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.

2006 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	10–20 January
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (7th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	2,416 (53.69 per match)

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	Radès Tunis Ariana
Ariana Indoor Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,000

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

Source:
(W) Withdrew

10 January 2006 18:30	Egypt	36–18	Gabon	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(18–9)

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

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 January 2006 18:30	Tunisia	40–20	Ivory Coast	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(19–7)

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11 January 2006 18:30	Ivory Coast	10–0	Cameroon	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(cancelled)

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12 January 2006 18:30	Tunisia	42–23	Cameroon	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(25–11)

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

Source:

10 January 2006 18:30	Angola	27–23	Congo	Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
		(12–9)

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11 January 2006 18:30	Congo	26–21	DR Congo	Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
		(12–7)

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12 January 2006 18:30	Angola	37–31	DR Congo	Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
		(15–10)

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

Source:

10 January 2006 16:30	Algeria	10–0	Nigeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(cancelled)

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11 January 2006 18:30	Morocco	41–30	Nigeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(18–15)

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12 January 2006 18:30	Morocco	31–30	Algeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(17–13)

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

Source:

14 January 2006 16:30	Angola	34–26	Ivory Coast	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(16–10)

14 January 2006 18:30	Egypt	26–21	Algeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(12–7)

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15 January 2006 16:30	Algeria	27–28	Angola	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(13–13)

15 January 2006 18:30	Egypt	40–19	Ivory Coast	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(23–7)

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16 January 2006 16:30	Algeria	35–24	Ivory Coast	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(20–14)

16 January 2006 18:30	Egypt	29–22	Angola	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(15–12)

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

Source:
(H) Hosts

14 January 2006 16:30	Tunisia	45–22	Congo	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(27–10)

14 January 2006 18:30	Morocco	37–19	Gabon	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(17–5)

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15 January 2006 16:30	Morocco	32–28	Congo	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(17–11)

15 January 2006 18:30	Tunisia	48–16	Gabon	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(26–8)

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16 January 2006 16:30	Congo	30–22	Gabon	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(16–9)

16 January 2006 18:30	Tunisia	44–26	Morocco	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(23–12)

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

Source:

14 January 2006 20:30	DR Congo	25–22	Cameroon	Ariana Indoor Sports Hall, Ariana
		(11–11)

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15 January 2006 14:30	Nigeria	30–24	DR Congo	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(14–13)

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17 January 2006 14:30	Cameroon	33–24	Nigeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(20–8)

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Knockout stage

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

Semifinals

18 January 2006 18:30	Tunisia	36–21	Angola	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(19–8)

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18 January 2006 18:30	Egypt	32–23	Morocco	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
		(16–12)

Third place game

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

Final

20 January 2006 20:30	Tunisia	26–21	Egypt	Hall 7th Novembre, Radès
	Wissem Hmam 9	(13–10)	Ahmed El-Ahmar 6
		report

• 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