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
Dates18–27 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (6th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches27
Goals scored1,176 (44 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

Group stage
     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A
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:
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
 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:
(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
 
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
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
RankTeam
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Egypt
4 Morocco
5 Nigeria
6 Congo
7 Cameroon
8 Ivory Coast
9 Benin
10 Togo

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