1987 African Men's Handball Championship

1987 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	3–12 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (4th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Congo
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The 1987 African Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Rabat, Morocco, from 3 to 12 July 1987. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.^[1]

In the final, Algeria win their fourth consecutive title beating Egypt in the final game.

Qualified teams[]

Group stage[]

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Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	3	0	0	78	55	+23	6
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

3 July 1987	Algeria	23–16	Morocco	Rabat
		(11–7)

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5 July 1987	Algeria	22–12	Egypt	Rabat

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7 July 1987	Algeria	33–27	Ivory Coast	Rabat

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Knockout stage[]

	Semifinals				Final
	July – Rabat
	Algeria	16
					12 July – Rabat
	Tunisia	15
					Algeria	22
	July – Rabat
					Egypt	16
	Congo
	Egypt
					Third place
					July – Rabat
					Tunisia
					Congo

Semifinals[]

	Algeria	16–15	Tunisia	Rabat

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	Congo	–	Egypt	Rabat

Third place game[]

	Tunisia	–	Congo	Rabat

Final[]

12 July 1987	Algeria	22–16	Egypt	Rabat

Final ranking[]

	Team qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
	Team qualified for the 1989 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Egypt
	Tunisia
4	Congo
5	Angola
6	Ivory Coast
7	Senegal
8	Morocco

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