# 2008 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2008 African Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Angola, from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championship in Croatia.
Egypt win their fifth title beating Tunisia in the final game 27–25.

## Qualified teams

* Algeria
* Angola (hosts)
* Cameroon
* DR Congo
* Egypt
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Tunisia

## Venues

| Luanda | Cabinda |
| Pavilhão da Cidadela | Pavilhão do Tafe |
| Capacity: 6,873 | Capacity: 2,000 |
| Lubango | Luanda Cabinda Lubango |
| Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte | Luanda Cabinda Lubango |
| Capacity: 2,000 | Luanda Cabinda Lubango |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).
* Team advance to the knockout stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 68 | +27 | 6 |
| Angola (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 83 | −2 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 87 | −5 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 103 | −20 | 2 |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | Tunisia | 29–24 | Cameroon | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–14) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | Angola | 30–33 | DR Congo | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | | (14–14) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | Cameroon | 31–27 | DR Congo | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | | (17–13) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | Tunisia | 24–20 | Angola | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | | (13–10) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | Tunisia | 42–23 | DR Congo | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | | (22–12) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | Angola | 31–26 | Cameroon | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–10) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 65 | +25 | 6 |
| Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 65 | +10 | 4 |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 82 | −11 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 89 | −24 | 0 |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | Egypt | 26–23 | Algeria | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–13) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | Morocco | 30–25 | Nigeria | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | | (18–10) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | Egypt | 31–22 | Morocco | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | | (15–10) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | Algeria | 26–20 | Nigeria | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | | (14–9) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | Egypt | 33–20 | Nigeria | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | | (12–10) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | Algeria | 26–19 | Morocco | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | | (17–9) | | Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte, Lubango |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 15 January – Luanda | 15 January – Luanda |
| Egypt | 35 |
| Egypt | 35 | 17 January – Luanda | 17 January – Luanda |
| Angola | 27 | 17 January – Luanda | 17 January – Luanda |
| Angola | 27 | Egypt | 27 |
| 15 January – Luanda | 15 January – Luanda | | Egypt | 27 |
| 15 January – Luanda | 15 January – Luanda | Tunisia | 25 |
| Tunisia | 41 | Tunisia | 25 |
| Algeria | 25 | | |
| Algeria | 25 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 January – Luanda | 17 January – Luanda |
| | | Angola | 20 |
| | | Algeria | 23 |

### 5–8 place bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 14 January – Cabinda | 14 January – Cabinda |
| DR Congo | 30 |
| DR Congo | 30 | 15 January – Cabinda | 15 January – Cabinda |
| Morocco | 28 | 15 January – Cabinda | 15 January – Cabinda |
| Morocco | 28 | DR Congo | 31 |
| 14 January – Cabinda | 14 January – Cabinda | | DR Congo | 31 |
| 14 January – Cabinda | 14 January – Cabinda | Nigeria | 30 |
| Nigeria (ET) | 37 | Nigeria | 30 |
| Cameroon | 36 | | |
| Cameroon | 36 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 January – Cabinda | 15 January – Cabinda |
| | | Morocco | 23 |
| | | Cameroon | 32 |

### 5–8th place bracket

| 14 January 2008 17:00 | DR Congo | 30–28 | Morocco | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 14 January 2008 17:00 | | (16–11) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| February 19 19:30 UTC+2 | Nigeria | 37–36 (ET) | Cameroon | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| February 19 19:30 UTC+2 | | (15–18) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |||

### Semifinals

| 15 January 2008 14:00 | Tunisia | 41–25 | Algeria | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |
| 15 January 2008 14:00 | | (17–11) | | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |
| 15 January 2008 18:00 | Egypt | 35–28 | Angola | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda Attendance: 4000 |
| 15 January 2008 18:00 | | (19–14) | | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda Attendance: 4000 |
| 15 January 2008 18:00 | | ANGOP | | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda Attendance: 4000 |
* Angola: Yuri Fernandes (2), André Cassapi (0), Filipovic (2), António (1), Marcelino Nascimento (4), Belchior Kamuanga (6), Pedro Neto (3), Paulo Pereira (1), Francisco Marçal (2), Custódio Gouveia (1), Manuel Dias (1), Sérgio Lopes (2), Jaime Barreiros (3), Sérgio Morgado, Giovane Muachissengue. Coach: Beto Ferreira
* Egypt: Hussein Awaad Mabrouk (1), Hussein A (3), Moustafa (4), Ahmed Moustafa Nasr El-Ahmar (10), Mohamed (2), Amr Elra (1), Abou Wellal (4), Mohamed I (2), Belal Awaad Mabrouk (4), Hany Shab (4), Husseim Amir (0), Walidi Mor (0). Coach: Irfan Smajlagić

### Seventh place game

| 15 January 2008 15:00 | Morocco | 32–23 | Cameroon | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 15 January 2008 15:00 | | (20–11) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |

### Fifth place game

| 15 January 2008 17:00 | DR Congo | 31–30 | Nigeria | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |
| 15 January 2008 17:00 | | (14–15) | | Pavilhão do Tafe, Cabinda |

### Third place game

| 16 January 2008 18:00 | Algeria | 23–20 | Angola | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |
| 16 January 2008 18:00 | | (11–11) | | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |

### Final

| 17 January 2008 20:00 | Egypt | 27–25 | Tunisia | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |
| 17 January 2008 20:00 | | (12–16) | | Pavilhão da Cidadela, Luanda |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics & the 2009 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualifier & the 2009 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| | Algeria |
| 4 | Angola |
| 5 | DR Congo |
| 6 | Nigeria |
| 7 | Cameroon |
| 8 | Morocco |