1996 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1996 African Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Cotonou, Benin, from 18 to 27 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship in Japan.

1996 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Benin
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–27 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (6th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,176 (43.56 per match)

Algeria win their sixth title beating Tunisia in the final game 21–19 after the first extra time of the history in the finals of the competition.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Benin (hosts)
• Cameroon
• Chad (withdrew)
• Congo
• Egypt
• Ivory Coast
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Zaire (withdrew)

Venue

Cotonou	Cotonou
Palais des Sports de Cotonou
Capacity: 5,000

Group stage

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	0	97	79	+18	8
Morocco	4	3	0	1	89	84	+5	6
Nigeria	4	2	0	2	99	89	+10	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	101	101	0	2
Togo	4	0	0	4	66	99	−33	0

Source:

18 October 1996	Nigeria	30–27	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(15–11)

18 October 1996	Tunisia	22–18	Togo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(17–8)

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19 October 1996	Morocco	22–17	Togo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(10–6)

19 October 1996	Tunisia	23–22	Nigeria	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(10–9)

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20 October 1996	Tunisia	30–21	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(13–11)

20 October 1996	Morocco	22–21	Nigeria	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(11–8)

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21 October 1996	Nigeria	26–17	Togo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(12–5)

21 October 1996	Morocco	27–24	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(14–15)

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23 October 1996	Tunisia	22–18	Morocco	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(12–6)

23 October 1996	Ivory Coast	29–14	Togo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(16–5)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	4	0	0	95	61	+34	8
Egypt	4	3	0	1	102	73	+29	6
Congo	4	1	1	2	61	80	−19	3
Cameroon	4	1	0	3	86	91	−5	2
Benin (H)	4	0	1	3	63	102	−39	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

18 October 1996	Egypt	30–18	Benin	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(17–10)

18 October 1996	Algeria	18–9	Congo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(7–6)

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19 October 1996	Benin	16–16	Congo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(7–7)

19 October 1996	Algeria	23–19	Cameroon	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(10–9)

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20 October 1996	Egypt	23–20	Cameroon	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(10–10)

20 October 1996	Algeria	29–10	Benin	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(13–6)

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21 October 1996	Egypt	26–10	Congo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(13–4)

21 October 1996	Congo	26–20	Cameroon	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(16–11)

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23 October 1996	Algeria	25–23	Egypt	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(12–17)

23 October 1996	Cameroon	27–19	Benin	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(12–11)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	25 October – Cotonou
	Tunisia	18
					27 October – Cotonou
	Egypt	16
					Tunisia	19
	25 October – Cotonou
					Algeria (ET)	21
	Algeria	24
	Morocco	16
					Third place
					27 October – Cotonou
					Morocco	21
					Egypt	28

Semifinals

25 October 1996	Tunisia	18–16	Egypt	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(9–9)

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25 October 1996	Algeria	24–16	Morocco	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(11–6)

Ninth place game

26 October 1996	Benin	26–25	Togo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(11–13)

Seventh place game

26 October 1996	Cameroon	28–27	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(11–15)

Fifth place game

26 October 1996	Nigeria	26–22	Congo	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(12–9)

Third place game

27 October 1996	Morocco	21–28	Egypt	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(13–18)

Final

27 October 1996	Tunisia	19–21 (ET)	Algeria	Palais des Sports, Cotonou
		(7–8)
	FT: 17–17 ET: 2–4

Final ranking

Team qualified for the 1997 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Tunisia
	Egypt
4	Morocco
5	Nigeria
6	Congo
7	Cameroon
8	Ivory Coast
9	Benin
10	Togo