2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held at the Palais des Sports de l'ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali from September 2 to 9, 2016.

2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mali
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesSeptember 2–9, 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Algeria
Fourth place DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored1,299 (54.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Rahmani Youcef (38)
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Tunisia was the champion and qualified, alongside the three remaining top teams. to the 2017 world championship.[1]

Draw

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Group A Group B

  Algeria
  Guinea
  Mali
  Morocco

  Egypt
  DR Congo
  Rwanda
  Tunisia

Preliminary round

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[2]

All times are local (UTC+0).

Group A

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2 Sep, 2016
13:00 Algeria   33 (20:06) 22   Morocco
16:00 Mali   20 (07:19) 39   Guinea
3 Sep, 2016
15:00 Morocco   24 (12:10) 28   Guinea
19:00 Algeria   46 (21:09) 16   Mali
4 Sep, 2016
17:00 Guinea   27 (14:15) 32   Algeria
19:00 Mali   11 (06:15) 36   Morocco
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Algeria 3 3 0 0 111 65 +46 6 Advance to
the quarter-finals
  Guinea 3 2 0 1 94 76 +18 4
  Morocco 3 1 0 2 82 72 +10 2
  Mali (H) 3 0 0 3 47 121 −74 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group B

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2 Sep, 2016
10:00 DR Congo   45 (22:07) 15   Rwanda
15:00 Egypt   34 (16:15) 27   Tunisia
3 Sep, 2016
13:00 Rwanda   12 (05:31) 56   Egypt
17:00 Tunisia   27 (12:11) 20   DR Congo
4 Sep, 2016
13:00 Egypt   33 (16:11) 22   DR Congo
15:00 Tunisia   40 (20:03) 7   Rwanda
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Egypt 3 3 0 0 123 61 +62 6 Advance to
the quarter-finals
  Tunisia 3 2 0 1 94 61 +33 4
  DR Congo 3 1 0 2 87 75 +12 2
  Rwanda 3 0 0 3 34 141 −107 0
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 15:00
 
 
  Tunisia35
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00
 
  Morocco21
 
  Algeria23
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00
 
  Tunisia27
 
  Algeria45
 
Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00
 
  Rwanda10
 
  Tunisia26
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00
 
  Egypt25
 
  Guinea25
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00
 
  DR Congo31
 
  DR Congo15
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00
 
  Egypt35 Third place
 
  Mali12
 
Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00
 
  Egypt46
 
  Algeria22
 
 
  DR Congo15
 
5-8th bracket
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 13:00
 
 
  Rwanda21
 
Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00
 
  Morocco29
 
  Morocco21
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00
 
  Guinea19
 
  Guinea45
 
 
  Mali20
 
Seventh place
 
 
Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 14:00
 
 
  Rwanda30
 
 
  Mali29

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
Rank Team Record
    Tunisia 5–1
    Egypt 5–1
    Algeria 5–1
4   DR Congo 2–4
5   Morocco 3–3
6   Guinea 3–3
7   Rwanda 1–5
8   Mali 0–6

Awards

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 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship winner 
 
Tunisia
4th title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CAN cadet 2016 : La Tunisie met fin au règne de l'Egypte". handball.tn. Retrieved 17 Apr 2017.
  2. ^ "CAN Cadets 2016". CAHB. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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