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2004 African Men's Handball Championship

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{{Infobox international handball competition

| tourney_name = African Men's Championship

| year = 2004

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Egypt

| dates = 8–18 April

| num_teams = 11

| confederations = 1

| venues = 3

| cities = 1

| champion = EGY

| count = 4

| second = TUN

| third = ANG

| fourth = ALG

| matches = 50

| goals = 2842

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| previous = 2002 African Men's Handball Championship

| next = 2006 African Men's Handball Championship

}}

The 2004 African Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 8 to 18 April 2004. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/Africa/Men_2004.html |title=Men Handball XVI Africa Championship 2004 – Egypt |work=todor66.com |publisher=Todor Krastev |date=26 November 2016 |accessdate= }}

Egypt win their fourth title beating Tunisia in the final game 31–28.

Qualified teams

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  • {{hb|ALG}}
  • {{hb|ANG}}
  • {{hb|CMR}}
  • {{hb|CGO}}
  • {{hb|COD}}
  • {{hb|EGY}} {{small|(hosts)}}
  • {{hb|CIV}} {{small|(withdrew)}}
  • {{hb|KEN}}
  • {{hb|LBY|1977}}
  • {{hb|MAR}}
  • {{hb|SEN}}
  • {{hb|TUN}}

{{colend}}

Venues

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2| Cairo
colspan=2|Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
Main Hall

|Media Hall

Capacity: 16,900

| Capacity: 1,620

|200px
width=160 | Cairorowspan=8 |

{{location map+|Egypt|float=right|width=300|caption=|places=

{{location map~ |Egypt |lat=30.05 |long=31.233333 |label=Cairo|position=bottom}}

}}

Police Union Hall
Capacity: 2,000
200px

First round

All times are local (UTC+2).

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style="background:#ccffcc;"|    

|Team advance to the second round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=ALG|name_ALG={{hb|ALG}}

|team2=CMR|name_CMR={{hb|CMR}}

|team3=KEN|name_KEN={{hb|KEN}}

|team4=CIV|name_CIV={{hb|CIV}}|status_CIV=W

|win_ALG=2|draw_ALG=0|loss_ALG=0|gf_ALG=74|ga_ALG=33

|win_CMR=1|draw_CMR=0|loss_CMR=1|gf_CMR=49|ga_CMR=45

|win_KEN=0|draw_KEN=0|loss_KEN=2|gf_KEN=40|ga_KEN=85

|win_CIV=0|draw_CIV=0|loss_CIV=0|gf_CIV=0|ga_CIV=0

|status_text_W=Withdrew

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|col_E=red1|text_E=

|result4=E

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score = 51–18

|team2 = {{hb|KEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 24–9

|twomin1 =

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|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 9 April 2004

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|CMR}}

|score = 34–22

|team2 = {{hb|KEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 8–9

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|twomin2 =

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|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

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----

{{handballbox

|date = 10 April 2004

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score = 23–15

|team2 = {{hb|CMR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 9–6

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=EGY|name_EGY={{hb|EGY}}

|team2=MAR|name_MAR={{hb|MAR}}

|team3=COD|name_COD={{hb|COD}}

|team4=CGO|name_CGO={{hb|CGO}}

|win_EGY=3|draw_EGY=0|loss_EGY=0|gf_EGY=117|ga_EGY=50|status_EGY=H

|win_MAR=2|draw_MAR=0|loss_MAR=1|gf_MAR=84|ga_MAR=78

|win_COD=1|draw_COD=0|loss_COD=2|gf_COD=68|ga_COD=100

|win_CGO=0|draw_CGO=0|loss_CGO=3|gf_CGO=74|ga_CGO=115

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score = 37–25

|team2 = {{hb|CGO}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 15–13

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

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|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score = 39–15

|team2 = {{hb|COD}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 19–7

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 9 April 2004

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score = 29–19

|team2 = {{hb|COD}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 13–10

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 9 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score = 44–17

