1998 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1998 African Men's Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19 to 28 October 1998. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Championship in Egypt.

1998 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–28 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (5th title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,176 (43.56 per match)

Tunisia win their fifth title beating Algeria in the final game 22–19.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Angola
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Egypt
• Ivory Coast
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• South Africa (hosts)
• Tunisia

Venue

Johannesburg	Johannesburg
Ellis Park Arena
Capacity: 6,300

Group stage

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	4	4	0	0	152	65	+87	8
Algeria	4	3	0	1	124	70	+54	6
Congo	4	2	0	2	90	102	−12	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	86	110	−24	2
South Africa (H)	4	0	0	4	57	162	−105	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

19 October 1998	Congo	34–14	South Africa	Johannesburg

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20 October 1998	Algeria	31–14	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

20 October 1998	Egypt	34–11	Congo	Johannesburg

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21 October 1998	Ivory Coast	34–20	South Africa	Johannesburg

21 October 1998	Algeria	31–21	Congo	Johannesburg

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22 October 1998	Egypt	57–14	South Africa	Johannesburg

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23 October 1998	Algeria	37–9	South Africa	Johannesburg

23 October 1998	Egypt	35–15	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

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24 October 1998	Egypt	26–25	Algeria	Johannesburg

24 October 1998	Congo	24–23	Ivory Coast	Johannesburg

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	88	73	+15	7
Tunisia	4	3	0	1	100	80	+20	6
Morocco	4	2	0	2	83	88	−5	4
Angola	4	0	2	2	90	99	−9	2
Cameroon	4	0	1	3	61	82	−21	1

Source:

18 October 1998	Morocco	20–18	Angola	Johannesburg

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19 October 1998	Nigeria	10–0	Cameroon	Johannesburg

Cameroon arrived late.

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20 October 1998	Nigeria	28–24	Tunisia	Johannesburg
		(14–11)

20 October 1998	Angola	23–23	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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22 October 1998	Nigeria	22–21	Morocco	Johannesburg

22 October 1998	Tunisia	24–14	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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23 October 1998	Tunisia	28–21	Angola	Johannesburg

23 October 1998	Morocco	25–24	Cameroon	Johannesburg

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24 October 1998	Tunisia	24–17	Morocco	Johannesburg

24 October 1998	Nigeria	28–28	Angola	Johannesburg

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	26 October – Johannesburg
	Egypt	23
					28 October – Johannesburg
	Tunisia	26
					Tunisia	22
	26 October – Johannesburg
					Algeria	17
	Nigeria	21
	Algeria	32
					Third place
					27 October – Johannesburg
					Egypt	35
					Nigeria	26

Semifinals

26 October 1998	Egypt	23–26	Tunisia	Johannesburg

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26 October 1998	Nigeria	21–32	Algeria	Johannesburg

Ninth place game

25 October 1998	South Africa	18–41	Cameroon	Johannesburg

Seventh place game

25 October 1998	Ivory Coast	27–21	Angola	Johannesburg

Fifth place game

25 October 1998	Morocco	25–23	Congo	Johannesburg

Third place game

27 October 1998	Egypt	35–26	Nigeria	Johannesburg

Final

28 October 1998	Tunisia	22–17	Algeria	Johannesburg

Final ranking

	Team qualified for the 1999 World Championship
	Team qualified for the 1999 World Championship as hosts

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Algeria
	Egypt
4	Nigeria
5	Morocco
6	Congo
7	Ivory Coast
8	Angola
9	Cameroon
10	South Africa