The 2016 African Men's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held in Egypt from 21 to 30 January 2016. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

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2016 African Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–30 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (6th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	2,383 (51.8 per match)
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Egypt won their sixth title after defeating Tunisia 21–19, while Angola defeated Algeria 25–19 to capture the bronze medal.^[2]

The win qualified Egypt for the Olympics, while runner-up Tunisia received a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.

More information Country, Previous appearances in tournament1 ...

Country	Previous appearances in tournament1
Algeria	20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Angola	13 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Cameroon	12 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Congo	17 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
DR Congo	9 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Egypt	19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Gabon	6 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Kenya	1 (2004)
Libya	3 (2004, 2010, 2014)
Morocco	16 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Nigeria	9 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
Tunisia	21 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

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¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

7 couples were announced for the competition.^[3]

More information Country, Referees ...

Country	Referees
Benin	Jonas Alyidi Arseny Datundji
Benin	Akpasta Yao Ajpeco Asinon
DR Congo	Sunguay Mobaity Moya Koyachilis
Egypt	Mostefa Maamaly Sami Abdelaziz
Ivory Coast	Mamado Diabite Yalatema Coulibaly
Senegal	Abdallah Faye Fadhel Diop
Tunisia	Ramzi Khenissi Ismail Boualloucha

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The draw was held on 23 October 2015.^[4][5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	5	5	0	0	148	87	+61	10	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Algeria	5	4	0	1	145	118	+27	8
3	Morocco	5	3	0	2	115	125	−10	6
4	Cameroon	5	2	0	3	120	128	−8	4
5	Nigeria	5	1	0	4	110	144	−34	2	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals
6	Gabon	5	0	0	5	115	151	−36	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

21 January 2016 10:00	Cameroon	24–16	Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–8)

21 January 2016 14:00	Gabon	23–29	Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–15)

21 January 2016 20:30	Algeria	18–22	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(7–11)

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22 January 2016 15:00	Gabon	24–35	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Yannick 5	(14–19)	Hamoud 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

22 January 2016 18:00	Morocco	26–24	Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	Idir, Ouksir 7	(12–12)	Chuala 7
	4× 8× 1×	Report	1× 8×

22 January 2016 19:00	Nigeria	20–34	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Aminu 5	(9–16)	Abouebaid 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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23 January 2016 16:00	Nigeria	31–30	Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	Talle 7	(16–13)	Cherubin 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

23 January 2016 17:00	Algeria	27–22	Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Daoud, Abdi 6	(15–10)	Idir 8
	4× 7×	Report	4× 4×

23 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	30–20	Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Abdelrahman 4	(17–10)	Ebanga 4
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 8×

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25 January 2016 13:00	Cameroon	27–34	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–16)

25 January 2016 18:00	Morocco	25–20	Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–10)

25 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	31–16	Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(13–7)

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26 January 2016 13:00	Algeria	31–23	Nigeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–12)

26 January 2016 15:00	Cameroon	25–22	Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–10)

26 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	31–13	Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(19–7)

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	5	5	0	0	187	96	+91	10	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Angola	5	4	0	1	148	104	+44	8
3	DR Congo	5	3	0	2	131	143	−12	6
4	Congo	5	1	1	3	130	142	−12	3[lower-alpha 1]
5	Libya	5	1	1	3	103	122	−19	3[lower-alpha 1]	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals
6	Kenya	5	0	0	5	102	194	−92	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Congo 21–21 Libya

21 January 2016 09:00	Angola	42–16	Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(20–6)

21 January 2016 11:00	Tunisia	30–18	Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(16–7)

21 January 2016 12:00	Congo	29–30	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(14–15)

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22 January 2016 13:00	Libya	15–29	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	El Badri, Shafu 3	(8–12)	Liandro 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3×

22 January 2016 16:00	Kenya	19–34	Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	three players 3	(9–17)	Ephrem 7
	2× 1×	Report	3× 7×

22 January 2016 17:00	DR Congo	22–37	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Eyanga, Tchitombi 4	(14–15)	Amri 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5× 1×

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23 January 2016 13:00	Tunisia	53–15	Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
	Bhar 16	(24–8)	Mathew, Ondara 3
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

23 January 2016 15:00	Angola	28–26	Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(15–9)

23 January 2016 18:00	Libya	19–20	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
	four players 4	(11–10)	Kiangebeni 6
	4× 12× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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25 January 2016 15:00	Angola	28–24	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(20–13)

25 January 2016 16:00	Kenya	22–30	Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(11–19)

25 January 2016 17:00	Congo	20–44	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(8–23)

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26 January 2016 16:00	Congo	21–21	Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(6–11)

26 January 2016 17:00	Tunisia	23–21	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–13)

26 January 2016 18:00	DR Congo	35–30	Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–12)

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	27 January
	Egypt	39
					29 January
	Congo	18
					Egypt	25
	27 January
					Angola	15
	Angola	22
									30 January
	Morocco	21
									Egypt	21
	27 January
									Tunisia	19
	Algeria	34
					29 January
	DR Congo	25
					Algeria	18
	27 January
					Tunisia	27			Third place
	Tunisia	24
									30 January
	Cameroon	20
									Angola	24
									Algeria	19

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	29 January
	Congo	28
					30 January
	Morocco	36
					Morocco	29
	29 January
					Cameroon	30
	DR Congo	27
	Cameroon	36
					Seventh place
					30 January
					Congo	25
					DR Congo	26

9th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place
	27 January
	Nigeria	32
					29 January
	Kenya	23
					Nigeria	26
	27 January
					Libya	28
	Libya	29
	Gabon	26
					Eleventh place
					29 January
					Kenya	19
					Gabon	38

Quarterfinals

27 January 2016 13:00	Angola	22–21	Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–9)

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27 January 2016 15:00	Tunisia	24–20	Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(11–10)

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27 January 2016 17:00	Algeria	34–25	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(16–13)

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27 January 2016 19:00	Egypt	39–18	Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(19–6)

9–12th place semifinals

27 January 2016 16:00	Libya	29–26	Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(12–12)

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27 January 2016 18:00	Nigeria	32–23	Kenya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(16–11)

5–8th place semifinals

29 January 2016 16:00	Congo	28–36	Morocco	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(12–15)

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29 January 2016 18:00	DR Congo	27–36	Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(15–18)

Semifinals

29 January 2016 17:30	Algeria	18–27	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–13)

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29 January 2016 20:00	Egypt	25–15	Angola	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(12–8)

Eleventh place game

29 January 2016 13:00	Kenya	19–38	Gabon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

Ninth place game

29 January 2016 14:00	Nigeria	26–28	Libya	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo

Seventh place game

30 January 2016 12:00	Congo	25–26	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo

Fifth place game

30 January 2016 14:00	Morocco	29–30	Cameroon	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Hall 2, Cairo
		(13–17)

Third place game

30 January 2016 17:30	Angola	24–19	Algeria	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(10–8)

Final

30 January 2016 20:00	Egypt	21–19	Tunisia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
		(9–10)