2012 African Men's Handball Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2012 African Women's Handball Championship.

2012 African Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venues	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–20 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (9th title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	2,173 (49.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	William Fankoua
Awards
Best player	Soufyan Sayad

The 2012 African Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Rabat and Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Tunisia DR Congo Morocco Gabon Congo Senegal	Egypt Algeria Angola Cameroon Ivory Coast Burkina Faso

Venues

Rabat
Salle Moulay Abdellah	Salle Ibn Yassine
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 5,000
File:Tifo FAR de Rabat.JPG	File:Rabat Tour Hassan Mausolee.jpg
Salé	2012 African Men's Handball Championship is located in Morocco Rabat Rabat Salé Salé
Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui
Capacity: 2,000
File:Salle El Bouâzzaoui.jpg

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco.

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	5	5	0	0	155	92	+63	10
Morocco (H)	5	4	0	1	128	117	+11	8
DR Congo	5	3	0	2	123	129	−6	6
Senegal	5	2	0	3	134	132	+2	4
Congo	5	1	0	4	110	148	−38	2
Gabon	5	0	0	5	108	140	−32	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

11 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	26–21	Senegal	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(9–13)

11 January 2012 17:00	Tunisia	35–18	Gabon	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Colibaly, Nanga (CIV)
	Ayed 6	(18–9)	Ostinda 8
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

11 January 2012 20:30	Morocco	28–24	Congo	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(15–10)

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12 January 2012 15:00	Gabon	20–25	DR Congo	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(14–11)

12 January 2012 17:00	Senegal	26–31	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(12–12)

12 January 2012 20:00	Congo	15–32	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Abdelaziz, Mohammed Samy (EGY)
	five players 2	(5–17)	four players 4
	3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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13 January 2012 15:00	Gabon	20–21	Congo	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(9–9)

13 January 2012 17:00	Tunisia	30–21	Senegal	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Nasse, Bouchaid (MAR)
	Sanai 7	(16–9)	Ibrahima 5
	1×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

13 January 2012 20:00	DR Congo	17–25	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(5–9)

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15 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	35–31	Congo	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(19–11)

15 January 2012 13:00	Senegal	33–26	Gabon	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(16–14)

15 January 2012 20:00	Morocco	18–26	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Akptasta, Yawo Mawusse (TOG)
	Sayad 5	(12–13)	Bannour 6
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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16 January 2012 11:00	Congo	19–33	Senegal	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(9–19)

16 January 2012 15:00	Morocco	26–24	Gabon	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(17–11)

16 January 2012 17:00	Tunisia	32–20	DR Congo	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Badura, Michal (SVK)
	Sanai 7	(17–11)	Kiangebeni 7
	2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	5	4	1	0	154	101	+53	9
Algeria	5	4	1	0	149	103	+46	9
Angola	5	3	0	2	118	93	+25	6
Cameroon	5	2	0	3	119	118	+1	4
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	4	112	146	−34	2
Burkina Faso	5	0	0	5	69	160	−91	0

Source:

All times are local (UTC±0).

11 January 2012 13:00	Egypt	25–14	Cameroon	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(13–8)

11 January 2012 15:00	Angola	27–17	Ivory Coast	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(11–6)

11 January 2012 15:00	Algeria	33–16	Burkina Faso	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(18–10)

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12 January 2012 13:00	Ivory Coast	21–40	Egypt	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(12–19)

12 January 2012 13:00	Burkina Faso	7–30	Angola	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(2–15)

12 January 2012 15:00	Cameroon	18–27	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(8–14)

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13 January 2012 11:00	Cameroon	32–19	Ivory Coast	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(17–9)

13 January 2012 13:00	Egypt	32–18	Burkina Faso	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(12–8)

13 January 2012 15:00	Algeria	21–15	Angola	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(11–6)

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15 January 2012 11:00	Burkina Faso	15–30	Cameroon	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(7–19)

15 January 2012 15:00	Algeria	34–20	Ivory Coast	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(19–9)

15 January 2012 17:00	Angola	14–23	Egypt	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(8–10)

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16 January 2012 15:00	Angola	32–25	Cameroon	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(21–16)

16 January 2012 19:00	Ivory Coast	35–13	Burkina Faso	Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
		(16–6)

16 January 2012 20:00	Egypt	34–34	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(20–16)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 January
	Tunisia	26
					19 January
	Cameroon	17
					Tunisia	28
	17 January
					Morocco	16
	Morocco	24
									20 January
	Angola	22
									Tunisia	23
	17 January
									Algeria	20
	Algeria	33
					19 January
	DR Congo	31
					Algeria	26
	17 January
					Egypt	25			Third place
	Senegal	19
									20 January
	Egypt	31
									Morocco	15
									Egypt	29

5–8th bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	18 January
	Cameroon	23
					19 January
	Angola	24
					Angola	27
	18 January
					Senegal (Pen.)	28
	DR Congo	32
	Senegal	33
					Seventh place
					19 January
					Cameroon	29
					DR Congo	25

All times are local (UTC±0).

Quarterfinals

17 January 2012 12:00	Egypt	31–19	Senegal	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(15–8)

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17 January 2012 14:30	DR Congo	31–33	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(15–14)

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17 January 2012 17:00	Tunisia	26–17	Cameroon	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Massimina, Alain Fortuné (CGO)
	Bannour 7	(11–7)	Fankoua 10
	3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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17 January 2012 20:00	Angola	22–24	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(11–11)

5–8th semifinals

18 January 2012 09:00	Cameroon	23–24	Angola	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(8–13)

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18 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	32–33	Senegal	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(15–14)

Semifinals

19 January 2012 17:00	Egypt	25–26	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
		(14–12)

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19 January 2012 20:00	Tunisia	28–16	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Charlotte et Julie Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 4	(15–7)	Koasai 3
	3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Eleventh place game

17 January 2012 11:00	Gabon	26–20	Burkina Faso	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(13–5)

Ninth place game

17 January 2012 13:00	Congo	31–20	Ivory Coast	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(18–10)

Seventh place game

19 January 2012 13:00	Cameroon	29–25	DR Congo	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(13–15)

Fifth place game

19 January 2012 17:00	Angola	27–28	Senegal	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(1–10)
	FT: 24–24 Pen: 3–4

Bronze medal game

20 January 2012 17:00	Egypt	29–15	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Akptasta, Yawo Mawusse (TOG)
	Zaky 9	(16–5)	Hammadi 4
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final

20 January 2012 20:00	Algeria	20–23	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat Referees: Badura, Michal (SVK)
	Chahbour, Rahim 4	(6–12)	Megannem 6
	2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final standings

Qualified for the 2013 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Tunisia	8–0–0
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Algeria	6–1–1
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Egypt	6–1–1
4	Morocco	5–0–3
5	Senegal	4–0–4
6	Angola	4–0–4
7	Cameroon	3–0–5
8	DR Congo	3–0–5
9	Congo	2–0–4
10	Ivory Coast	1–0–5
11	Gabon	1–0–5
12	Burkina Faso	0–0–6

Awards

2012 African Handball Championship
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 9th title

Best Player
Soufyan Sayad

All-Tournament Team

All-star team was:

GK		Yassine Idrissi
RW		Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek
RB		Amine Bannour
CB		Heykel Megannem
LB		Saci Boultif
LW		Riad Chahbour
P		Issam Tej

See also

• 2012 African Handball Champions League
• 2012 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
• 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

External links

• Official website
• todor66.com
• Goalzz.com
• Statistics of CAN 2012