2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2011 African Women's Youth Handball Championship.

2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	August 21–26
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Gabon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	1,306 (52.24 per match)

The 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from August 28 to August 26, 2012.

Egypt was the champion and the tournament qualified the top four teams to the 2013 world championship.

Draw

Group A	Group B
DR Congo Gabon Guinea Ivory Coast Tunisia	Algeria Angola Congo Egypt Libya

Preliminary round

11 teams were drawn into two groups of five and six, respectively, with the two top teams of each group playing for the title, the two second, playing for the bronze medal, the two third, playing for the 5th place, the two fourth for the 7th place and the two fifth teams playing for the 9th place.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	0	133	83	+50	8
Gabon	4	3	0	1	96	84	+12	6
DR Congo	4	2	0	2	104	102	+2	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	80	104	−24	2
Guinea	4	0	0	4	79	119	−40	0

Source:

21 August 2012 13:00	Gabon	20 – 19	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(12–11)

18:00	Guinea	18 – 20	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(9–8)

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22 August 2012 12:00	Tunisia	39 – 25	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(23–13)

14:00	Gabon	29 – 19	Guinea	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(10–5)

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23 August 2012 10:00	DR Congo	33 – 21	Guinea	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(14–10)

18:00	Ivory Coast	19 – 30	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(9–13)

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24 August 2012 14:00	Tunisia	37 – 21	Guinea	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(19–11)

18:00	Gabon	29 – 19	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(13–9)

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25 August 2012 14:00	Tunisia	27 – 18	Gabon	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(14–12)

18:00	Ivory Coast	22 – 27	DR Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(13–8)

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	4	4	0	0	145	77	+68	8
Angola	4	3	0	1	115	103	+12	6
Libya	4	1	1	2	91	118	−27	3
Algeria	4	1	0	3	97	106	−9	2
Congo	4	0	1	3	91	135	−44	1

Source:

21 August 2012 11:00	Algeria	27 – 20	Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(14–8)

15:00	Angola	22 – 34	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(11–17)

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22 August 2012 15:00	Congo	18 – 43	Egypt	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(7–19)

17:00	Libya	27 – 23	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(13–10)

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23 August 2012 13:00	Libya	29 – 29	Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(11–12)

15:00	Algeria	26 – 31	Angola	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(16–14)

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24 August 2012 11:00	Angola	36 – 24	Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(20–10)

15:00	Egypt	40 – 16	Libya	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(17–11)

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25 August 2012 11:00	Angola	26 – 19	Libya	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(9–12)

15:00	Egypt	28 – 21	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(14–10)

Classification matches

9th place game

26 August 2012 09:00	Guinea	24 – 32	Congo	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(9–11)

7th place game

26 August 2012 11:00	Ivory Coast	21 – 34	Algeria	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(10-13)

5th place game

26 August 2012 13:00	DR Congo	30 – 32	Libya	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(15-19)

Bronze medal game

26 August 2012 15:00	Gabon	23 – 30	Angola	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan

Final

26 August 2012 17:30	Egypt	27 – 22	Tunisia	Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan
		(11-9)

Final standings

Qualified for the 2013 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Egypt	5–0–0
	Tunisia	4–0–1
	Angola	4–0–1
4	Gabon	3–0–2
5	Libya	2–1–2
6	DR Congo	3–0–2
7	Algeria	2–0–3
8	Ivory Coast	1–0–4
9	Congo	1–1–3
10	Guinea	0–0–5

Awards

2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Egypt 4th title

See also

• 2012 African Men's Handball Championship
• 2012 African Men's Junior Handball Championship