2002 African Men's Handball Championship
# 2002 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 African Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, from 19 to 28 April 2002. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.

Tunisia win their sixth title beating Algeria in the final game 25–22.

## Qualified teams

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

## Group stage

* Team advance to the knockout stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 2 |
| Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 70 | −27 | 0 |
| 19 April 2002 | Morocco | 36–23 | DR Congo |
| 19 April 2002 | | (22–9) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Congo | 25–28 | DR Congo |
| 21 April 2002 | | (16–10) | |
| 22 April 2002 | Morocco | 38–18 | Congo |
| 22 April 2002 | | (17–9) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 4 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 0 |
| 20 April 2002 | Algeria | 34–24 | Angola |
| 20 April 2002 | | (16–11) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 23–33 | Angola |
| 21 April 2002 | | (12–13) | |
| 22 April 2002 | Algeria | 27–21 | Ivory Coast |
| 22 April 2002 | | (14–7) | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 0 |
| 20 April 2002 | Egypt | 37–21 | Senegal |
| 20 April 2002 | | (17–10) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Nigeria | 31–30 | Senegal |
| 21 April 2002 | | (15–14) | |
| 22 April 2002 | Egypt | 25–24 | Nigeria |
| 22 April 2002 | | (13–11) | |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 0 |
| 20 April 2002 | Tunisia | 36–13 | Gabon |
| 20 April 2002 | | (17–5) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Cameroon | 27–22 | Gabon |
| 21 April 2002 | | (13–10) | |
| 22 April 2002 | Tunisia | 27–19 | Cameroon |
| 22 April 2002 | | (12–9) | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | | | |
| Morocco | 31 | | | |
| Morocco | 31 | 26 April – | 26 April – | | |
| Angola | 17 | 26 April – | 26 April – | |
| Angola | 17 | Morocco | 18 | |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | | Morocco | 18 | |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | Algeria | 19 | |
| Algeria | 25 | Algeria | 19 | |
| Algeria | 25 | | | | 28 April – Casablanca | 28 April – Casablanca |
| DR Congo | 15 | | | | 28 April – Casablanca | 28 April – Casablanca |
| DR Congo | 15 | | | | Algeria | 19 |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | | | | | Algeria | 19 |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | | | | Tunisia | 25 |
| Egypt | 26 | | | | Tunisia | 25 |
| Egypt | 26 | 26 April – | 26 April – | | | |
| Cameroon | 11 | 26 April – | 26 April – | | | |
| Cameroon | 11 | Egypt | 19 | | | |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | | Egypt | 19 | | | |
| 24 April – | 24 April – | Tunisia | 25 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tunisia | 29 | Tunisia | 25 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tunisia | 29 | | | | 27 April – | 27 April – |
| Nigeria | 19 | | | | 27 April – | 27 April – |
| Nigeria | 19 | | | | Morocco | 35 |
| | | | | | Egypt | 25 |

### 5th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 April – | 27 April – |
| Cameroon | 28 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 28 April – | 28 April – |
| Nigeria | 25 | 28 April – | 28 April – |
| Nigeria | 25 | Cameroon | 31 |
| 27 April – | 27 April – | | Cameroon | 31 |
| 27 April – | 27 April – | Angola | 30 |
| Angola | 32 | Angola | 30 |
| DR Congo | 28 | | |
| DR Congo | 28 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 28 April – | 28 April – |
| | | Nigeria (w/o) | – |
| | | DR Congo | – |

### 9th place bracket

| 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 25 April – | 25 April – |
| Senegal | 29 |
| Senegal | 29 | 26 April – | 26 April – |
| Gabon | 20 | 26 April – | 26 April – |
| Gabon | 20 | Senegal | 31 |
| 25 April – | 25 April – | | Senegal | 31 |
| 25 April – | 25 April – | Ivory Coast | 19 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | Ivory Coast | 19 |
| Congo | 19 | | |
| Congo | 19 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 26 April – | 26 April – |
| | | Gabon | – |
| | | Congo (w/o) | – |

### Quarterfinals

| 24 April 2002 | Algeria | 25–15 | DR Congo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 24 April 2002 | | (10–9) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Tunisia | 29–19 | Nigeria |
| 24 April 2002 | | (18–9) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Egypt | 26–11 | Cameroon |
| 24 April 2002 | | (11–5) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Morocco | 31–17 | Angola |
| 24 April 2002 | | (16–7) | |

### 9–12th place semifinals

| 25 April 2002 | Senegal | 29–20 | Gabon |
| - | - | - | - |
| 25 April 2002 | | (16–7) | |
| 25 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 23–19 | Congo |
| 25 April 2002 | | (12–9) | |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 27 April 2002 | Angola | 32–28 | DR Congo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 April 2002 | | (21–10) | |
| 27 April 2002 | Cameroon | 28–25 | Nigeria |
| 27 April 2002 | | (12–14) | |

### Semifinals

| 26 April 2002 | Tunisia | 25–19 | Egypt |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 April 2002 | | (12–10) | |
| 26 April 2002 | Algeria | 19–18 | Morocco |
| 26 April 2002 | | (9–9) | |

### Eleventh place game

| 26 April 2002 | Congo | Walkover | Gabon |
| - | - | - | - |

Gabon withdrew.

### Ninth place game

| 26 April 2002 | Senegal | 31–19 | Ivory Coast |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 April 2002 | | (15–10) | |

### Seventh place game

| 28 April 2002 | Nigeria | Walkover | DR Congo |
| - | - | - | - |

Congo withdrew.

### Fifth place game

| 28 April 2002 | Cameroon | 31–30 | Angola |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 April 2002 | | (12–14) | |

### Third place game

| 27 April 2002 | Egypt | 35–25 | Morocco |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 April 2002 | | (18–12) | |

### Final

| 28 April 2002 | Tunisia | 25–19 | Algeria |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 April 2002 | | (13–12) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2003 World Championship

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Tunisia |
| | Algeria |
| | Egypt |
| 4 | Morocco |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | Angola |
| 7 | Nigeria |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| 9 | Senegal |
| 10 | Ivory Coast |
| 11 | Congo |
| 12 | Gabon |