|team2 = {{hb|CGO}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 20–6

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 10 April 2004

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|COD}}

|score = 34–32

|team2 = {{hb|CGO}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 13–11

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

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|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 10 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score = 34–18

|team2 = {{hb|MAR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 17–7

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|twomin2 =

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|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=TUN|name_TUN={{hb|TUN}}

|team2=ANG|name_ANG={{hb|ANG}}

|team3=SEN|name_SEN={{hb|SEN}}

|team4=LBY|name_LBY={{hb|LBY|1977}}

|win_TUN=3|draw_TUN=0|loss_TUN=0|gf_TUN=107|ga_TUN=64

|win_ANG=2|draw_ANG=0|loss_ANG=1|gf_ANG=77|ga_ANG=73

|win_SEN=1|draw_SEN=0|loss_SEN=2|gf_SEN=79|ga_SEN=85

|win_LBY=0|draw_LBY=0|loss_LBY=3|gf_LBY=57|ga_LBY=98

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ANG}}

|score = 24–22

|team2 = {{hb|SEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 12–13

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

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|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 35–17

|team2 = {{hb|LBY|1977}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 19–7

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 9 April 2004

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ANG}}

|score = 32–17

|team2 = {{hb|LBY|1977}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 16–8

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|twomin2 =

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|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 9 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 38–26

|team2 = {{hb|SEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 19–10

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 10 April 2004

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|SEN}}

|score = 31–23

|team2 = {{hb|LBY|1977}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 16–10

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

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|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 8 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 34–21

|team2 = {{hb|ANG}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 18–11

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

Second round

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style="background:#ccffcc;"|    

|Team advance to the knockout stage

=Group E=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=EGY|name_EGY={{hb|EGY}}

|team2=ANG|name_ANG={{hb|ANG}}

|team3=CMR|name_CMR={{hb|CMR}}

|win_EGY=2|draw_EGY=0|loss_EGY=0|gf_EGY=71|ga_EGY=45|status_EGY=H

|win_ANG=1|draw_ANG=0|loss_ANG=1|gf_ANG=53|ga_ANG=61

|win_CMR=0|draw_CMR=0|loss_CMR=2|gf_CMR=43|ga_CMR=61

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 12 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score = 38–25

|team2 = {{hb|ANG}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 15–11

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 13 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ANG}}

|score = 28–23

|team2 = {{hb|CMR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 14–12

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 14 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score = 33–20

|team2 = {{hb|CMR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 13–8

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Main Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

=Group F=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=TUN|name_TUN={{hb|TUN}}

|team2=ALG|name_ALG={{hb|ALG}}

|team3=MAR|name_MAR={{hb|MAR}}

|win_TUN=2|draw_TUN=0|loss_TUN=0|gf_TUN=71|ga_TUN=54

|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=0|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=60|ga_ALG=50

|win_MAR=0|draw_MAR=0|loss_MAR=2|gf_MAR=44|ga_MAR=71

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 12 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 39–26

|team2 = {{hb|MAR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 23–14

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 13 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score = 32–18

|team2 = {{hb|MAR}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 16–9

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 14 April 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score = 32–28

|team2 = {{hb|ALG}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 17–15

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

Placement matches

=Group 10–11th place=

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style="background:#ffffcc;"|    

|Team took tenth place

style="background:#B0E0E6;"|    

|Team took eleventh place

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=CGO|name_CGO={{hb|CGO}}

|team2=LBY|name_LBY={{hb|LBY|1977}}

|win_CGO=1|draw_CGO=0|loss_CGO=0|gf_CGO=28|ga_CGO=18

|win_LBY=0|draw_LBY=0|loss_LBY=1|gf_LBY=18|ga_LBY=28

|col_B=yellow1|text_B=

|result1=B

|col_C=blue1|text_C=

|result2=C

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 12 April 2004

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|LBY|1977}}

|score = 18–28

|team2 = {{hb|CGO}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 8–13

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

=Group 7–9th place=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ffffcc;"|    

