1989 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1989 African Men's Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Algiers, Algeria, from 17 to 27 July 1989. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1990 World Championship in Czechoslovakia.[1]

1989 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Dates17–27 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (5th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Congo
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In the final, Algeria win their fifth consecutive title beating Egypt in the final game 18–17.[2]

Qualified teams

Group stage
     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria (H) 3 3 0 0 66 50 +16 6
 Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(H) Host.
17 July 1989 Algeria  19–11  Morocco Harcha Arena, Algiers
19 July 1989 Algeria  18–16  Tunisia Harcha Arena, Algiers
21 July 1989 Algeria  29–23  Angola Harcha Arena, Algiers

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 July – Algiers
 
 
 Algeria18
 
 27 July – Algiers
 
 Congo13
 
 Algeria18
 
 July – Algiers
 
 Egypt17
 
 Egypt
 
 
 Tunisia
 
Third place
 
 
 July – Algiers
 
 
 Congo
 
 
 Tunisia

Semifinals
Algeria  18–13  Congo Harcha Arena, Algiers
Egypt  –  Tunisia Harcha Arena, Algiers

Third place game
Congo  –  Tunisia Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final
27 July 1989 Algeria  18–17  Egypt Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 8 000

Final ranking
Team qualified for the 1990 World Championship
RankTeam
 Algeria
 Egypt
 Tunisia
4 Congo
5 Morocco
6 Ivory Coast
7 Angola

References
  1. "Men Handball VIII Africa Championship 1989 – Algeria". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
  2. "Historique des confrontations Algérie – Egypt". dZAIRSports.com. Admin. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017.
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