| Tourney Name: | African Men's Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Size: | 180 |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Dates: | 17–27 January |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | EGY |
| Count: | 9 |
| Second: | ALG |
| Third: | TUN |
| Fourth: | CPV |
| Matches: | 48 |
| Goals: | 2699 |
| Previous: | 2022 African Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2026 African Men's Handball Championship |
The 2024 African Men's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 17 to 27 January 2024 in Egypt.[1] [2] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, with the top five nations qualifying. It also acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, with the champions qualifying.
Egypt won their ninth title by defeating Algeria in the final.[3]
Below the qualified teams:
The draw was held on 16 November 2023.[4]
| Cairo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex | ||
| Main Hall | Second Hall | |
| Capacity: 16,900 | Capacity: 1,620 | |
Nine referee pairs were selected.[5]
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Youcef Belkhiri Hamdi Sid Ali | ||
| Heidy El-Sayed Yasmina-El Sayed | ||
| Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia | ||
| Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss | ||
| Abdoulaye Koné Joel Yapo | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Chouraki Achraf El Mounir | ||
| Zakaria El Malwane Mohamed El Ghass | ||
| Abdoulaye Faye Fadel Diop | ||
| Makrem Ben Dahou Rochdi Zoghlami | ||
All times are local (UTC+2).[6]
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Ninth place bracket
13th place bracket
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Championship bracket
Fifth place bracket
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| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 14 | ||
| 15 | ||
| 16 |
| Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2025 World Championship | ||
| Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments and 2025 World Championship | ||
| Qualified for the 2025 World Championship |
The all-star team was announced on 28 January 2024.[7]
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Pierre Rubens | |
| Right wing | Mohamed Sanad | |
| Right back | Anouar Ben Abdallah | |
| Centre back | Mustapha Hadj Sadok | |
| Left back | Yehia El-Deraa | |
| Left wing | Ahmed Nafea | |
| Pivot | Paulo Moreno | |
| MVP | Yahia Omar |