| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 27.10 |  Algeria | 21-19 |  Tunisia | 8-7 | | aOT ; FT 17-17 ; 65m 18-17 | | Algeria: H Kaim, Labraoui 1, Graich 3, Hamed 3, Saidi 7, Melouch 1, Awachria 1, Abbes 3, Hasni 1, Bouzaine 1. | Tunisia: Sanna, Debbabi 4, Madi 4, Adnene Belhareth 3, W. Ben Amor 3, K. Zaghouani 3, Afif Belhareth 2 | | 3-4 | 27.10 |  Egypt | 28-21 |  Morocco | 18-13 | | 5-6 | 26.10 |  Nigeria | 26-22 |  Congo | 12-9 | | 7-8 | 26.10 |  Cameroon | 28-27 |  Ivory Coast | 11-15 | | 9-10 | 26.10 |  Benin | 26-25 |  Togo | 11-13 | | 1/2 | 25.10 | Tunisia | 18-16 | Egypt | 9-9 | | 1/2 | 25.10 | Algeria | 24-16 | Morocco | 11-6 |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Algeria | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 140: | 96 | | 2. Tunisia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 134: | 116 | | 3. Egypt | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 146: | 112 | | 4. Morocco | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 126: | 136 | | eliminated in Groups Round. | | 5. Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125: | 111 | | 6. Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 83: | 106 | | 7. Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114: | 118 | | 8. Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128: | 129 | | 9. Benin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 89: | 127 | | 10.Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91: | 125 | | -. Chad | DNS | | -. Zaire | DNS |
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| Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Marocco qualified for World Championship Kumamoto (JPN) World Men 1997. |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Tunisia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97: | 79 | | 2. Morocco | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 89: | 84 | | 3. Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99: | 89 | | 4. Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101: | 101 | | 5. Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66: | 99 | | -. Zaire | DNS |
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| Team | Tuni | Morr | Nige | Ivor | Togo | | Tunisia | ---- | 22:18 | 23:22 | 30:21 | 22:18 | | Morocco | | ---- | 22:21 | 27:24 | 22:17 | | Nigeria | | | ---- | 30:27 | 26:17 | | Ivory Coast | | | | ---- | 29:14 | | Togo | | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 18.10 | Nigeria | 30-27 | Ivory Coast | 15-11 | | 18.10 | Tunisia | 22-18 | Togo | 17-8 | | 19.10 | Morocco | 22-17 | Togo | 10-6 | | 19.10 | Tunisia | 23-22 | Nigeria | 10-9 | | 20.10 | Tunisia | 30-21 | Ivory Coast | 13-11 | | 20.10 | Morocco | 22-21 | Nigeria | 11-8 | | 21.10 | Nigeria | 26-17 | Togo | 12-5 | | 21.10 | Morocco | 27-24 | Ivory Coast | 14-15 | | 23.10 | Tunisia | 22-18 | Morocco | 12-6 | | 23.10 | Ivory Coast | 29-14 | Togo | 16-5 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Algeria | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 95: | 61 | | 2. Egypt | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102: | 73 | | 3. Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61: | 80 | | 4. Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86: | 91 | | 5. Benin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 63: | 102 | | -. Chad | DNS |
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| Team | Alge | Egyp | Cong | Came | Beni | | Algeria | ---- | 25:23 | 18:9 | 23:19 | 29:10 | | Egypt | | ---- | 26:10 | 23:20 | 30:18 | | Congo | | | ---- | 26:20 | 16:16 | | Cameroon | | | | ---- | 27:19 | | Benin | | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 18.10 | Egypt | 30-18 | Benin | 17-10 | | 18.10 | Congo | 16-16 | Benin | 7-7 | | 19.10 | Algeria | 23-19 | Cameroon | 10-9 | | 19.10 | Algeria | 18- 9 | Congo | 7-6 | | 20.10 | Egypt | 23-20 | Cameroon | 10-10 | | 20.10 | Algeria | 29-10 | Benin | 13-6 | | 21.10 | Egypt | 26-10 | Congo | 13-4 | | 21.10 | Congo | 26-20 | Cameroon | 16-11 | | 23.10 | Algeria | 25-23 | Egypt | 12-17 | | 23.10 | Cameroon | 27-19 | Benin | 12-11 |
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| 2. Tunisia | | Riadh Sanaa | | Lassaad Chaker Sami Mestiri | | Adnéne Belhareth | | Afif Belhareth | | Karim Zaghouani | | Imed Debbabi | | Hichem Turki | | Ghazi Touati | | Ali Madi | | Walid Ben Amor | | Mohamed Messaoudi | | Maher Daly | | Nejib Ben Thayer | | Moez Ben Chouikha | | Mourad Jelidi |
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