1996 African Men's Handball Championship

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]

1996 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Benin
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–27 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (6th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored1,176 (43.56 per match)
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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

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Venue

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Cotonou
Palais des Sports de Cotonou
Capacity: 5,000
 

Group stage

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     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
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

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
25 October – Cotonou
 
 
  Tunisia18
 
27 October – Cotonou
 
  Egypt16
 
  Tunisia19
 
25 October – Cotonou
 
  Algeria (ET)21
 
  Algeria24
 
 
  Morocco16
 
Third place
 
 
27 October – Cotonou
 
 
  Morocco21
 
 
  Egypt28

Semifinals

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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

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26 October 1996 Benin   26–25   Togo Palais des Sports, Cotonou
(11–13)

Seventh place game

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26 October 1996 Cameroon   28–27   Ivory Coast Palais des Sports, Cotonou
(11–15)

Fifth place game

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26 October 1996 Nigeria   26–22   Congo Palais des Sports, Cotonou
(12–9)

Third place game

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27 October 1996 Morocco   21–28   Egypt Palais des Sports, Cotonou
(13–18)

Final

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27 October 1996 Tunisia   19–21 (ET)   Algeria Palais des Sports, Cotonou
(7–8)

FT: 17–17 ET: 2–4

Final ranking

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Team qualified for the 1997 World Championship
Rank Team
    Algeria
    Tunisia
    Egypt
4   Morocco
5   Nigeria
6   Congo
7   Cameroon
8   Ivory Coast
9   Benin
10   Togo

References

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  1. ^ "Men Handball XII Africa Championship – 1996 Benin". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.