2022 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2022 African Men's Handball Championship will be the 25th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 June to 2 July 2022 in Egypt. It acts as the African qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship in Poland and Sweden.[2] Originally it was scheduled to be held in Morocco from 13 to 23 January 2022.

2022 African Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates11–18 July[1]
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD
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Further to the protests received by the day after the draw, the African Handball Confederation took the decision to postpone the competition beyond January 2022.[3] Later the CAHB announced the resumption of the draw and the postponement of the competition first to June 2022 and finally to 11 July.[4][1] On 29 March 2022, the CAHB decided to replace Morocco as the host due to a potential Algerian boycott after Morocco had proposed matches to be held in occupied Sahrawi territory.[5]

Participating teams
CountryPrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
 Algeria323 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Angola16 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Cape Verde1 (2020)
 Cameroon15 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 DR Congo8 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Egypt22 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Gabon9 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Guinea2 (1981, 2020)
 Kenya3 (2004, 2016, 2020)
 Morocco18 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Nigeria11 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020)
 Senegal9 (1974, 1976, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014)
 Tunisia24 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Zambia1 (2020)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
2 Italic indicates host country for that year.
3 Algeria originally decided to boycott the competition since it is partly held in the Moroccan occupied parts of Western Sahara. However, after the tournament was moved from Morocco, they reversed their decision.[6][7]

Draw

The draw was scheduled to take place 8 December 2021 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast but after it was completed, it was cancelled and a new draw will be made.[8][9]

Seeding
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Egypt
 Tunisia
 Angola		  Cape Verde
 Morocco
 DR Congo		  Gabon
 Guinea
 Nigeria		  Cameroon
 Senegal
 Kenya

References
  1. "The African Championship in Morocco has been postponed due to the Mediterranean Games in Algeria". fourals.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. "1st inspection mission 2022 MENS SENIORS CAN". cahbonline.info. 20 May 2021.
  3. "ANC 2022 – POSTPONEMENT OF THE COMPETITION". African Handball Confederation. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. "Press release on 29th December 2021". African Handball Confederation. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. "Coupe d'Afrique de handball : L'organisation des éditions 2022 et 2024 retirée au Maroc et à l'Algérie". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. "Algeria boycots CAN Morocco 2022". Archyde. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. "IHF | 25th African Men's Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. "25th Men' Seniors Africa Nations Cup – Draw". cahbonline.info. 8 December 2021.
  9. "CAHB Suspends Draw Outcome For 25th Africa Men Handball Nations Cup". sports247.ng. 9 December 2021.
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