# 1983 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.
It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

## Qualified teams

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

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Egypt  Morocco  Nigeria  Senegal | Angola  Cameroon  Congo  Ivory Coast  Tunisia |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Algeria (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Egypt (A, H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Senegal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 July 1983 | Egypt | 24–23 | Morocco |
| 23 July 1983 | Morocco | v | Nigeria |
| 23 July 1983 | Algeria | 17–14 | Senegal |
| 24 July 1983 | Algeria | 18–14 | Morocco |
| 24 July 1983 | Egypt | v | Senegal |
| 26 July 1983 | Senegal | 21–18 | Morocco |
| 26 July 1983 | | (10–12) | |
| 26 July 1983 | Egypt | 20–16 | Nigeria |
| 26 July 1983 | | (9–8) | |
| 27 July 1983 | Algeria | 29–23 | Nigeria |
| 27 July 1983 | | (17–11) | |
| 28 July 1983 | Senegal | 32–23 | Nigeria |
| 28 July 1983 | | (15–13) | |
| 28 July 1983 | Algeria | 25–23 | Egypt |
| 28 July 1983 | | (11–8) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo (A) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tunisia (A) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angola | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 July 1983 | Cameroon | 22–20 | Angola |
| 23 July 1983 | | (11–9) | |
| 23 July 1983 | Congo | v | Ivory Coast |
| 24 July 1983 | Cameroon | v | Ivory Coast |
| 24 July 1983 | Congo | v | Tunisia |
| 26 July 1983 | Congo | 23–16 | Cameroon |
| 26 July 1983 | | (8–9) | |
| 26 July 1983 | Tunisia | 22–20 | Angola |
| 26 July 1983 | | (10–10) | |
| 27 July 1983 | Tunisia | 21–17 | Cameroon |
| 27 July 1983 | | (11–10) | |
| 27 July 1983 | Ivory Coast | 27–25 | Angola |
| 27 July 1983 | | (11–10) | |
| 28 July 1983 | Congo | 17–17 | Angola |
| 28 July 1983 | | (12–10) | |
| 28 July 1983 | Tunisia | 28–18 | Ivory Coast |
| 28 July 1983 | | (10–9) | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Algeria | 19 |
| Tunisia | 17 | | |
| Tunisia | 17 | Algeria | 25 |
| | | Congo | 24 |
| Congo | 14 | Congo | 24 |
| Egypt | 13 | | |
| Egypt | 13 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Tunisia | 29 |
| | | Egypt | 24 |

### Semi-finals

| 29 July 1983 | Algeria | 19–17 | Tunisia |
| 29 July 1983 | Congo | 14-13 | Egypt |

### Third place game

| 30 July 1983 | Tunisia | 29–24 | Egypt | Cairo |

### Final

| 31 July 1983 | Algeria | 25–24 | Congo | Cairo |

## Final ranking

* Team qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
* Team qualified for the 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B
| Rank | Team |
| | Algeria |
| | Congo |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Egypt |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | Senegal |