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2019 African Games ready to go in Morocco

18 Aug. 2019

2019 African Games ready to go in Morocco

The 2019 edition of the African Games, gets underway in Rabat, Morocco on Monday (19 August) and will be the 12th edition of the multi-sport event which started back in 1965.

A number of sports feature alongside handball, including athletics, rowing, badminton, 3x3 basketball, volleyball, boxing, kayak-canoe, cycling, chess, fencing, football, judo, weightlifting, gymnastics, karate, wrestling, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, triathlon, archery, shooting, snooker and equestrian.

The men’s and women’s handball competitions will take place in the Omnisport Hall and Ibrahim Sarhane Sports Hall at the Mohammed V Sports Complex, an indoor sports centre complex in Maarif, Casablanca.

The preliminary group games will be played from Tuesday 20 August to Sunday 25 August before the top four teams move into the quarter-finals, then semi-finals and final. 

Angola are the women’s record title-holders with six titles, winning the last edition, in 2015, with a 33:29 victory over Cameroon, Senegal took bronze, defeating Nigeria.

Egypt are the men’s title-holders, defeating Angola in the final in 2015, with Congo finishing third after defeating Nigeria. The title was Egypt’s sixth, making them the record winners.

2019 AFRICAN GAMES - HANDBALL

Men’s Competition (9 teams): 
Preliminary Group A: Egypt (EGY), Guinea (GUI), Morocco (MAR), Zambia (ZAM)
Preliminary Group B: Angola (ANG), Algeria (ALG), Burkina Faso (BUR), DR of Congo (COD), Nigeria (NGR)

Women’s Competition (10 teams): 
Preliminary Group A: Angola (ANG), DR of Congo (COD), Guinea (GUI), Morocco (MAR), Nigeria (NGR)
Preliminary Group B: Algeria (ALG), Cameroon (CMR), Kenya (KEN), Tunisia (TUN), Uganda (UGA)

PRELIMINARY ROUND MATCH SCHEDULE
All times local

Tuesday 20 August

Men’s Competition
14:00    ALG vs BUR
16:00    ANG vs NGR
18:00    MAR vs ZAM

Women’s Competition
12:00    ANG vs GUI
12:00    CMR vs ALG
14:00    UGA vs KEN
16:00    NGR vs MAR

Wednesday 21 August

Men’s Competition
12:00    EGY vs GUI
14:00    COD vs BUR
18:00    ALG vs NGR

Women’s Competition
14:00    CMR vs UGA
16:00    TUN vs KEN
16:00    COD vs MAR
18:00    ANG vs NGR

Thursday 22 August

Men’s Competition
12:00    BUR vs ANG
16:00    COD vs ALG
18:00    GUI vs MAR

Women’s Competition
14:00    MAR vs ANG
14:00    KEN vs CMR
16:00    GUI vs COD
18:00    ALG vs TUN

Friday 23 August
Rest Day

Saturday 24 August

Men’s Competition
12:00    ZAM vs EGY
14:00    NGR vs BUR
18:00    ANG vs COD

Women’s Competition
14:00    ALG vs KEN
16:00    COD vs NGR 
16:00    TUN vs UGA
18:00    GUI vs MAR 

Sunday 25 August

Men’s Competition
10:00    ZAM vs GUI
14:00    COD vs NGR
16:00    ANG vs ALG
18:00    EGY vs MAR

Women’s Competition
12:00    ALG vs UGA
14:00    GUI vs NGR
16:00    ANG vs COD
18:00    CMR vs TUN

For more information about handball at the Games, visit www.jar2019.ma/schedule-results. For more information about the Games visit the official website at www.jar2019.ma or check their social media channels: Instagram (@jeux_africains_rabat_2019), Facebook (cojar2019) or Twitter (@2019Jeux).