2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 20th 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 23 to 29, 2014.[1]

2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
DatesMarch 23–29, 2014
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (11th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches19
Goals scored939 (49.42 per match)
Next

Egypt was the champion and qualified, alongside the two remaining top teams. to the 2015 world championship.

Draw

Group A Group B Group C

 Angola
 Algeria
 DR Congo

 Tunisia
 Libya
 Guinea

 Egypt
 Gabon
 Kenya
 Burundi

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 7-9 classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 2 2 0 0 59 53 +6 4
 Algeria 2 1 0 1 63 55 +8 2
 DR Congo 2 0 0 2 44 58 14 0
Source:
23 March 2014
10:00
Angola  25 – 23  DR Congo Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

24 March 2014
10:00
Algeria  33 – 21  DR Congo Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–11)

25 March 2014
14:00
Angola  34 – 30  Algeria Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–15)

Group B

Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Disclassified due to non-payment of participation fee
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 29 19 +10 2
 Libya 1 0 0 1 19 29 10 0
 Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
23 March 2014
12:00
Tunisia  30 – 26  Guinea Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–15)

24 March 2014
14:00
Libya   Guinea Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(–)

25 March 2014
10:00
Tunisia  29 – 19  Libya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

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
 Egypt 3 3 0 0 138 56 +82 6
 Gabon 3 2 0 1 80 58 +22 4
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 59 90 31 2
 Burundi 3 0 0 3 49 122 73 0
Source:
23 March 2014
14:00
Egypt  62 – 18  Burundi Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(30–05)

17:00
Gabon  27 – 14  Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–08)

24 March 2014
16:00
Burundi  12 – 34  Gabon Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(05–22)

18:00
Egypt  44 – 19  Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(22–04)

25 March 2014
16:00
Gabon  19 – 32  Egypt Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(09–14)

18:00
Burundi  19 – 26  Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(07–15)

Placement round 7–9

26 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo  29 – 21  Kenya Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–10)
27 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo  40 – 20  Burundi Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–12)

Placement round 5–6

28 March 2014
16:00
Libya  24 – 17  Gabon Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Final round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Mar 2014 – 16:00
 
 
 Egypt27
 
29 Mar 2014 – 14:00
 
 Angola19
 
 Egypt25
 
27 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
 Tunisia23
 
 Tunisia26
 
 
 Algeria18
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
28 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
 
 Algeria25
 
 
 Angola29

Semi finals

27 March 2014
16:00
Egypt  27 – 19  Angola Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(13–07)

18:00
Tunisia  26 – 18  Algeria Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Bronze medal game

28 March 2014
18:00
Algeria  25 – 29  Angola Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(16–16)

Final

29 March 2014
14:00
Egypt  25 – 23  Tunisia Safaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–11)

Final standings

Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Egypt5–0
 Tunisia2–1
 Angola3–1
4  Algeria2–2
5  Libya1–1
6  Gabon2–2
7  DR Congo2–2
8  Kenya1–3
9  Burundi0–4

Awards

 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship Winner 

Egypt
11th title

See also

References

  1. "NATION - Junior - Resultats". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
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