2002 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 African Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, from 19 to 28 April 2002. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.

2002 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	19–28 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (6th title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	1,315 (46.96 per match)

Tunisia win their sixth title beating Algeria in the final game 25–22.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Angola
• Cameroon
• Congo
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Gabon
• Ivory Coast
• Morocco (hosts)
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Venues

Casablanca	Casablanca Rabat	Rabat
Salle Mohammed V		Salle Moulay Abdellah
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco (H)	2	2	0	0	74	41	+33	4
DR Congo	2	1	0	1	51	61	−10	2
Congo	2	0	0	2	43	70	−27	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

19 April 2002	Morocco	36–23	DR Congo
		(22–9)

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21 April 2002	Congo	25–28	DR Congo
		(16–10)

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22 April 2002	Morocco	38–18	Congo
		(17–9)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	2	0	0	61	45	+16	4
Angola	2	1	0	1	57	57	0	2
Ivory Coast	2	0	0	2	44	60	−16	0

Source:

20 April 2002	Algeria	34–24	Angola
		(16–11)

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21 April 2002	Ivory Coast	23–33	Angola
		(12–13)

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22 April 2002	Algeria	27–21	Ivory Coast
		(14–7)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	0	62	45	+17	4
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	55	55	0	2
Senegal	2	0	0	2	51	68	−17	0

Source:

20 April 2002	Egypt	37–21	Senegal
		(17–10)

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21 April 2002	Nigeria	31–30	Senegal
		(15–14)

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22 April 2002	Egypt	25–24	Nigeria
		(13–11)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	0	63	32	+31	4
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	55	55	0	2
Gabon	2	0	0	2	51	68	−17	0

Source:

20 April 2002	Tunisia	36–13	Gabon
		(17–5)

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21 April 2002	Cameroon	27–22	Gabon
		(13–10)

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22 April 2002	Tunisia	27–19	Cameroon
		(12–9)

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 April –
	Morocco	31
					26 April –
	Angola	17
					Morocco	18
	24 April –
					Algeria	19
	Algeria	25
									28 April – Casablanca
	DR Congo	15
									Algeria	19
	24 April –
									Tunisia	25
	Egypt	26
					26 April –
	Cameroon	11
					Egypt	19
	24 April –
					Tunisia	25			Third place
	Tunisia	29
									27 April –
	Nigeria	19
									Morocco	35
									Egypt	25

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	27 April –
	Cameroon	28
					28 April –
	Nigeria	25
					Cameroon	31
	27 April –
					Angola	30
	Angola	32
	DR Congo	28
					Seventh place
					28 April –
					Nigeria (w/o)	–
					DR Congo	–

9th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place
	25 April –
	Senegal	29
					26 April –
	Gabon	20
					Senegal	31
	25 April –
					Ivory Coast	19
	Ivory Coast	23
	Congo	19
					Eleventh place
					26 April –
					Gabon	–
					Congo (w/o)	–

Quarterfinals

24 April 2002	Algeria	25–15	DR Congo
		(10–9)

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24 April 2002	Tunisia	29–19	Nigeria
		(18–9)

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24 April 2002	Egypt	26–11	Cameroon
		(11–5)

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24 April 2002	Morocco	31–17	Angola
		(16–7)

9–12th place semifinals

25 April 2002	Senegal	29–20	Gabon
		(16–7)

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25 April 2002	Ivory Coast	23–19	Congo
		(12–9)

5–8th place semifinals

27 April 2002	Angola	32–28	DR Congo
		(21–10)

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27 April 2002	Cameroon	28–25	Nigeria
		(12–14)

Semifinals

26 April 2002	Tunisia	25–19	Egypt
		(12–10)

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26 April 2002	Algeria	19–18	Morocco
		(9–9)

Eleventh place game

26 April 2002	Congo	Walkover	Gabon

Gabon withdrew.

Ninth place game

26 April 2002	Senegal	31–19	Ivory Coast
		(15–10)

Seventh place game

28 April 2002	Nigeria	Walkover	DR Congo

Congo withdrew.

Fifth place game

28 April 2002	Cameroon	31–30	Angola
		(12–14)

Third place game

27 April 2002	Egypt	35–25	Morocco
		(18–12)

Final

28 April 2002	Tunisia	25–19	Algeria
		(13–12)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2003 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Algeria
	Egypt
4	Morocco
5	Cameroon
6	Angola
7	Nigeria
8	DR Congo
9	Senegal
10	Ivory Coast
11	Congo
12	Gabon