2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from March 23 to 29, 2014.[1]

2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesMarch 23–29, 2014
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (11th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored939 (49.42 per match)
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Egypt was the champion and qualified, alongside the two remaining top teams. to the 2015 world championship.

Draw

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Group A Group B Group C

  Angola
  Algeria
  DR Congo

  Tunisia
  Libya
  Guinea

  Egypt
  Gabon
  Kenya
  Burundi

Preliminary round

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Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three, with the top team of each group plus the second best of all the groups qualifying for the semifinal, the remaining two second-placed teams playing for the 5-6 classification whereas the third-placed teams of each group played for the 7-9 classification matches.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

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Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Angola 2 2 0 0 59 53 +6 4
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 63 55 +8 2
  DR Congo 2 0 0 2 44 58 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
10:00
Angola   25 – 23   DR Congo Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

24 March 2014
10:00
Algeria   33 – 21   DR Congo Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–11)

25 March 2014
14:00
Angola   34 – 30   Algeria Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–15)

Group B

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Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Disclassified due to non-payment of participation fee
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 1 1 0 0 29 19 +10 2
  Libya 1 0 0 1 19 29 −10 0
  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
12:00
Tunisia   30 – 26   Guinea Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–15)

24 March 2014
14:00
Libya     Guinea Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(–)

25 March 2014
10:00
Tunisia   29 – 19   Libya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

Group C

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Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 3 0 0 138 56 +82 6
  Gabon 3 2 0 1 80 58 +22 4
  Kenya 3 1 0 2 59 90 −31 2
  Burundi 3 0 0 3 49 122 −73 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
14:00
Egypt   62 – 18   Burundi Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(30–05)

17:00
Gabon   27 – 14   Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–08)

24 March 2014
16:00
Burundi   12 – 34   Gabon Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(05–22)

18:00
Egypt   44 – 19   Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(22–04)

25 March 2014
16:00
Gabon   19 – 32   Egypt Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(09–14)

18:00
Burundi   19 – 26   Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(07–15)

Placement round 7–9

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26 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo   29 – 21   Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–10)
27 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo   40 – 20   Burundi Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–12)

Placement round 5–6

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28 March 2014
16:00
Libya   24 – 17   Gabon Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Final round

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Mar 2014 – 16:00
 
 
  Egypt27
 
29 Mar 2014 – 14:00
 
  Angola19
 
  Egypt25
 
27 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
  Tunisia23
 
  Tunisia26
 
 
  Algeria18
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
28 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
 
  Algeria25
 
 
  Angola29

Semi finals

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27 March 2014
16:00
Egypt   27 – 19   Angola Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(13–07)

18:00
Tunisia   26 – 18   Algeria Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Bronze medal game

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28 March 2014
18:00
Algeria   25 – 29   Angola Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(16–16)

Final

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29 March 2014
14:00
Egypt   25 – 23   Tunisia Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–11)

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
Rank Team Record
    Egypt 5–0
    Tunisia 2–1
    Angola 3–1
4   Algeria 2–2
5   Libya 1–1
6   Gabon 2–2
7   DR Congo 2–2
8   Kenya 1–3
9   Burundi 0–4

Awards

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 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship winner 
 
Egypt
11th title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NATION - Junior - Resultats". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
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