2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2015 African Women'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)
Dates	September 2–9, 2016
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,299 (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

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 15:00
	Tunisia	35
					Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00
	Morocco	21
					Algeria	23
	Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00
					Tunisia	27
	Algeria	45
									Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00
	Rwanda	10
									Tunisia	26
	Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00
									Egypt	25
	Guinea	25
					Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00
	DR Congo	31
					DR Congo	15
	Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00
					Egypt	35			Third place
	Mali	12
									Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00
	Egypt	46
									Algeria	22
									DR Congo	15

5-8th bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 13:00
	Rwanda	21
					Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00
	Morocco	29
					Morocco	21
	Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00
					Guinea	19
	Guinea	45
	Mali	20
					Seventh place
					Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 14:00
					Rwanda	30
					Mali	29

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

• 2016 African Men's Handball Championship
• 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

References

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

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