2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 21 March 2014.[1]

2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesMarch 15–21, 2014
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored1,306 (52.24 per match)
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Egypt was the champion and qualified to both the 2015 world championship and the 2014 Youth Olympics whereas the three remaining top teams qualified for the 2015 world championship.

Draw edit

Group A Group B Group C

  Egypt
  Guinea
  Libya

  Algeria
  Niger
  Tunisia

  Angola
  Kenya
  Zambia

Preliminary round edit

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 edit

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 2 2 0 0 71 37 +34 4
  Libya 2 1 0 1 45 58 −13 2
  Guinea 2 0 0 2 46 67 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
15 March 2014
10:00
Egypt   38 – 21   Guinea Nairobi
(15–12)

16 March 2014
14:00
Libya   29 – 25   Guinea Nairobi
(17–13)

17 March 2014
14:00
Egypt   33 – 16   Libya Nairobi
(17–06)

Group B edit

Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 66 39 +27 4
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 54 47 +7 2
  Niger 2 0 0 2 39 73 −34 0
Source: [citation needed]
15 March 2014
14:00
Tunisia   40 – 18   Niger Nairobi
(19–07)

16 March 2014
14:00
Algeria   33 – 21   Niger Nairobi
(17–12)

17 March 2014
16:00
Tunisia   26 – 21   Algeria Nairobi
(11–14)

Group C edit

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
  Angola 2 2 0 0 68 33 +35 4
  Kenya 2 1 0 1 49 50 −1 2
  Zambia 2 0 0 2 37 71 −34 0
Source: [citation needed]
15 March 2014
17:00
Angola   28 – 18   Kenya Nairobi
(10–06)

16 March 2014
18:00
Angola   40 – 15   Zambia Nairobi
(17–10)

17 March 2014
18:00
Kenya   31 – 22   Zambia Nairobi
(11–10)

Placement round 7–9 edit

Bracket edit

Cross matches9th place final7th place final
18 March 2014 - 14:0020 March 2014 - 14:00
  Guinea40  Guinea35
  Zambia2919 March 2014 - 10:00  Niger22
  Niger41
  Zambia12

7th–9th place edit

18 March 2014
14:00
Guinea   40 – 29   Zambia Nairobi
(22–15)
19 March 2014
10:00
Niger   41 – 12   Zambia Nairobi
(21–03)

7th place game edit

20 March 2014
14:00
Guinea   35 – 22   Niger Nairobi
(16–12)

Placement round 5–6 edit

19 March 2014
14:00
Libya   23 – 16   Kenya Nairobi
(12–10)

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 March 2014 – 16:00
 
 
  Egypt26
 
21 March 2014 – 18:00
 
  Tunisia19
 
  Egypt26
 
19 March 2014 – 18:00
 
  Algeria22
 
  Algeria24
 
 
  Angola22
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
21 March 2014 – 16:00
 
 
  Tunisia24
 
 
  Angola16

Semi finals edit

19 March 2014
16:00
Egypt   26 – 19   Tunisia Nairobi
(12–08)
19 March 2014
18:00
Algeria   24 – 22   Angola Nairobi
(10–10)

Bronze medal game edit

21 March 2014
16:00
Tunisia   24 – 16   Angola Nairobi
(11–07)

Final edit

21 March 2014
18:00
Egypt   26 – 22   Algeria Nairobi
(12–12)

Final standings edit

Qualified for the 2015 World Championship and 2014 Youth Olympics
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
Rank Team Record
    Egypt 4–0
    Algeria 2–2
    Tunisia 2–2
4   Angola 2–2
5   Libya 2–1
6   Kenya 1–2
7   Guinea 2–2
8   Niger 1–3
9   Zambia 0–4

Awards edit

 2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship 
 
Egypt
5th title

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NATION - Junior - Resultats". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.