2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2015 African Women's Youth Handball Championship.
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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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.

Tunisia was the champion and qualified, alongside the three remaining top teams. to the 2017 world championship.[1]

Draw

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Guinea
 Mali
 Morocco

 Egypt
 DR Congo
 Rwanda
 Tunisia

Preliminary round

[2]

All times are local (UTC+0).

Group A

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

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

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

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

 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship winner 

Tunisia
4th title

See also

References

  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.