2016 African Men'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.

For the women's tournament, see 2015 African Women's Youth Handball Championship.
2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mali
DatesSeptember 2–9, 2016
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (4th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Algeria
Fourth place DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches24
Goals scored1299 (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]

Times given below are in GMT UTC+0.

Group A
2 Sep, 2016
13:00Algeria 33 (20:06) 22 Morocco
16:00Mali 20 (07:19) 39 Guinea
3 Sep, 2016
15:00Morocco 24 (12:10) 28 Guinea
19:00Algeria 46 (21:09) 16 Mali
4 Sep, 2016
17:00Guinea 27 (14:15) 32 Algeria
19:00Mali 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 3 0 0 3 47 121 −74 0
Source:

Group B
2 Sep, 2016
10:00DR Congo 45 (22:07) 15 Rwanda
15:00Egypt 34 (16:15) 27 Tunisia
3 Sep, 2016
13:00Rwanda 12 (05:31) 56 Egypt
17:00Tunisia 27 (12:11) 20 DR Congo
4 Sep, 2016
13:00Egypt 33 (16:11) 22 DR Congo
15:00Tunisia 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 1 101 61 +40 4
DR Congo 3 1 0 2 87 75 +12 2
 Rwanda 3 0 0 3 34 141 −107 0
Source:

Knockout stage
Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 15:00
 
 
 Tunisia35
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00
 
 Morocco21
 
 Algeria23
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00
 
 Tunisia27
 
 Algeria45
 
Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00
 
 Rwanda10
 
 Tunisia26
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00
 
 Egypt25
 
 Guinea25
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00
 
 DR Congo31
 
 DR Congo15
 
Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00
 
 Egypt35 Third place
 
 Mali12
 
Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00
 
 Egypt46
 
 Algeria22
 
 
 DR Congo15
 
5-8th bracket
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 13:00
 
 
 Rwanda21
 
Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00
 
 Morocco29
 
 Morocco21
 
Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00
 
 Guinea19
 
 Guinea45
 
 
 Mali20
 
Seventh place
 
 
Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 14:00
 
 
 Rwanda30
 
 
 Mali29

Final standings
Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Tunisia5–1
 Egypt5–1
 Algeria5–1
4 DR Congo2–4
5  Morocco3–3
6  Guinea3–3
7  Rwanda1–5
8  Mali0–6

Awards
 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship Winner 

Tunisia
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See also

References
  1. "CAN cadet 2016 : La Tunisie met fin au règne de l'Egypte". handball.tn. Retrieved 17 Apr 2017.
  2. "CAN Cadets 2016" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 17 Apr 2017.
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