# 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship

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 |
| 21 August 2012 13:00 | Gabon | 20 – 19 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 21 August 2012 13:00 | | (12–11) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | Guinea | 18 – 20 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | | (9–8) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 22 August 2012 12:00 | Tunisia | 39 – 25 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 22 August 2012 12:00 | | (23–13) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 14:00 | Gabon | 29 – 19 | Guinea | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 14:00 | | (10–5) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 23 August 2012 10:00 | DR Congo | 33 – 21 | Guinea | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 23 August 2012 10:00 | | (14–10) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 19 – 30 | Tunisia | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | | (9–13) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 24 August 2012 14:00 | Tunisia | 37 – 21 | Guinea | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 24 August 2012 14:00 | | (19–11) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | Gabon | 29 – 19 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | | (13–9) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 25 August 2012 14:00 | Tunisia | 27 – 18 | Gabon | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 25 August 2012 14:00 | | (14–12) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 22 – 27 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 18:00 | | (13–8) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |

### 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 |
| 21 August 2012 11:00 | Algeria | 27 – 20 | Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 21 August 2012 11:00 | | (14–8) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | Angola | 22 – 34 | Egypt | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | | (11–17) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 22 August 2012 15:00 | Congo | 18 – 43 | Egypt | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 22 August 2012 15:00 | | (7–19) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 17:00 | Libya | 27 – 23 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 17:00 | | (13–10) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 23 August 2012 13:00 | Libya | 29 – 29 | Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 23 August 2012 13:00 | | (11–12) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | Algeria | 26 – 31 | Angola | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | | (16–14) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 24 August 2012 11:00 | Angola | 36 – 24 | Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 24 August 2012 11:00 | | (20–10) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | Egypt | 40 – 16 | Libya | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | | (17–11) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 25 August 2012 11:00 | Angola | 26 – 19 | Libya | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 25 August 2012 11:00 | | (9–12) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | Egypt | 28 – 21 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15:00 | | (14–10) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |

## Classification matches
### 9th place game

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

### 7th place game

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

### 5th place game

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

### 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 |
| 26 August 2012 17:30 | | (11-9) | | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |

## 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