2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from March 15 to 21, 2014.[1]

For the women's tournament, see 2013 African Women's Youth Handball Championship.
2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
DatesMarch 15–21, 2014
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches25
Goals scored1306 (52.24 per match)
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Egypt was the champion and qualified to both the 2015 world championship and the 2014 Youth Olympics whereas the three remaining top teams qualified for the 2015 world championship.

Draw
Group A Group B Group C

 Egypt
 Guinea
 Libya

 Algeria
 Niger
 Tunisia

 Angola
 Kenya
 Zambia

Preliminary round

Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three, with the top team of each group plus the second best of all the groups qualifying for the semifinal, the remaining two second-placed teams playing for the 5-6 classification whereas the third-placed teams of each group played for the 7-9 classification matches.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A
Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 71 37 +34 4
 Libya 2 1 0 1 45 58 −13 2
 Guinea 2 0 0 2 46 67 −21 0
Source:
15 March 2014
10:00		 Egypt  38 – 21  Guinea Nairobi
(15–12)
16 March 2014
14:00		 Libya  29 – 25  Guinea Nairobi
(17–13)
17 March 2014
14:00		 Egypt  33 – 16  Libya Nairobi
(17–06)

Group B
Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 66 39 +27 4
 Algeria 2 1 0 1 54 47 +7 2
 Niger 2 0 0 2 39 73 −34 0
Source:
15 March 2014
14:00		 Tunisia  40 – 18  Niger Nairobi
(19–07)
16 March 2014
14:00		 Algeria  33 – 21  Niger Nairobi
(17–12)
17 March 2014
16:00		 Tunisia  26 – 21  Algeria Nairobi
(11–14)

Group C
Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 2 2 0 0 68 33 +35 4
 Kenya 2 1 0 1 49 50 −1 2
 Zambia 2 0 0 2 37 71 −34 0
Source:
15 March 2014
17:00		 Angola  28 – 18  Kenya Nairobi
(10–06)
16 March 2014
18:00		 Angola  40 – 15  Zambia Nairobi
(17–10)
17 March 2014
18:00		 Kenya  31 – 22  Zambia Nairobi
(11–10)

Placement round 7–9

Bracket
Cross matches 7th place final
  18 March 2014 - 14:00
    Guinea   40  
    Zambia   29  
 
  20 March 2014 - 14:00
        Guinea   35
      Niger   22
  19 March 2014 - 10:00
    Niger   41
    Zambia   12  

7th–9th place
18 March 2014
14:00		 Guinea  40 – 29  Zambia Nairobi
(22–15)
19 March 2014
10:00		 Niger  41 – 12  Zambia Nairobi
(21–03)

7th place game
20 March 2014
14:00		 Guinea  35 – 22  Niger Nairobi
(16–12)

Placement round 5–6
19 March 2014
14:00		 Libya  23 – 16  Kenya Nairobi
(12–10)

Final round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 March 2014 – 16:00
 
 
 Egypt26
 
21 March 2014 – 18:00
 
 Tunisia19
 
 Egypt26
 
19 March 2014 – 18:00
 
 Algeria22
 
 Algeria24
 
 
 Angola22
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
21 March 2014 – 16:00
 
 
 Tunisia24
 
 
 Angola16

Semi finals
19 March 2014
16:00		 Egypt  26 – 19  Tunisia Nairobi
(12–08)
19 March 2014
18:00		 Algeria  24 – 22  Angola Nairobi
(10–10)

Bronze medal game
21 March 2014
16:00		 Tunisia  24 – 16  Angola Nairobi
(11–07)

Final
21 March 2014
18:00		 Egypt  26 – 22  Algeria Nairobi
(12–12)

Final standings
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship and 2014 Youth Olympics
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Egypt4–0
 Algeria2–2
 Tunisia2–2
4  Angola2–2
5  Libya2–1
6  Kenya1–2
7  Guinea2–2
8  Niger1–3
9  Zambia0–4

Awards
 2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship 

Egypt
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See also

References
  1. "NATION - Junior - Resultats". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
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