# 2004 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.
Egypt win their fourth title beating Tunisia in the final game 31–28.

## Qualified teams

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

## Venues

Cairo :
| Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex ||
| Main Hall | Media Hall |
| Capacity: 16,900 | Capacity: 1,620 |
| Cairo | Cairo |
| Police Union Hall | Cairo |
| Capacity: 2,000 | Cairo |

## First round

All times are local (UTC+2).
* Team advance to the second round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | Algeria | 51–18 | Kenya | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | | (24–9) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 18:00 | Cameroon | 34–22 | Kenya | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 18:00 | | (8–9) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 16:00 | Algeria | 23–15 | Cameroon | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 16:00 | | (9–6) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 50 | +67 | 6 |
| Morocco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 78 | +6 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 100 | −32 | 2 |
| Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 115 | −41 | 0 |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | Morocco | 37–25 | Congo | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | | (15–13) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 20:00 | Egypt | 39–15 | DR Congo | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 20:00 | | (19–7) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 17:00 | Morocco | 29–19 | DR Congo | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 17:00 | | (13–10) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 19:00 | Egypt | 44–17 | Congo | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 19:00 | | (20–6) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 17:00 | DR Congo | 34–32 | Congo | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 17:00 | | (13–11) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 19:00 | Egypt | 34–18 | Morocco | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 19:00 | | (17–7) | | Main Hall, Cairo |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 64 | +43 | 6 |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 4 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 85 | −6 | 2 |
| Libya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 98 | −41 | 0 |
| 8 April 2004 14:00 | Angola | 24–22 | Senegal | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 14:00 | | (12–13) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | Tunisia | 35–17 | Libya | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 16:00 | | (19–7) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 17:00 | Angola | 32–17 | Libya | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 17:00 | | (16–8) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 19:00 | Tunisia | 38–26 | Senegal | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 19:00 | | (19–10) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 17:00 | Senegal | 31–23 | Libya | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 17:00 | | (16–10) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 19:00 | Tunisia | 34–21 | Angola | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 8 April 2004 19:00 | | (18–11) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |

## Second round

* Team advance to the knockout stage

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 4 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 0 |
| 12 April 2004 19:00 | Egypt | 38–25 | Angola | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 19:00 | | (15–11) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | Angola | 28–23 | Cameroon | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | | (14–12) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 19:00 | Egypt | 33–20 | Cameroon | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 19:00 | | (13–8) | | Main Hall, Cairo |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 4 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 0 |
| 12 April 2004 19:00 | Tunisia | 39–26 | Morocco | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 19:00 | | (23–14) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | Algeria | 32–18 | Morocco | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | | (16–9) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 19:00 | Tunisia | 32–28 | Algeria | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 19:00 | | (17–15) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

## Placement matches
### Group 10–11th place

* Team took tenth place
* Team took eleventh place
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 2 |
| Libya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 0 |
| 12 April 2004 15:00 | Libya | 18–28 | Congo | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 15:00 | | (8–13) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Group 7–9th place

* Team took seventh place
* Team took the height place
* Team took ninth place
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Senegal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 81 | −20 | 0 |
| 12 April 2004 17:00 | Senegal | 32–26 | DR Congo | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 17:00 | | (15–14) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 14:00 | DR Congo | 41–35 | Kenya | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 14:00 | | (17–20) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 14:00 | Senegal | 40–26 | Kenya | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 14:00 | | (18–12) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 16 April – Cairo | 16 April – Cairo |
| Tunisia | 39 |
| Tunisia | 39 | 18 April – Cairo | 18 April – Cairo |
| Angola | 35 | 18 April – Cairo | 18 April – Cairo |
| Angola | 35 | Tunisia | 28 |
| 16 April – Cairo | 16 April – Cairo | | Tunisia | 28 |
| 16 April – Cairo | 16 April – Cairo | Egypt | 31 |
| Egypt | 31 | Egypt | 31 |
| Algeria | 24 | | |
| Algeria | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 April – Cairo | 17 April – Cairo |
| | | Angola | 31 |
| | | Algeria | 30 |

### Semifinals

| 16 April 2004 15:30 | Tunisia | 39–35 | Angola |
| 16 April 2004 15:30 | | (17–18) | |
| 16 April 2004 19:00 | Egypt | 31–24 | Algeria |
| 16 April 2004 19:00 | | (16–14) | |

### Fifth place game

| 17 April 2004 13:00 | Cameroon | 36–30 | Morocco |
| 17 April 2004 13:00 | | (20–11) | |

### Third place game

| 17 April 2004 17:30 | Angola | 31–30 | Algeria |
| 17 April 2004 17:30 | | (15–16) | |

### Final

| 18 April 2004 18:00 | Egypt | 31–28 | Tunisia |
| 18 April 2004 18:00 | | (20–12) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2005 World Championship as hosts
| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| | Angola |
| 4 | Algeria |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | Morocco |
| 7 | Senegal |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| 9 | Kenya |
| 10 | Congo |
| 11 | Libya |

### All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced
| Position | Player | Country |
| Goalkeeper | Hamada El-Ruby | Egypt |
| Right wing | Sherif Moemen | Egypt |
| Right back | Ahmed El-Ahmar | Egypt |
| Central back | Oualid Ben Amor | Tunisia |
| Left back | Belgacem Filah | Algeria |
| Left wing | Marcelino Nascimento | Angola |
| Pivot | Issam Tej | Tunisia |

### Topscorer

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