The 2006 African Men's Handball Championship was the 17th 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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and

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, from 10 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship in

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win their seventh title beating

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in the final game 26–21.

Qualified teams

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Venues

First round

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Group A

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Second round

Group E

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Group F

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Placement matches

Group 9–11th place

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

* Tunisia:

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 ...

Heykel Megannem Heykel Megannem (born 28 February 1977) is a Tunisian 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 a ...

Wissem Bousnina Ouissem Bousnina (born 20 January 1976) is a Tunisian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 200 ...

3, Marouen Belhadj 3, Sabhi Ben Aziza 2,

Issam Tej Issam Tej (, born 29 July 1979) is a former Tunisian handball player for Qatari Al Rayyan and the Tunisia. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also competed for the Tunisian national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London ...

Anouar Ayed Anouar Ayed (born 9 May 1978) is a Tunisian handball player. He was born in Moknine, Monastir Governorate, Monastir. He has represented Tunisia at two Olympic Games: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sidney Olympics and the Handball at ...

Mahmoud Gharbi Mahmoud Gharbi (born 11 February 1982) is a Tunisian handball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the Tunisia men's national handball team The Tunisia men's national handball team, ...

1 * Egypt:

Ahmed El-Ahmar Ahmed Moustafa Nasr El-Ahmar (also known as Ahmed Elahmar, ; born 27 January 1984) is an Egyptian handball player for captains club Zamalek SC and the Egyptian national team. Club career Zamalek El-Ahmar started his career with Zamalek in 2004 ...

6, Sayed 3,

Mohamed Keshk Mohamed Keshk (born 18 April 1980) is a Retired Egyptian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded a ...

4, Awad 3,

Hassan Yousry Hassan Yousry (born 10 May 1978) is an Egyptian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () a ...

1, Abdelfarès 2, Alam 2.

Final ranking

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 Tunisia African Men's Handball Championship, 2006