2014 African Men's Handball Championship

2014 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	16–25 January
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (7th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	2255 (53.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Messaoud Berkous; (44 goals)
Best player	Messaoud Berkous
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The 2014 African Men's Handball Championship was held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar.

In the final, hosts Algeria beat Tunisia 25–21 to win their seventh title after beating

Venues

Algiers		Algiers Chéraga
Salle Harcha Capacity: 6,000

Algiers	Chéraga
Salle OMS Capacity: 15,000	Salle Chéraga Capacity: 5,000
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Qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Algeria	19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Angola	12 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Cameroon	11 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Congo	16 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012)
DR Congo	8 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Egypt	18 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Gabon	5 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012)
Libya	2 (2004, 2010)
Morocco	15 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Nigeria	8 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Senegal	8 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Tunisia	20 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Referees

11 couples were announced for the competition.

Country	Referees
Algeria	Mustapha Deche Mohamed Ghouarda
Algeria	Khadidja Benfetima Zahra Benfetima
Benin	Jonas Allad Armand Dagba
DR Congo	Ngombo Felly Amba Mutombo Gisèle Tshilanda
Egypt	Rashed Mohamed Fakry Elsayed Tamer

Country	Referees
Guinea	Mouhamed Ball Camara Aboubacar Diakité
Ivory Coast	Yalatima Nanga Coulibaly Mamadou Diabate
Senegal	Mohamed Cheick Diop Abdoulaye Faye
Togo	Yawo Mawusse Akpatsa Agbekokokou Assignon
Tunisia	Ismaïl Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

Country	Referees
Portugal	Ivan Caçador Eurico Nicolau

File:Ivan Cacador and Eurico Nicolau, Handball-Referee.jpg

Ivan Caçador & Eurico Nicolau, the Portuguese referees invitee for the competition

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 9 October 2013.^[1]^[2]

Group A	Group B
Tunisia Egypt Senegal Cameroon Gabon Libya	Algeria Morocco Angola Congo DR Congo Nigeria

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

	Team advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	5	5	0	0	157	103	+54	10
Egypt	5	4	0	1	142	105	+37	8
Cameroon	5	2	1	2	128	144	−16	5
Senegal	5	2	0	3	138	152	−14	4
Gabon	5	1	0	4	121	147	−26	2
Libya	5	0	1	4	103	138	−35	1

16 January 2014 10:00	Egypt	32 – 21	Senegal	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	Ahmed Moustafa 7	(19–9)	Sarr 5
	5× 2×	Report	3× 2×

16 January 2014 12:15	Tunisia	27 – 18	Libya	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Boughanmi 6	(13–8)	El Bernawi 3
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

16 January 2014 12:15	Cameroon	28 – 26	Gabon	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Yamo 9	(13–8)	Aubyang 8
	7× 3×	Report	5× 3×

17 January 2014 16:15	Libya	23 – 35	Senegal	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Benfetima, Benfetima (ALG)
	Galmoz, Ben Zegiam 5	(13–19)	Sarr 8
	7× 3×	Report	6× 3× 1×

17 January 2014 18:30	Gabon	23 – 33	Tunisia	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	four players 4	(12–14)	three players 5
	4× 4×	Report	6× 4×

17 January 2014 20:15	Cameroon	22 – 33	Egypt	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Bekono, Enoh 4	(11–18)	Mohamed Alaa, Mohamed Mahmoud 5
	3× 4×	Report	6× 2×

18 January 2014 15:45	Senegal	22 – 37	Tunisia	Salle Harcha, Algiers
	Diarra 4	(8–17)	Tej, Boughanmi 7
	5× 4×	Report	5× 2×

18 January 2014 18:30	Libya	21 – 21	Cameroon	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Camara, Diakite (GUI)
	G. Mohamed, Moez 5	(10–13)	Yamo 5
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

18 January 2014 20:15	Egypt	30 – 21	Gabon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Mohamed Mahmoud 6	(16–10)	Tsagoulela, Aubyang 4
	1× 2×	Report	4× 3×

20 January 2014 14:00	Senegal	30 – 23	Gabon	Salle OMS, Algiers
		(13–12)
		Report

20 January 2014 15:45	Tunisia	34 – 20	Cameroon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Jallouz 5	(22–12)	Enoh 8
	1× 3×	Report	6× 3×

20 January 2014 18:30	Egypt	27 – 15	Libya	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Mahmoud 6	(15–11)	E. Mohamed 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2×

21 January 2014 13:30	Senegal	30 – 37	Cameroon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	Diaw, Sarr 7	(18–17)	Yamo 9
	1× 3×	Report	6× 2×

21 January 2014 16:15	Gabon	28 – 26	Libya	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Camara, Diakite (GUI)
	Mamadou Wora Dia 8	(12–14)	Ali 7
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

21 January 2014 20:15	Tunisia	26 – 20	Egypt	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Boughanmi 8	(15–7)	Mohamed Mahmoud 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	5× 3× 1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	5	5	0	144	93	+51	10
Angola	5	3	2	139	122	+17	6
Morocco	5	3	2	135	129	+6	6
Congo	5	2	3	136	170	−34	4
DR Congo	5	2	3	143	141	+2	4
Nigeria	5	0	5	118	160	−42	0

16 January 2014 10:00	Congo	36 – 33	DR Congo	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Mohamed, Tamer (EGY)
	Taty 8	(17–16)	Bakekolo 8
	7× 3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

16 January 2014 12:15	Morocco	23 – 29	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Mhais 8	(13–15)	Ferreira, Lopes 7
	5× 2× 1×	Report	5× 3× 1×

