1989 African Men's Handball Championship
# 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.

In the final, Algeria win their fifth consecutive title beating Egypt in the final game 18–17.

## Qualified teams

* Algeria (hosts)
* Angola
* Congo
* Egypt
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Tunisia

## 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 |
| 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 |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| July – Algiers | July – Algiers |
| Algeria | 18 |
| Algeria | 18 | 27 July – Algiers | 27 July – Algiers |
| Congo | 13 | 27 July – Algiers | 27 July – Algiers |
| Congo | 13 | Algeria | 18 |
| July – Algiers | July – Algiers | | Algeria | 18 |
| July – Algiers | July – Algiers | Egypt | 17 |
| Egypt | | Egypt | 17 |
| Tunisia | | | |
| Tunisia | | Third place | Third place |
| | | July – Algiers | 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

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Algeria |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Congo |
| 5 | Morocco |
| 6 | Ivory Coast |
| 7 | Angola |
