1983 African Men's Handball Championship

1983 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22 – 31 July
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Egypt

The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship, aka Marien Ngouabi Cup was held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Egypt (hosts)
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Draw

Group A	Group B
Algeria Egypt Morocco Nigeria Senegal	Angola Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Tunisia

Squads

Main article: 1983 African Men's Handball Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Fri, 22 Jul 1983
Egypt	24 (–:–) 23	Morocco
Sat, 23 Jul 1983
Nigeria	(–:–)	Morocco
Algeria	17 (–:–) 14	Senegal
Sun, 24 Jul 1983
Algeria	18 (–:–) 14	Morocco
Egypt	(–:–)	Senegal
Tue, 26 Jul 1983
Senegal	21 (10:12) 18	Morocco
Egypt	20 (9:8) 16	Nigeria
Wed, 27 Jul 1983
Algeria	29 (17:11) 23	Nigeria
Tunisia	(–:–)	Algeria
Thu, 28 Jul 1983
Nigeria	24 (13:15) 32	Senegal
Algeria	25 (11:08) 22	Egypt

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria (A)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Egypt (A)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Senegal	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Morocco	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Source:
(A) Advanced to semi-finals

Group B

Sat, 23 Jul 1983
Angola	20 (09:11) 22	Cameroon
Ivory Coast	(–:–)	Congo
Sun, 24 Jul 1983
Ivory Coast	(–:–)	Cameroon
Tunisia	(–:–)	Congo
Tue, 26 Jul 1983
Congo	23 (8:9) 16	Cameroon
Tunisia	22 (10:10) 20	Angola
Wed, 27 Jul 1983
Tunisia	21 (11:10) 17	Cameroon
Ivory Coast	27 (10:11) 25	Angola
Thu, 28 Jul 1983
Angola	17 (10:12) 17	Congo
Ivory Coast	18 (09:10) 28	Tunisia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo (A)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tunisia (A)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Angola	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	1

Source:
(A) Advance to semi-finals

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Fri, 29 Jul 1983
Algeria	19 (–:–) 17	Tunisia
Congo	(–:–)	Egypt

Third place game

30 July 1983	Tunisia	29–24	Egypt	Cairo

Final

31 July 1983	Algeria	25 – 24	Congo	Cairo

Final ranking

	Team qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Team qualified for the 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Congo
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	Cameroon
6	Senegal