The sides of the golden square have been completed for the 27th edition of the African Nations Handball Championship, which Rwanda is hosting until January 31st.
The teams of Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Cape Verde succeeded. In killing two birds with one stone after securing its place in the semi-finals and ensuring its qualification to the finals of the World Championship in Germany next year.
Maghreb derby for history
The defending champion, the Egyptian team, will face its counterpart from the Cape Verde Islands, on Thursday, at 15:30 Algeria time.
The national team will clash with its Tunisian counterpart in the Maghreb “derby”, also on Thursday, at six o’clock in the evening.
The PK Hall in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, will host the two matches.
The last meeting between the Algerian and Tunisian neighbors took place last year, during the third round of the group stage of the World Championship in Denmark.
The Algerian Sebaei team was defeated by a goal difference of 26-25, failing to reach the main round at that time.
Given the dominance of the Tunisian-Egyptian and Algerian trio in the African Handball Cup, The Maghreb clash was repeated in the advanced stages, most notably the finals.
The two teams played matches that were immortalized in the small football record over five decades, the last of which was 11 years ago when the squad of former coach Reda Zeghili gave Algeria their seventh and final title at the Harsha Hassan Hall in Algiers.
The Eagles of Carthage excel in the number of victories, which is logical given the number of crowns in the competition, which reached 10 championships.
The two teams met in 24 matches for the Continental Cup before, in which the national team prevailed on nine occasions and was defeated on 12 others.
Algeria won the title after defeating Tunisia in the final match three times, while the cup returned to the Eagles of Carthage in four finals.
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