2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	August 21–26
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Gabon
Tournament statistics
Matches	25
Goals scored	1306 (52.24 per match)
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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.^[1]

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

Draw[]

Group A	Group B
Tunisia	Egypt

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
	4	3	0	1	96	84	+12	6
	4	2	0	2	104	102	+2	4
	4	1	0	3	80	104	−24	2
	4	0	0	4	79	119	−40	0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18:00		22 – 27		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
	4	3	0	1	115	103	+12	6
	4	1	1	2	91	118	−27	3
	4	1	0	3	97	106	−9	2
	4	0	1	3	91	135	−44	1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification matches[]

9th place game[]

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

7th place game[]

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

5th place game[]

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

Bronze medal game[]

26 August 2012 15:00		23 – 30		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
		4–0–1
4		3–0–2
5		2–1–2
6		3–0–2
7		2–0–3
8		1–0–4
9		1–1–3
10		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

References[]