{"id":4247,"date":"2026-01-31T21:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/egypt-crowned-african-handball-champions-at-tunisias-expense"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:36:39","slug":"egypt-crowned-african-handball-champions-at-tunisias-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/egypt-crowned-african-handball-champions-at-tunisias-expense","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Crowned African Handball Champions at Tunisia\u2019S Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>The Egyptian national handball team claimed the 2026 African Championship title for the tenth time in its history after defeating its Tunisian counterpart (37\u201324) in the final held yesterday, Saturday, in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPharaohs\u201d led by seven goals at halftime and extended the margin to thirteen goals in the second half, securing a convincing (37\u201324) victory.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt won the tournament for the fourth consecutive time and succeeded in equaling Tunisia\u2019s record as the most successful team in the history of the African Championship, with ten titles each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, the Cape Verde secured the bronze medal after defeating Algeria (29\u201323).<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Cape Verde all qualified for the finals of the Handball World Championship, scheduled to be held in Germany next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. The Egyptian national handball team claimed the 2026 African Championship title for the tenth time in its history after defeating its Tunisian counterpart (37\u201324) in the final held yesterday, Saturday, in Rwanda. The \u201cPharaohs\u201d led by seven goals at halftime and extended the margin to thirteen goals in the second half, securing a convincing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egypt Crowned African Handball Champions at Tunisia\u2019S Expense - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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