The 2008 African Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the

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, held in

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, from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the

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and the 2009 World Championship in

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win their fifth title beating

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in the final game 27–25.

Qualified teams

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Venues

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

;5–8 place bracket

5–8th place bracket

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Semifinals

---- * Angola: Yuri Fernandes (2), André Cassapi (0), Filipovic (2), António (1), Marcelino Nascimento (4), Belchior Kamuanga (6), Pedro Neto (3), Paulo Pereira (1), Francisco Marçal (2),

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(1), Manuel Dias (1), Sérgio Lopes (2), Jaime Barreiros (3), Sérgio Morgado,

Giovane Muachissengue Giovane Ranel Muachissengue (born 20 February 1984) is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angolan national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championsh ...

. Coach: Beto Ferreira * Egypt: Hussein Awaad Mabrouk (1), Hussein A (3), Moustafa (4), Ahmed Moustafa Nasr El-Ahmar (10), Mohamed (2), Amr Elra (1), Abou Wellal (4), Mohamed I (2), Belal Awaad Mabrouk (4), Hany Shab (4), Husseim Amir (0), Walidi Mor (0). Coach:

Irfan Smajlagić Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In ...

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

References

{{African Handball Championship African handball championships

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