16 January 2014 18:00	Algeria	34 – 16	Nigeria	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Hamoud 6	(19–8)	S. Aliyu 6
	4× 3×	Report	2×

17 January 2014 14:00	Congo	23 – 36	Morocco	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Angao 7	(12–17)	Idir 11
	4× 3×	Report	5× 4×

17 January 2014 15:45	Nigeria	19 – 27	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Camara, Diakite (GUI)
	Amadi 6	(10–15)	Lopes 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

17 January 2014 18:00	DR Congo	23 – 26	Algeria	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Mohamed, Tamer (EGY)
	Tuzolana 5	(9–12)	Berkous 9
	5× 3×	Report	7× 3×

18 January 2014 14:00	Nigeria	28 – 32	Congo	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	B. Aliyu 5	(17–15)	Angao 10
	1× 2×	Report	3×

18 January 2014 16:15	Morocco	25 – 24	DR Congo	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	El Fil 5	(12–12)	Bakekolo 14
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

18 January 2014 18:00	Algeria	23 – 19	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	four players 4	(12–8)	Lopes 5
	8× 3×	Report	5× 2×

20 January 2014 16:15	Angola	26 – 28	DR Congo	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Lopes 6	(13–16)	Bakekolo 8
	8× 3×	Report	2× 4×

20 January 2014 18:00	Algeria	35 – 16	Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Tamer, Mohamed (EGY)
	Benali 10	(18–6)	Angao 8
	6× 3×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2014 20:15	Morocco	32 – 27	Nigeria	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Amba, Tshilanda (COD)
	Hicham 5	(15–7)	A. Aliyu 11
	8× 3×	Report	3× 3×

21 January 2014 15:45	Angola	38 – 29	Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Lopes 9	(19–18)	Mboungou 10
	6× 2×	Report	5× 1×

21 January 2014 18:00	Algeria	26 – 19	Morocco	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Chebour 7	(11–11)	Soufiane 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

21 January 2014 18:30	DR Congo	35 – 28	Nigeria	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Bakekolo 11	(16–17)	A. Aliyu 10
	2× 3×	Report	3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Tunisia

44

B4

Congo

21

A1

Tunisia

22

A2

Egypt

20

A2

Egypt

24

B3

Morocco

15

A1

Tunisia

21

B1

Algeria

25

B2

Angola

24

A3

Cameroon

21

B2

Angola

23

Third place

B1

Algeria

27

B1

Algeria

44

A2

Egypt

31

A4

Senegal

29

B2

Angola

24

5–8th place brakcet

5–8th place semifinals			Fifth place game

23 January
Congo	20
Morocco	34

			24 January
			Morocco	25
			Cameroon	29


			Seventh place game
23 January		24 January
Senegal	24	Congo	36
Cameroon	33		Senegal	35

Quarterfinals

22 January 2014 12:15	Angola	24 – 21	Cameroon	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Mohamed, Tamer (EGY)
	Ferreira 9	(12–12)	Yamo 5
	4× 3×	Report	7× 3×

22 January 2014 18:15	Algeria	44 – 29	Senegal	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Berkous 10	(21–12)	Sarr 9
	5× 2×	Report	3× 2×

22 January 2014 19:00	Egypt	24 – 15	Morocco	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	Ali Zeinedabdin 5	(10–6)	Zaroili, Hicham 3
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

22 January 2014 20:45	Tunisia	44 – 21	Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Boughanmi 12	(23–8)	Taty, Makosso-Tchitembo 5
	4× 4×	Report	2× 2×

5–8th place semifinals

23 January 2014 15:00	Senegal	24 – 33	Cameroon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Benfetima, Benfetima (ALG)
	Gomis 5	(12–18)	Bekono, Tchinda 6
	4× 1×	Report	2× 3×

23 January 2014 17:15	Congo	20 – 34	Morocco	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Nkounkou, Makosso-Tchitembo 4	(10–18)	Zaroili 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Semifinals

24 January 2014 16:00	Tunisia	22 – 20	Egypt	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Toumi 7	(10–12)	Mohamed Mahmoud 7
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

24 January 2014 18:15	Algeria	27 – 23	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Berkous 9	(13–11)	Ferreira 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Eleventh place game

23 January 2014 17:15	Libya	25 – 26	Nigeria	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga
		(11–13)

Ninth place game

23 January 2014 15:00	Gabon	23 – 22	DR Congo	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga
		(10–10)

Seventh place game

24 January 2014 11:00	Congo	36 – 35	Senegal	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Benfetima, Benfetima (ALG)
	Angao 13	(22–16)	Sall, Sarr 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Fifth place

24 January 2014 15:00	Morocco	25 – 29	Cameroon	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Soufiane 8	(17–13)	Fankwa 5
	2× 3×	Report	9× 2×

Third place game

25 January 2014 13:45	Egypt	31 – 24	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Zeinedabdin 10	(19–12)	Pestana, Kamuanga 5
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Final

25 January 2014 18:15	Algeria	25 – 21	Tunisia	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Berkous, Chebour 6	(12–11)	Tej 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Abdelmalek Slahdji (ALG)
Right wing	Aymen Toumi (TUN)
Right back	Sassi Boultif (ALG)
Central back	Abdelkader Rahim (ALG)
Left back	Selim Hedoui (TUN)
Left wing	Riad Chehbour (ALG)
Pivot	Mohamed Mokrani (ALG)

Other awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Messaoud Berkous (ALG)
Topscorer	Messaoud Berkous (ALG) (44 goals)

References

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2014 African Men's Handball Championship

Contents

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Referees

Squads

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All Star Team

Other awards

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v t e African Handball Championship
Men	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Tunisia 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Egypt 2016 Tunisia 2018
Women	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Angola 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Angola 2016

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