Tourney Name: | African Men's Handball Championship |
Year: | 2022 |
Country: | Egypt |
Dates: | 11–18 July |
Num Teams: | 13 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champion: | EGY |
Count: | 8 |
Second: | CPV |
Third: | MAR |
Fourth: | TUN |
Matches: | 32 |
Goals: | 1881 |
Player: | Yahia Omar |
Previous: | 2020 African Men's Handball Championship |
Next: | 2024 African Men's Handball Championship |
The 2022 African Men's Handball Championship was the 25th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 11 to 18 July 2022 in Egypt.[1] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship in Poland and Sweden.[2] Originally it was scheduled to be held in Morocco from 13 to 23 January 2022.
Further to the protests received by the day after the draw, the African Handball Confederation decided to postpone the competition beyond January 2022.[3] Later the CAHB announced the resumption of the draw and the postponement of the competition first to June 2022 and finally to 11 July.[4] [5] On 29 March 2022, the CAHB decided to replace Morocco as the host due to a potential Algerian boycott after Morocco had proposed holding games in disputed Sahrawi territory.[6]
Egypt won their eighth title by defeating Cape Verde 37–25 in the final.[7] The final match marked the first since 1983 to have a sub-Saharan team, and the first where neither Tunisia or Algeria featured.
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
2 Italic indicates host country for that year.
3 Algeria originally decided to boycott the competition since it is partly held in the Moroccan occupied parts of Western Sahara. However, after the tournament was moved from Morocco, they reversed their decision.[8] [9]
6th of October City | 6th of October City | |
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Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall | International Hall | |
Capacity: 5,200 | Capacity: 2,000 | |
The draw was scheduled to take place 8 December 2021 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It was cancelled and a new draw was held on 26 May 2022 in Cairo.[10] [11] [12]
According to ranking of previous African Championship : 2020 African Men's Handball Championship
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All times are local (UTC+2).[13]
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Points gained against the team from the same group were taken over.
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Qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship |
The all-star team was announced on 19 July 2022.
Position | Player | |
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Goalkeeper | Alae Laaroussi | |
Right wing | Hicham El Hakimi | |
Right back | Yahia Omar | |
Centre back | Leandro Semedo | |
Left back | Ali Zein | |
Left wing | Omar El-Wakil | |
Pivot | Jihed Jaballah | |
Yahia Omar |