1983 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[1]

In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Congo
•  Egypt (hosts)
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Morocco
•  Angola
•  Ivory Coast
•  Nigeria

Group A	Group B
Algeria  Egypt  Morocco  Nigeria  Senegal	Angola  Cameroon  Congo  Ivory Coast  Tunisia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria (A)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Egypt (A, H)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Senegal	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Morocco	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Nigeria	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

22 July 1983	Egypt	24–23	Morocco

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23 July 1983	Morocco	v	Nigeria

23 July 1983	Algeria	17–14	Senegal

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24 July 1983	Algeria	18–14	Morocco

24 July 1983	Egypt	v	Senegal

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26 July 1983	Senegal	21–18	Morocco
		(10–12)

26 July 1983	Egypt	20–16	Nigeria
		(9–8)

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27 July 1983	Algeria	29–23	Nigeria
		(17–11)

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28 July 1983	Senegal	32–23	Nigeria
		(15–13)

28 July 1983	Algeria	25–23	Egypt
		(11–8)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo (A)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tunisia (A)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Angola	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	1

23 July 1983	Cameroon	22–20	Angola
		(11–9)

23 July 1983	Congo	v	Ivory Coast

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24 July 1983	Cameroon	v	Ivory Coast

24 July 1983	Congo	v	Tunisia

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26 July 1983	Congo	23–16	Cameroon
		(8–9)

26 July 1983	Tunisia	22–20	Angola
		(10–10)

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27 July 1983	Tunisia	21–17	Cameroon
		(11–10)

27 July 1983	Ivory Coast	27–25	Angola
		(11–10)

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28 July 1983	Congo	17–17	Angola
		(12–10)

28 July 1983	Tunisia	28–18	Ivory Coast
		(10–9)

	Semi-finals				Final
	Algeria	19
	Tunisia	17
					Algeria	25
					Congo	24
	Congo	14
	Egypt	13
					Third place
					Tunisia	29
					Egypt	24

29 July 1983	Algeria	19–17	Tunisia

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29 July 1983	Congo	14-13	Egypt

30 July 1983	Tunisia	29–24	Egypt	Cairo

31 July 1983	Algeria	25–24	Congo	Cairo

	Team qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Team qualified for the 1985 World Men's Handball Championship Group B

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Congo
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	Cameroon
6	Senegal