# 2006 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 African Men's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia, from 10 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship in Germany.
Tunisia win their seventh title beating Egypt in the final game 26–21.

## Qualified teams

* Algeria
* Angola
* Cameroon
* Congo
* DR Congo
* Egypt
* Gabon
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Senegal (withdrew)
* Tunisia (hosts)

## Venues

| Radès | Tunis |
| Hall 7th Novembre | El Menzah Sports Palace |
| Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 5,500 |
| Ariana | RadèsTunisAriana |
| Ariana Indoor Sports Hall | RadèsTunisAriana |
| Capacity: 2,000 | RadèsTunisAriana |

## First round

All times are local (UTC+1).
* Team advance to the second round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 2 |
| Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 0 |
| Senegal (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | Egypt | 36–18 | Gabon | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | | (18–9) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 0 |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | Tunisia | 40–20 | Ivory Coast | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | | (19–7) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | Ivory Coast | 10–0 | Cameroon | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | | (cancelled) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | Tunisia | 42–23 | Cameroon | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | | (25–11) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 4 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 0 |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | Angola | 27–23 | Congo | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 10 January 2006 18:30 | | (12–9) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | Congo | 26–21 | DR Congo | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | | (12–7) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | Angola | 37–31 | DR Congo | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | | (15–10) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Morocco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 60 | +12 | 4 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 0 |
| 10 January 2006 16:30 | Algeria | 10–0 | Nigeria | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 10 January 2006 16:30 | | (cancelled) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | Morocco | 41–30 | Nigeria | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 11 January 2006 18:30 | | (18–15) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | Morocco | 31–30 | Algeria | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 12 January 2006 18:30 | | (17–13) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

## Second round

* Team advance to the knockout stage

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 62 | +33 | 6 |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 82 | +2 | 4 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 78 | +5 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 109 | −40 | 0 |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | Angola | 34–26 | Ivory Coast | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | | (16–10) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 14 January 2006 18:30 | Egypt | 26–21 | Algeria | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 14 January 2006 18:30 | | (12–7) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 15 January 2006 16:30 | Algeria | 27–28 | Angola | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 15 January 2006 16:30 | | (13–13) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 15 January 2006 18:30 | Egypt | 40–19 | Ivory Coast | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 15 January 2006 18:30 | | (23–7) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | Algeria | 35–24 | Ivory Coast | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | | (20–14) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 16 January 2006 18:30 | Egypt | 29–22 | Angola | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 16 January 2006 18:30 | | (15–12) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 64 | +73 | 6 |
| Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 91 | +1 | 4 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 99 | −19 | 2 |
| Gabon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 112 | −55 | 0 |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | Tunisia | 45–22 | Congo | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | | (27–10) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 14 January 2006 18:30 | Morocco | 37–19 | Gabon | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 14 January 2006 18:30 | | (17–5) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 15 January 2006 16:30 | Morocco | 32–28 | Congo | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 15 January 2006 16:30 | | (17–11) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 15 January 2006 18:30 | Tunisia | 48–16 | Gabon | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 15 January 2006 18:30 | | (26–8) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | Congo | 30–22 | Gabon | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | | (16–9) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 18:30 | Tunisia | 44–26 | Morocco | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 18:30 | | (23–12) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |

## Placement matches
### Group 9–11th place

* Team took ninth place
* Team took tenth place
* Team took eleventh place
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 January 2006 20:30 | DR Congo | 25–22 | Cameroon | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 14 January 2006 20:30 | | (11–11) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 15 January 2006 14:30 | Nigeria | 30–24 | DR Congo | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 15 January 2006 14:30 | | (14–13) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 17 January 2006 14:30 | Cameroon | 33–24 | Nigeria | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 17 January 2006 14:30 | | (20–8) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Seventh place match

| 18 January 2006 10:00 | Ivory Coast | 29–25 | Gabon | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 18 January 2006 10:00 | | (13–13) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |

### Fifth place match

| 18 January 2006 12:00 | Algeria | 36–31 | Congo | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |
| 18 January 2006 12:00 | | (20–16) | | Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 18 January – Radès | 18 January – Radès |
| Tunisia | 36 |
| Tunisia | 36 | 20 January – Radès | 20 January – Radès |
| Angola | 21 | 20 January – Radès | 20 January – Radès |
| Angola | 21 | Tunisia | 26 |
| 18 January – Tunis | 18 January – Tunis | | Tunisia | 26 |
| 18 January – Tunis | 18 January – Tunis | Egypt | 21 |
| Egypt | 32 | Egypt | 21 |
| Morocco | 23 | | |
| Morocco | 23 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 January – Tunis | 19 January – Tunis |
| | | Angola | 25 |
| | | Morocco | 26 |

### Semifinals

| 18 January 2006 18:30 | Tunisia | 36–21 | Angola | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 18 January 2006 18:30 | | (19–8) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 18 January 2006 18:30 | Egypt | 32–23 | Morocco | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 18 January 2006 18:30 | | (16–12) | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |

### Third place game

| 19 January 2006 18:30 | Morocco | 26–25 | Angola | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 19 January 2006 18:30 | | (12–15) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Final

| 20 January 2006 20:30 | Tunisia | 26–21 | Egypt | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 20 January 2006 20:30 | Wissem Hmam 9 | (13–10) | Ahmed El-Ahmar 6 | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
| 20 January 2006 20:30 | | report | | Hall 7th Novembre, Radès |
* Tunisia: Wissem Hmam 9, Heykel Megannem 6, Wissem Bousnina 3, Marouen Belhadj 3, Sabhi Ben Aziza 2, Issam Tej 1, Anouar Ayed 1, Mahmoud Gharbi 1
* Egypt: Ahmed El-Ahmar 6, Sayed 3, Mohamed Keshk 4, Awad 3, Hassan Yousry 1, Abdelfarès 2, Alam 2.

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2007 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Tunisia |
| | Egypt |
| | Morocco |
| 4 | Angola |
| 5 | Algeria |
| 6 | Congo |
| 7 | Ivory Coast |
| 8 | Gabon |
| 9 | Cameroon |
| 10 | Nigeria |
| 11 | DR Congo |