Handball at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament

2015 Handball at the 2015 African Games
Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Dates	10–19 September, 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) (in 1 Brazzaville host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (7th title)
Runner-up	Angola
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches	16
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The 2015 edition of the Men's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 11th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 10 national teams and won by Egypt.^[1]

Squads

Format

The 10 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Libya Senegal	Angola Kenya Nigeria	Congo Ivory Coast	DR Congo Egypt Gabon

Group stage ^[2]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	2	0	0	48	40	+8	4
Senegal	2	0	0	2	40	48	−8	0

11 September 2015 14:00	Senegal	24–28	Libya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina (CGO)
	Ndiaye 3	(13–15)	Galmouz 7
	5×	Report	4× 3×

13 September 2015 16:00	Libya	20–16	Senegal	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Amoura 5	(06–09)	Ndiaye 6
	3× 3×	Report	7× 4×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	2	0	50	40	+10	4
Angola	2	1	1	57	32	+25	2
Kenya	2	0	2	28	63	−35	0

11 September 2015 16:00	Angola	36–09	Kenya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Hebo 9	(19–03)	Koga 3
	3× 3×	Report	4×

13 September 2015 12:00	Kenya	19–27	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina, Sylvain Ogango (CGO)
	Bryan 5	(06–11)	Shehu 8
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

15 September 2015 16:00	Nigeria	23–21	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina, Sylvain Ogango (CGO)
	Philip 9	(10–09)	four players 3
	4× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	2	1	1	0	55	52	+3	3
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	52	55	−3	1

13 September 2015 18:00	Congo	26–26	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Costodes 6	(16–11)	Kanate 8
		Report	4× 4×

15 September 2015 18:00	Ivory Coast	26–29	Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Kanate 9	(13–14)	Kelantima, Angao 7
	8× 2×	Report	5×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	0	57	45	+12	4
Gabon	2	0	1	1	55	61	−6	1
DR Congo	2	0	1	1	50	56	−6	1

11 September 2015 18:00	Egypt	31–25	Gabon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
	Mostafa 7	(17–09)	Leckibi, Milama 7
	6× 3×	Report	3× 1×

13 September 2015 14:00	DR Congo	30–30	Gabon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Arsène Datondji (COD)
	Jamal 10	(15–16)	Mamadou 5
	5× 3× 1×	Report	7× 3×

15 September 2015 14:00	DR Congo	20–26	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Ike 6	(10–18)	Moustafa, Fouad 4
	4× 2×	Report	6× 2×

Knockout stage

All matches were played in: Palais des sports Kintélé, Brazzaville

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

17 September 2015

Libya	18
		18 September 2015
Angola	30
		Nigeria	13
17 September 2015
		Angola	19
Nigeria	29
				19 September 2015
Senegal	18
				Egypt	25
17 September 2015
				Angola	23
Ivory Coast	17
		18 September 2015
Egypt	27
		Congo	15
17 September 2015
		Egypt	35	Third place
Gabon	24
				19 September 2015
Congo	25
				Congo	32

				Nigeria	29

Quarter-finals

17 September 2015 12:00	Libya	18–30	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
	Galmouz 7	(11–18)	Moreno 8
	7× 3×	Report	6× 3×

17 September 2015 14:00	Nigeria	29–18	Senegal	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Shehu 9	(14–06)	Gueye 4
	1× 2×	Report	7× 1×

17 September 2015 16:00	Ivory Coast	17–27	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Hossam, Tamer	(09–15)	Morou, Vanie
	3× 2×	Report	3×

17 September 2015 18:00	Gabon	24–25	Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Nzamba, Nze Mba 4	(09–13)	Angao 8
	3× 3×	Report	5× 2×

Semi-finals

18 September 2015 17:00	Nigeria	13–19	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Philip 5	(04–11)	Moreno 7
	4× 3×	Report	7× 3×

18 September 2015 19:30	Congo	15–35	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Angao 7	(09–21)	Nasr 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

Bronze medal match

19 September 2015 08:00	Congo	32–29	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
	Mopiti 5	(16–17)	Adamu 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Gold medal match

19 September 2015 12:00	Egypt	25–23 (ET)	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Nasr 6	(12–13)	Moreno 6
	8× 2×	Report	8× 2×
	FT: 20–20 ET: 25–23

Final standings ^[3]

Rank	Team	Record
	Egypt	5–0–0
	Angola	3–0–2
	Congo	3–1–1
4	Nigeria	3–0–2
5	Libya	2–0–1
6	Gabon	0–1–2
7	Ivory Coast	0–1–2
8	Senegal	0–0–3
9	DR Congo	0–1–1
10	Kenya	0–0–2

2015 African Games Men's Handball winner
Egypt Seventh title

External links

Tournament profile at todor66.com

References

↑ "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
↑ "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
↑ "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

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[1] "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

[2] "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

[3] "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

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