1991 African Men's Handball Championship

1991 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	September
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Morocco

The 1991 African Men's Handball Championship, was held in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1991. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Egypt finished first in the round robin tournament and wins its first African title. Algeria finished second and Tunisia third.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Congo
• Egypt (hosts)
• Ivory Coast

• Morocco
• Namibia (withdrew)
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Squads

Main article: 1991 African Men's Handball Championship squads

Format

8 teams qualified to the final tournament and was divided into two groups as below :

Groups	Teams
Group A	Algeria, Congo, Tunisia, Morocco
Group B	Egypt, Namibia, Senegal, Ivory Coast

However, because of the withdrawal of Namibia, it was decided to make a round robin tournament format of one final group regrouping the seven participated teams.

Final tournament

Matches

8 September 1991	Egypt	21 – 12	Ivory Coast	Cairo

8 September 1991	Algeria	26 – 18	Senegal	Cairo

8 September 1991	Tunisia	27 – 16	Congo	Cairo

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Tournament classification

Team qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1992 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team	Points
	Egypt	18
	Algeria	16
	Tunisia	13 (+2)
4	Morocco	13 (-7)
5	Ivory Coast	8 (-22)
6	Senegal	8 (-27)
7	Congo	8 (-47)