# 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.
Tunisia was the champion and qualified, alongside the three remaining top teams. to the 2017 world championship.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Guinea  Mali  Morocco | Egypt  DR Congo  Rwanda  Tunisia |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+0).

### Group A

| 2 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 13:00 | Algeria | 33 (20:06) 22 | Morocco |
| 16:00 | Mali | 20 (07:19) 39 | Guinea |
| 3 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 15:00 | Morocco | 24 (12:10) 28 | Guinea |
| 19:00 | Algeria | 46 (21:09) 16 | Mali |
| 4 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 17:00 | Guinea | 27 (14:15) 32 | Algeria |
| 19:00 | Mali | 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 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 72 | +10 | 2 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| Mali (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 121 | −74 | 0 | Advance to the quarter-finals |

### Group B

| 2 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 10:00 | DR Congo | 45 (22:07) 15 | Rwanda |
| 15:00 | Egypt | 34 (16:15) 27 | Tunisia |
| 3 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 13:00 | Rwanda | 12 (05:31) 56 | Egypt |
| 17:00 | Tunisia | 27 (12:11) 20 | DR Congo |
| 4 Sep, 2016 ||||
| 13:00 | Egypt | 33 (16:11) 22 | DR Congo |
| 15:00 | Tunisia | 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 | 94 | 61 | +33 | 4 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 75 | +12 | 2 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 141 | −107 | 0 | Advance to the quarter-finals |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | | | |
| Tunisia | 35 | | | |
| Tunisia | 35 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | | |
| Morocco | 21 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | |
| Morocco | 21 | Algeria | 23 | |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00 | | Algeria | 23 | |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 13:00 | Tunisia | 27 | |
| Algeria | 45 | Tunisia | 27 | |
| Algeria | 45 | | | | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00 | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00 |
| Rwanda | 10 | | | | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00 | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 16:00 |
| Rwanda | 10 | | | | Tunisia | 26 |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | | | | | Tunisia | 26 |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 17:00 | | | | Egypt | 25 |
| Guinea | 25 | | | | Egypt | 25 |
| Guinea | 25 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | | | |
| DR Congo | 31 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | | | |
| DR Congo | 31 | DR Congo | 15 | | | |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | | DR Congo | 15 | | | |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | Tue 6 Sep 2016 – 19:00 | Egypt | 35 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mali | 12 | Egypt | 35 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mali | 12 | | | | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00 | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00 |
| Egypt | 46 | | | | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00 | Fri 9 Sep 2016 – 14:00 |
| Egypt | 46 | | | | Algeria | 22 |
| | | | | | DR Congo | 15 |

### 5-8th bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 13:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 13:00 |
| Rwanda | 21 |
| Rwanda | 21 | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00 | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00 |
| Morocco | 29 | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00 | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 16:00 |
| Morocco | 29 | Morocco | 21 |
| Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | | Morocco | 21 |
| Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | Wed 7 Sep 2016 – 15:00 | Guinea | 19 |
| Guinea | 45 | Guinea | 19 |
| Mali | 20 | | |
| Mali | 20 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 14:00 | Thu 8 Sep 2016 – 14:00 |
| | | Rwanda | 30 |
| | | Mali | 29 |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Tunisia | 5–1 |
| | Egypt | 5–1 |
| | Algeria | 5–1 |
| 4 | DR Congo | 2–4 |
| 5 | Morocco | 3–3 |
| 6 | Guinea | 3–3 |
| 7 | Rwanda | 1–5 |
| 8 | Mali | 0–6 |

## Awards

* 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship winner
* Tunisia 1st title