15) | ||||
Fifth place game edit
26 October 1996 | Nigeria | 26–22 | Congo | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(12–9) | ||||
Third place game edit
27 October 1996 | Morocco | 21–28 | Egypt | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(13–18) | ||||
Final edit
27 October 1996 | Tunisia | 19–21 (ET) | Algeria | Palais des Sports, Cotonou |
(7–8) | ||||
FT: 17–17 ET: 2–4 |
Final ranking edit
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 edit
- ^ "Men Handball XII Africa Championship – 1996 Benin". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.