# 2022 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2022 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 30 August to 6 September 2022. It also acted as a qualification tournament for the 2023 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.
Egypt secured the title with a 51–29 win over Rwanda, while Morocco defeated Burundi 41–34 to claim the bronze medal. Burundi and Rwanda thus secured both their first-ever medals as well as their inaugural debut in the Men's Youth World Handball Championship.

## Draw

The draw was held on 22 July 2022 at the head office of the African Handball Confederation in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 58 | +40 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Burundi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 81 | +1 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 123 | −25 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Libya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 110 | −16 | 1 | Seventh place game |
| 30 August 2022 13:00 | Libya | 28–35 | Uganda | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 30 August 2022 13:00 | | (10–11) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| Cancelled | Morocco | 10–0 | Burundi | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 15:00 | Burundi | 32–32 | Libya | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 15:00 | | (14–16) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 17:00 | Morocco | 45–24 | Uganda | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 17:00 | | (22–11) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 13:00 | Uganda | 39–50 | Burundi | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 13:00 | | (22–24) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 17:00 | Morocco | 43–34 | Libya | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 17:00 | | (15–21) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 63 | +88 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Rwanda (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 106 | +7 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 92 | −1 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 159 | −94 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 August 2022 17:00 | Egypt | 43–19 | Algeria | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 30 August 2022 17:00 | | (21–10) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 30 August 2022 19:00 | Rwanda | 53–32 | Madagascar | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 30 August 2022 19:00 | | (26–13) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 13:00 | Algeria | 42–19 | Madagascar | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 13:00 | | (22–5) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 19:00 | Egypt | 44–30 | Rwanda | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 31 August 2022 19:00 | | (19–15) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 15:00 | Egypt | 64–14 | Madagascar | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 15:00 | | (28–9) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 19:00 | Rwanda | 30–30 | Algeria | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 2 September 2022 19:00 | | (13–13) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 4 September | 4 September |
| Morocco | 34 |
| Morocco | 34 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Rwanda | 35 | 6 September | 6 September |
| Rwanda | 35 | Rwanda | 29 |
| 4 September | 4 September | | Rwanda | 29 |
| 4 September | 4 September | Egypt | 51 |
| Egypt | 66 | Egypt | 51 |
| Burundi | 22 | | |
| Burundi | 22 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | Morocco | 41 |
| | | Burundi | 34 |

### Semifinals

| 4 September 2022 17:00 | Egypt | 66–22 | Burundi | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 4 September 2022 17:00 | | (34–12) | | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 4 September 2022 19:00 | Morocco | 34–35 | Rwanda | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 4 September 2022 19:00 | | (14–18) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

### Seventh place game

| 5 September 2022 17:00 | Libya | 24–20 | Madagascar | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 5 September 2022 17:00 | | (14–11) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

### Fifth place game

| 5 September 2022 19:00 | Uganda | 31–44 | Algeria | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 5 September 2022 19:00 | | (11–22) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

### Third place game

| 6 September 2022 17:00 | Morocco | 41–34 | Burundi | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 6 September 2022 17:00 | | (21–15) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

### Final

| 6 September 2022 19:00 | Rwanda | 29–51 | Egypt | BK Arena, Kigali |
| 6 September 2022 19:00 | | (16–22) | | BK Arena, Kigali |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Rwanda |
| | Morocco |
| 4 | Burundi |
| 5 | Algeria |
| 6 | Uganda |
| 7 | Libya |
| 8 | Madagascar |
* Team qualified for the 2023 Youth World Championship