The 2004 African Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the

African Men's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournam ...

, held in

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Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

, from 8 to 18 April 2004. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship in

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

win their fourth title beating

in the final game 31–28.

Qualified teams

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Venues

First round

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Second round

Group E

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Group F

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Placement matches

Group 10–11th place

Group 7–9th place

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced

Topscorer

Tunisian

Wissem Hmam Wissem Hmam (; born 21 April 1981) is a Tunisian handball player. Hmam was ranked as the top scorer in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship, 2005 World Championship, scoring a total of 81 goals and helping Tunisia reach the semifinals in t ...

and Egyptian Sherif Moemen are topscorer with 48 goals

References

{{African Handball Championship African handball championships

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Handball in Egypt 2000s in Cairo Sports competitions in Cairo April 2004 sports events in Africa