2024 African Men's Handball Championship


The 2024 African Men's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 17 to 27 January 2024 in Egypt. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, with the top five nations qualifying. It also acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, with the champions qualifying.
Egypt won their ninth title by defeating Algeria in the final.

Qualification

Below the qualified teams:
CountryZonePrevious appearances in tournament
124
617
416
22
420
412
523
49
23
54
15
119
312
50
125
62

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 16 November 2023.

Referees

Nine referee pairs were selected.

Preliminary round

''All times are local.''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Placement round

Bracket

Ninth place bracket
'''13th place bracket'''

9–16th place quarterfinals

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13–16th place semifinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket
'''Fifth place bracket'''

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2025 World Championship
Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments and 2025 World Championship
Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 28 January 2024.
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Pierre Rubens
Right wing Mohamed Sanad
Right back Anouar Ben Abdallah
Centre back Mustapha Hadj Sadok
Left back Yehia El-Deraa
Left wing Ahmed Nafea
Pivot Paulo Moreno
MVP Yahia Omar