| Tourney Name: | African Men's Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Size: | 250 |
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Dates: | 16–26 January |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Champion: | EGY |
| Count: | 7 |
| Second: | TUN |
| Third: | ALG |
| Fourth: | ANG |
| Matches: | 52 |
| Goals: | 2711 |
| Player: | Yehia El-Deraa |
| Previous: | 2018 African Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2022 African Men's Handball Championship |
The 2020 African Men's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and was held from 16 to 26 January 2020 in Tunisia. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.[1]
Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–22 in the final.[2] [3]
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
| Radès | Nabeul | |
|---|---|---|
| Salle Omnisport de Radès | Salle Bir Challouf | |
| Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
| width=160 | Hammamet ! | |
| Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall | ||
| Capacity: 2,500 | ||
The draw was held on 19 October 2019 in Tunis.[4] [5] Senegal withdrew before the tournament.
On 13 January 2020, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has selected eight couples of referees.[6]
| CAHB referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Referees | |
| Sid-Ali Hamidi Youcef Belkhiri | ||
| Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia | ||
| Mahmoud El Beltagy Hamdy Nasser | ||
| Abdoulaye Faye Cheikh Mohamed Fadel Diop | ||
| Akpatsa Yawo Mawusse Assignon Agbeko Kokou | ||
| Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf | ||
| Ramzi Khenizi Ismaïl Boualloucha | ||
All times are local (UTC+1).[7]
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Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
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Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
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| Legend for qualification type | |
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| Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2021 World Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2021 World Championship | |
| Qualified for the 2021 World Championship |
| Rank | width=170 | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
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The all-star team and awards were announced on 3 February 2020.[8]
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | ||
| Right wing | ||
| Right back | ||
| Centre back | ||
| Left back | ||
| Left wing | ||
| Pivot | ||