2022 African Men's Handball Championship
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The 2022 African Men's Handball Championship was the 25th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 11 to 18 July 2022 in Egypt.[1] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship in Poland and Sweden.[2] Originally it was scheduled to be held in Morocco from 13 to 23 January 2022.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Egypt |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 11–18 July |
Teams | 13 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (8th title) |
Runner-up | Cape Verde |
Third place | Morocco |
Fourth place | Tunisia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 1,881 (58.78 per match) |
Best player | Yahia Omar |
Further to the protests received by the day after the draw, the African Handball Confederation decided to postpone the competition beyond January 2022.[3] Later the CAHB announced the resumption of the draw and the postponement of the competition first to June 2022 and finally to 11 July.[4][5] On 29 March 2022, the CAHB decided to replace Morocco as the host due to a potential Algerian boycott after Morocco had proposed holding games in disputed Sahrawi territory.[6]
Egypt won their eighth title by defeating Cape Verde 37–25 in the final.[7] The final match marked the first since 1983 to have a sub-Saharan team, and the first where neither Tunisia or Algeria featured.