1991 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1991 African Men's Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 1 to 15 September 1990. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

1991 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1–15 September 1990
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Morocco

Egypt finished first in the round robin tournament and wins its first African title. Algeria finished second and Tunisia third.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Congo
• Egypt (hosts)
• Ivory Coast
• Morocco
• Namibia (withdrew)
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Format

8 teams qualified to the final tournament and was divided into two groups as below :

Groups	Teams
Group A	Algeria, Congo, Tunisia, Morocco
Group B	Egypt, Namibia, Senegal, Ivory Coast

However, because of the withdrawal of Namibia, it was decided to make a round robin tournament format of one final group regrouping the seven participated teams.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	12
2	Algeria	6	5	0	1	129	90	+39	10
3	Tunisia	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	7
4	Morocco	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	7
5	Ivory Coast	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	2
6	Senegal	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	2
7	Congo	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	2
8	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Results

5 September 1990	Egypt	19–18	Algeria	Cairo

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7 September 1990	Egypt	21–12	Ivory Coast	Cairo

7 September 1990	Algeria	26–18	Senegal	Cairo
		(14–10)

7 September 1990	Tunisia	27–16	Congo	Cairo

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8 September 1990	Egypt	26–9	Congo	Cairo

8 September 1990	Tunisia	17–17	Morocco	Cairo

8 September 1990	Ivory Coast	22–21	Senegal	Cairo

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10 September 1990	Egypt	21–12	Morocco	Cairo

10 September 1990	Algeria	14–11	Ivory Coast	Cairo

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11 September 1990	Algeria	27–15	Congo	Cairo

11 September 1990	Egypt	20–10	Tunisia	Cairo

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12 September 1990	Tunisia	27–21	Ivory Coast	Cairo
		(11–6)

12 September 1990	Algeria	21–14	Morocco	Cairo
		(11–7)

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13 September 1990	Congo	21–14	Ivory Coast	Cairo
		(10–4)

13 September 1990	Algeria	23–13	Tunisia	Cairo

13 September 1990	Morocco	23–20	Ivory Coast	Cairo

Tournament classification

Team qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1992 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Algeria
	Tunisia
4	Morocco
5	Ivory Coast
6	Senegal
7	Congo