2006 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 African Men's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia, from 10 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship in Germany.[1]

2006 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates10–20 January
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (7th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored2,416 (53.69 per match)
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Tunisia win their seventh title beating Egypt in the final game 26–21.

Qualified teams

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Venues

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Radès Tunis
Hall 7th Novembre El Menzah Sports Palace
Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 5,500
   
Ariana
Ariana Indoor Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,000
 

First round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the second round

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 1 1 0 0 36 18 +18 2
  Gabon 1 0 0 1 18 36 −18 0
  Senegal (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
10 January 2006
18:30
Egypt   36–18   Gabon El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(18–9)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia (H) 2 2 0 0 82 43 +39 4
  Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 30 40 −10 2
  Cameroon 2 0 0 2 23 52 −29 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
10 January 2006
18:30
Tunisia   40–20   Ivory Coast Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(19–7)

11 January 2006
18:30
Ivory Coast   10–0   Cameroon Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(cancelled)

12 January 2006
18:30
Tunisia   42–23   Cameroon Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(25–11)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Angola 2 2 0 0 64 53 +11 4
  Congo 2 1 0 1 49 48 +1 2
  DR Congo 2 0 0 2 51 63 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 January 2006
18:30
Angola   27–23   Congo Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(12–9)

11 January 2006
18:30
Congo   26–21   DR Congo Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(12–7)

12 January 2006
18:30
Angola   37–31   DR Congo Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(15–10)

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Morocco 2 2 0 0 72 60 +12 4
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 40 31 +9 2
  Nigeria 2 0 0 2 30 51 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 January 2006
16:30
Algeria   10–0   Nigeria El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(cancelled)

11 January 2006
18:30
Morocco   41–30   Nigeria El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(18–15)

12 January 2006
18:30
Morocco   31–30   Algeria El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(17–13)

Second round

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     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 3 0 0 95 62 +33 6
  Angola 3 2 0 1 84 82 +2 4
  Algeria 3 1 0 2 83 78 +5 2
  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 69 109 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
14 January 2006
16:30
Angola   34–26   Ivory Coast El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(16–10)
14 January 2006
18:30
Egypt   26–21   Algeria El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(12–7)

15 January 2006
16:30
Algeria   27–28   Angola El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(13–13)
15 January 2006
18:30
Egypt   40–19   Ivory Coast El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(23–7)

16 January 2006
16:30
Algeria   35–24   Ivory Coast El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(20–14)
16 January 2006
18:30
Egypt   29–22   Angola El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(15–12)

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia (H) 3 3 0 0 137 64 +73 6
  Morocco 3 2 0 1 92 91 +1 4
  Congo 3 1 0 2 80 99 −19 2
  Gabon 3 0 0 3 57 112 −55 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
14 January 2006
16:30
Tunisia   45–22   Congo Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(27–10)
14 January 2006
18:30
Morocco   37–19   Gabon Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(17–5)

15 January 2006
16:30
Morocco   32–28   Congo Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(17–11)
15 January 2006
18:30
Tunisia   48–16   Gabon Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(26–8)

16 January 2006
16:30
Congo   30–22   Gabon Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(16–9)
16 January 2006
18:30
Tunisia   44–26   Morocco Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(23–12)

Placement matches

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Group 9–11th place

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     Team took ninth place
     Team took tenth place
     Team took eleventh place
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Cameroon 2 1 0 1 55 49 +6 2
  Nigeria 2 1 0 1 54 57 −3 2
  DR Congo 2 1 0 1 49 52 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
14 January 2006
20:30
DR Congo   25–22   Cameroon Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(11–11)

15 January 2006
14:30
Nigeria   30–24   DR Congo El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(14–13)

17 January 2006
14:30
Cameroon   33–24   Nigeria El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(20–8)

Seventh place match

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18 January 2006
10:00
Ivory Coast   29–25   Gabon Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(13–13)

Fifth place match

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18 January 2006
12:00
Algeria   36–31   Congo Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
(20–16)

Knockout stage

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January – Radès
 
 
  Tunisia36
 
20 January – Radès
 
  Angola21
 
  Tunisia26
 
18 January – Tunis
 
  Egypt21
 
  Egypt32
 
 
  Morocco23
 
Third place
 
 
19 January – Tunis
 
 
  Angola25
 
 
  Morocco26

Semifinals

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18 January 2006
18:30
Tunisia   36–21   Angola Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(19–8)

18 January 2006
18:30
Egypt   32–23   Morocco Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
(16–12)

Third place game

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19 January 2006
18:30
Morocco   26–25   Angola El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
(12–15)

Final

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20 January 2006
20:30
Tunisia   26–21   Egypt Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
Wissem Hmam 9 (13–10) Ahmed El-Ahmar 6
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Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2007 World Championship
Rank Team
    Tunisia
    Egypt
    Morocco
4   Angola
5   Algeria
6   Congo
7   Ivory Coast
8   Gabon
9   Cameroon
10   Nigeria
11   DR Congo

References

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  1. ^ "Men Handball XVII Africa Championship 2006 – Tunisia". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.