2016 African Men's Handball Championship

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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Last updated April 12, 2024

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]

Qualified teams

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)

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

Venues

Cairo		Cairo
		Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
		Hall 1	Hall 2
		Capacity: 16,900	Capacity: 1,620

Referees

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

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

Squads

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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

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)

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×

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×

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)

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

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	Advanced to 9–12th place semifinals

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 2 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)

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×

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×

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)

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)

Knockout stage

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Final ranking

Legend for qualification type
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Championship
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2017 World Championship
Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Angola
4	Algeria
5	Cameroon
6	Morocco
7	DR Congo
8	Congo
9	Libya
10	Nigeria
11	Gabon
12	Kenya

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References

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↑ "CAN 2016: L'Egypte championne d'Afrique". cahbonline.info. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑ "CAN-2016 de handball: les arbitres désignés pour diriger les matchs". aps . 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
↑ "Press release". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
↑ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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[1] "L'Angola et l'Egypte organisent la 22e Coupe d'Afrique des Nations seniors 2016". cahbonline.info. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[2] "CAN 2016: L'Egypte championne d'Afrique". cahbonline.info. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[3] "CAN-2016 de handball: les arbitres désignés pour diriger les matchs". aps . 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[4] "Press release". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

[5] "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

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