|Team took seventh place

style="background:#B0E0E6;"|    

|Team took the height place

style="background:#ffffff;"|    

|Team took ninth place

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=SEN|name_SEN={{hb|SEN}}

|team2=COD|name_COD={{hb|COD}}

|team3=KEN|name_KEN={{hb|KEN}}

|win_SEN=2|draw_SEN=0|loss_SEN=0|gf_SEN=72|ga_SEN=52

|win_COD=1|draw_COD=0|loss_COD=1|gf_COD=67|ga_COD=67

|win_KEN=0|draw_KEN=0|loss_KEN=2|gf_KEN=61|ga_KEN=81

|col_B=yellow1|text_B=

|result1=B

|col_C=blue1|text_C=

|result2=C

|col_D=white1|text_D=

|result3=D

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date = 12 April 2004

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|SEN}}

|score = 32–26

|team2 = {{hb|COD}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 15–14

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Media Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 13 April 2004

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|COD}}

|score = 41–35

|team2 = {{hb|KEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 17–20

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date = 14 April 2004

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{hb-rt|SEN}}

|score = 40–26

|team2 = {{hb|KEN}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|HT = 18–12

|twomin1 =

|yellow1 =

|red1 =

|twomin2 =

|yellow2 =

|red2 =

|stadium = Police Union Hall, Cairo

|referee =

|refnat =

}}

Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

| 16 April – Cairo|{{hb|TUN}}|39|{{hb|ANG}}|35

| 16 April – Cairo|{{hb|EGY}}|31|{{hb|ALG}}|24

| 18 April – Cairo|{{hb|TUN}}|28|{{hb|EGY}}|31

| 17 April – Cairo|{{hb|ANG}}|31|{{hb|ALG}}|30

}}

=Semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=16 April 2004

|time=15:30

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=39–35

|team2={{hb|ANG}}

|HT=17–18

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=16 April 2004

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=31–24

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|HT=16–14

|stadium=

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{handballbox

|date=17 April 2004

|time=13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CMR}}

|score=36–30

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|HT=20–11

|stadium=

}}

=Third place game=

{{handballbox

|date=17 April 2004

|time=17:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ANG}}

|score=31–30

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|HT=15–16

|stadium=

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox

|date=18 April 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=31–28

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|HT=20–12

|stadium=

}}

Final ranking

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc|Qualified for the 2005 World Championship as hosts

class="wikitable"

!Rank !!width=170|Team

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{hb|EGY}}
bgcolor=#ffffcc

|align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg

{{hb|TUN}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg

{{hb|ANG}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|4

{{hb|ALG}}
align=center|5{{hb|CMR}}
align=center|6{{hb|MAR}}
align=center|7{{hb|SEN}}
align=center|8{{hb|COD}}
align=center|9{{hb|KEN}}
align=center|10{{hb|CGO}}
align=center|11{{hb|LBY|1977}}

=All Star Team=

The All-star team and award winners were announced {{cite web |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/sp1.htm |title=Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Give and take |website=weekly.ahram.org.eg |access-date=11 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326044001/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/sp1.htm |archive-date=26 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |title=Championnat d'Afrique des nations (6-18 avril) - L'Egypte reprend son sceptre |journal=Hand action |date=May 2004 |issue=37 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96911398/f65.image.r=moemen |access-date=11 March 2025 |language=FR}}

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|+

!Position

!Player

!Country

Goalkeeper

|Hamada El-Ruby

{{hb|EGY}}
Right wing

|Sherif Moemen

{{hb|EGY}}
Right back

|Ahmed El-Ahmar

{{hb|EGY}}
Central back

|Oualid Ben Amor

{{hb|TUN}}
Left back

|Belgacem Filah

{{hb|ALG}}
Left wing

|Marcelino Nascimento

{{hb|ANG}}
Pivot

|Issam Tej

{{hb|TUN}}

=Topscorer=

Tunisian Wissem Hmam and Egyptian Sherif Moemen are topscorer with 48 goals

References

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