Algeria wins the 2014 African Men's Handball Cup of Nations

Algerian National Handball Team won, on Saturday evening, the African Men’s Handball Cup of Nations after defeating the Tunisian team (25-21) at the first halftime (12-11) in a historical date that allowed the Greens to restore the throne of the continent after 18 years, on the last title of an African in Benin 1996.

Match was hosted in Harsha Hall (Algiers), and it was a pleasure for the small ball fans, making the final continental match very interesting.

At the beginning, the Greens were good and prevented a repeated final of Tunisia 2012, as the team mates of Zeguili scored at first, before settling the score at (2-2) after five minutes of playing.

The result could have been better for Algeria, if Zamoume were not injured, as well as the two goals which Riad Chahbour and Mokrani missed, and the exclusion of Riad in the first two minutes, which allowed Tunisians to return (2-4), before the players Borkous and Boukhmis correct things (4-4) after 10 minutes of playing.

Tunisian players “Tadj Issam” and his compatriot goalkeeper “Marwan Negiez” showed good performance when they repelled by the two free throws, which gave confidence to their teammates, but Soudani and his companions refused to throw the towel and confronted Tunisians, peer-to-peer (5-5) until after 13 minutes.

Slahdji’s interventions allowed bypassing the lack of experience by Boukhmis and lack of concentration by Mokrani and Rahim, what kept the score neutral (6-6) after 18 minutes, and then (7-7) after 21 minutes, after Borkous succeeded in registering a third goal, before the same player gave the Greens’ progress goal, in the pro minute (8-7), then Rahim and Chahbour expanded the difference by scoring.

Egypt, Tunisia qualify to the World Cup in Qatar

Egyptian Handball Team (men) wins the ticket to qualify to the World Cup Qatar 2015 after defeating Angola (31-24) in halftime (19-12) on Saturday afternoon, in Hassan Harcha Hall (Algiers), to calculate the ordinal game to win the third place.

Confrontation almost noticed an absolute control of the Pharaohs since the outset by Ibrahim Mohammed, Mohammed Alaa, and Islam Hassan, who hit the Angolan goalkeeper, Guavia Custodio.

In the first half the Egyptians took the lead through a quarter-hour of time, under a bashful payoff of their Angolan rival (10-5).

Egyptian team continued pressurizing Angola until the end of the first phase and by a wide margin (19-12), as this team showed, since the beginning of the game, its intention to get the card to qualify for the Global Date.

Second half was a copy of its predecessor, as the Egyptians controlled, the various stages, in light of the Angolan significant retreat. 

Experience in the performance and effectiveness characterized the players of the coach Marwan Mustapha, especially in front of the goal.

Tunisian Ladies win the African Handball Cup 

Tunisian Handball Team (women) won, on Saturday, the Africa Cup of Nations 2014 over the Democratic Republic of Congo (23-20), the first half (10-11) in the finals’ 21st edition.

Tunisia replaced Angola in the cup’s golden record, noting that this is the third title for the Tunisian ladies after 1974 and 1976 cups.

Angola ranked third after defeating Algeria (30-22), then Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola qualified to the World Cup 2015 in Denmark, noting that the next session of the African Handball Cup of Women, will take place in the winter of 2016 in Angola.