2016 African Men's Handball Championship

2016 African Men's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–30 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (6th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	2,383 (51.8 per match)
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The 2016 African Men's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held in Egypt from 21 to 30 January 2016. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Egypt won their sixth title after defeating Tunisia 21–19, while Angola defeated Algeria 25–19 to capture the bronze medal.^[2]

The win qualified Egypt for the Olympics, while runner-up Tunisia received a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Qualified teams

Country	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Algeria	20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Angola	13 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	12 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Error creating thumbnail: Congo	17 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	9 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Egypt	19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	6 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	1 (2004)
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	3 (2004, 2010, 2014)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	16 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	9 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
Tunisia	21 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Venues

2016 African Men's Handball Championship is located in Egypt Cairo Cairo		Cairo
		Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
		Hall 1	Hall 2
		Capacity: 16,900	Capacity: 1,620
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Referees

7 couples were announced for the competition.^[3]

Country	Referees
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	Jonas Alyidi Arseny Datundji
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	Akpasta Yao Ajpeco Asinon
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Sunguay Mobaity Moya Koyachilis
Egypt	Mostefa Maamaly Sami Abdelaziz
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Mamado Diabite Yalatema Coulibaly
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Abdallah Faye Fadhel Diop
Tunisia	Ramzi Khenissi Ismail Boualloucha

Squads

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 23 October 2015.^[4]^[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	5	5	0	148	87	+61	10	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Algeria	5	4	1	145	118	+27	8
3	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	5	3	2	115	125	−10	6
4	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	5	2	3	120	128	−8	4
5	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	5	1	4	110	144	−34	2	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals
6	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	5	0	5	115	151	−36	0	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

21 January 2016 10:00	Cameroon Error creating thumbnail:	24–16	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–8)

21 January 2016 14:00	Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg	23–29	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–15)

21 January 2016 20:30	Algeria	18–22	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(7–11)

22 January 2016 15:00	Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg	24–35	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Yannick 5	(14–19)	Hamoud 7
	1×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	Report	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

22 January 2016 18:00	Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	26–24	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	Idir, Ouksir 7	(12–12)	Chuala 7
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22 January 2016 19:00	Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	20–34	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Aminu 5	(9–16)	Abouebaid 6
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	Report	2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

23 January 2016 16:00	Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	31–30	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	Talle 7	(16–13)	Cherubin 7
	2×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	Report	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

23 January 2016 17:00	Algeria	27–22	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Daoud, Abdi 6	(15–10)	Idir 8
	4×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	Report	4×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

23 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	30–20	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Abdelrahman 4	(17–10)	Ebanga 4
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25 January 2016 13:00	Cameroon Error creating thumbnail:	27–34	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–16)

25 January 2016 18:00	Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	25–20	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–10)

25 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	31–16	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(13–7)

26 January 2016 13:00	Algeria	31–23	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–12)

26 January 2016 15:00	Cameroon Error creating thumbnail:	25–22	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–10)

26 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	31–13	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(19–7)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	5	5	0	0	187	96	+91	10	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Angola	5	4	0	1	148	104	+44	8
3	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	5	3	0	2	131	143	−12	6
4	Error creating thumbnail: Congo	5	1	1	3	130	142	−12	3^[a]
5	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	5	1	1	3	103	122	−19	3^[a]	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals
6	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	5	0	0	5	102	194	−92	0	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Congo 21–21 Libya

21 January 2016 09:00	Angola	42–16	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(20–6)

21 January 2016 11:00	Tunisia	30–18	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(16–7)

21 January 2016 12:00	Congo Error creating thumbnail:	29–30	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–15)

22 January 2016 13:00	Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg	15–29	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	El Badri, Shafu 3	(8–12)	Liandro 7
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22 January 2016 16:00	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	19–34	Error creating thumbnail: Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	three players 3	(9–17)	Ephrem 7
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22 January 2016 17:00	DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	22–37	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Eyanga, Tchitombi 4	(14–15)	Amri 8
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23 January 2016 13:00	Tunisia	53–15	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Bhar 16	(24–8)	Mathew, Ondara 3
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23 January 2016 15:00	Angola	28–26	Error creating thumbnail: Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(15–9)

23 January 2016 18:00	Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg	19–20	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	four players 4	(11–10)	Kiangebeni 6
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25 January 2016 15:00	Angola	28–24	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(20–13)

25 January 2016 16:00	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	22–30	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(11–19)

25 January 2016 17:00	Congo Error creating thumbnail:	20–44	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(8–23)

26 January 2016 16:00	Congo Error creating thumbnail:	21–21	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(6–11)

26 January 2016 17:00	Tunisia	23–21	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–13)

26 January 2016 18:00	DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	35–30	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–12)

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

27 January

Egypt	39
		29 January
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		Egypt	25
27 January
		Angola	15
Angola	22
				30 January
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	21
				Egypt	21
27 January
				Tunisia	19
Algeria	34
		29 January
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	25
		Algeria	18
27 January
		Tunisia	27	Third place
Tunisia	24
				30 January
Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	20
				Angola	24

				Algeria	19

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

29 January

Error creating thumbnail: Congo	28
		30 January
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	36
		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	29
29 January
		Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	30
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	27

Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	36
		Seventh place

		30 January

		Error creating thumbnail: Congo	25

		File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	26

9th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place

27 January

File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	32
		29 January
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	23
		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	26
27 January
		File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	28
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	29

File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	26
		Eleventh place

		29 January

		File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	19

		File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	38

Quarterfinals

27 January 2016 13:00	Angola	22–21	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–9)

27 January 2016 15:00	Tunisia	24–20	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–10)

27 January 2016 17:00	Algeria	34–25	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(16–13)

27 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	39–18	Error creating thumbnail: Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(19–6)

9–12th place semifinals

27 January 2016 16:00	Libya File:Flag of Libya.svg	29–26	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(12–12)

27 January 2016 18:00	Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	32–23	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(16–11)

5–8th place semifinals

29 January 2016 16:00	Congo Error creating thumbnail:	28–36	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(12–15)

29 January 2016 18:00	DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	27–36	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–18)

Semifinals

29 January 2016 17:30	Algeria	18–27	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–13)

29 January 2016 20:00	Egypt	25–15	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(12–8)

Eleventh place game

29 January 2016 13:00	Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	19–38	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

Ninth place game

29 January 2016 14:00	Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	26–28	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo

Seventh place game

30 January 2016 12:00	Congo Error creating thumbnail:	25–26	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo

Fifth place game

30 January 2016 14:00	Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	29–30	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(13–17)

Third place game

30 January 2016 17:30	Angola	24–19	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–8)

Final

30 January 2016 20:00	Egypt	21–19	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–10)

Final ranking

Legend for qualification type
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Championship
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2017 World Championship
Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Egypt
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Tunisia
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Angola
4	Algeria
5	Error creating thumbnail: Cameroon
6	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
7	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
8	Error creating thumbnail: Congo
9	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
10	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
11	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
12	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

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2016 African Men's Handball Championship

Contents

Qualified teams

Venues

Referees

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

9–12th place semifinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

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Men	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Tunisia 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Egypt 2016 Gabon 2018 Tunisia 2020 Egypt 2022 Egypt 2024 Rwanda 2026
Women	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Angola 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Angola 2016 Congo 2018 Cameroon 2021 Senegal 2022 DR Congo 2024 Tunisia 2026

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2016 African Men's Handball Championship

Qualified teams

Venues

Referees

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

9–12th place semifinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

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