2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from August 28 to August 26, 2012.[1]

For the women's tournament, see 2011 African Women's Youth Handball Championship.
2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Ivory Coast
DatesAugust 21–26
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (4th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Gabon
Tournament statistics
Matches25
Goals scored1306 (52.24 per match)
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Egypt was the champion and the tournament qualified the top four teams to the 2013 world championship.

Draw
Group A Group B

DR Congo
 Gabon
 Guinea
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia

 Algeria
 Angola
 Congo
 Egypt
 Libya

Preliminary round

11 teams were drawn into two groups of five and six, respectively, with the two top teams of each group playing for the title, the two second, playing for the bronze medal, the two third, playing for the 5th place, the two fourth for the 7th place and the two fifth teams playing for the 9th place.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 4 4 0 0 133 83 +50 8
 Gabon 4 3 0 1 96 84 +12 6
DR Congo 4 2 0 2 104 102 +2 4
 Ivory Coast 4 1 0 3 80 104 −24 2
 Guinea 4 0 0 4 79 119 −40 0
Source:
21 August 2012
13:00		 Gabon  20 – 19 DR Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(12–11)

18:00		 Guinea  18 – 20  Ivory Coast Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(9–8)
22 August 2012
12:00		 Tunisia  39 – 25 DR Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(23–13)

14:00		 Gabon  29 – 19  Guinea Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(10–5)
23 August 2012
10:00		 DR Congo 33 – 21  Guinea Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(14–10)

18:00		 Ivory Coast  19 – 30  Tunisia Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(9–13)
24 August 2012
14:00		 Tunisia  37 – 21  Guinea Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(19–11)

18:00		 Gabon  29 – 19  Ivory Coast Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(13–9)
25 August 2012
14:00		 Tunisia  27 – 18  Gabon Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(14–12)

18:00		 Ivory Coast  22 – 27 DR Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(13–8)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 4 4 0 0 145 77 +68 8
 Angola 4 3 0 1 115 103 +12 6
 Libya 4 1 1 2 91 118 −27 3
 Algeria 4 1 0 3 97 106 −9 2
 Congo 4 0 1 3 91 135 −44 1
Source:
21 August 2012
11:00		 Algeria  27 – 20  Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(14–8)

15:00		 Angola  22 – 34  Egypt Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(11–17)
22 August 2012
15:00		 Congo  18 – 43  Egypt Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(7–19)

17:00		 Libya  27 – 23  Algeria Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(13–10)
23 August 2012
13:00		 Libya  29 – 29  Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(11–12)

15:00		 Algeria  26 – 31  Angola Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(16–14)
24 August 2012
11:00		 Angola  36 – 24  Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(20–10)

15:00		 Egypt  40 – 16  Libya Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(17–11)
25 August 2012
11:00		 Angola  26 – 19  Libya Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(9–12)

15:00		 Egypt  28 – 21  Algeria Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(14–10)

Classification matches

9th place game
26 August 2012
09:00		 Guinea  24 – 32  Congo Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(9–11)

7th place game
26 August 2012
11:00		 Ivory Coast  21 – 34  Algeria Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(10-13)

5th place game
26 August 2012
13:00		 DR Congo 30 – 32  Libya Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(15-19)

Bronze medal game
26 August 2012
15:00		 Gabon  23 – 30  Angola Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Final
26 August 2012
17:30		 Egypt  27 – 22  Tunisia Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
(11-9)

Final standings
Qualified for the 2013 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Egypt5–0–0
 Tunisia4–0–1
 Angola4–0–1
4  Gabon3–0–2
5  Libya2–1–2
6 DR Congo3–0–2
7  Algeria2–0–3
8  Ivory Coast1–0–4
9  Congo1–1–3
10  Guinea0–0–5

Awards
 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship 

Egypt
4th title

See also

References
  1. "NATION - Junior - Resultats". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
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