2012 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2012 African Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Rabat and Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

2012 African Championship
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates11–20 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (9th title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored2,173 (49.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon William Fankoua
Best playerMorocco Soufyan Sayad
Next →

Teams

Group AGroup B

 Tunisia
 DR Congo
 Morocco
 Gabon
 Congo
 Senegal

 Egypt
 Algeria
 Angola
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Burkina Faso

Venues

Rabat
Salle Moulay AbdellahSalle Ibn Yassine
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 5,000
Salé
Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui
Capacity: 2,000

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco.[1]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Tunisia550015592+6310
 Morocco (H)5401128117+118
 DR Congo5302123129−66
 Senegal5203134132+24
 Congo5104110148−382
 Gabon5005108140−320
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
11 January 2012
11:00
DR Congo  26–21  SenegalSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(9–13)
11 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  35–18  GabonSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Colibaly, Nanga (CIV)
Ayed 6(18–9)Ostinda 8
 5×  2×
11 January 2012
20:30
Morocco  28–24  CongoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(15–10)

12 January 2012
15:00
Gabon  20–25  DR CongoSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(14–11)
12 January 2012
17:00
Senegal  26–31  MoroccoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(12–12)
12 January 2012
20:00
Congo  15–32  TunisiaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Abdelaziz, Mohammed Samy (EGY)
five players 2(5–17)four players 4
 3×  3×

13 January 2012
15:00
Gabon  20–21  CongoSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(9–9)
13 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  30–21  SenegalSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Nasse, Bouchaid (MAR)
Sanai 7(16–9)Ibrahima 5
 4×  5×
13 January 2012
20:00
DR Congo  17–25  MoroccoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(5–9)

15 January 2012
11:00
DR Congo  35–31  CongoSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(19–11)
15 January 2012
13:00
Senegal  33–26  GabonSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(16–14)
15 January 2012
20:00
Morocco  18–26  TunisiaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Akptasta, Yawo Mawusse (TOG)
Sayad 5(12–13)Bannour 6
 5×  4×

16 January 2012
11:00
Congo  19–33  SenegalSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(9–19)
16 January 2012
15:00
Morocco  26–24  GabonSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(17–11)
16 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  32–20  DR CongoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Badura, Michal (SVK)
Sanai 7(17–11)Kiangebeni 7
 2×  5×

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Egypt5410154101+539
 Algeria5410149103+469
 Angola530211893+256
 Cameroon5203119118+14
 Ivory Coast5104112146−342
 Burkina Faso500569160−910
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC±0).

11 January 2012
13:00
Egypt  25–14  CameroonSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(13–8)
11 January 2012
15:00
Angola  27–17  Ivory CoastHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(11–6)
11 January 2012
15:00
Algeria  33–16  Burkina FasoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(18–10)

12 January 2012
13:00
Ivory Coast  21–40  EgyptSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(12–19)
12 January 2012
13:00
Burkina Faso  7–30  AngolaSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(2–15)
12 January 2012
15:00
Cameroon  18–27  AlgeriaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(8–14)

13 January 2012
11:00
Cameroon  32–19  Ivory CoastSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(17–9)
13 January 2012
13:00
Egypt  32–18  Burkina FasoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(12–8)
13 January 2012
15:00
Algeria  21–15  AngolaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(11–6)

15 January 2012
11:00
Burkina Faso  15–30  CameroonHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(7–19)
15 January 2012
15:00
Algeria  34–20  Ivory CoastSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(19–9)
15 January 2012
17:00
Angola  14–23  EgyptSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(8–10)

16 January 2012
15:00
Angola  32–25  CameroonHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(21–16)
16 January 2012
19:00
Ivory Coast  35–13  Burkina FasoSalle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(16–6)
16 January 2012
20:00
Egypt  34–34  AlgeriaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(20–16)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 January
 
 
 Tunisia26
 
19 January
 
 Cameroon17
 
 Tunisia28
 
17 January
 
 Morocco16
 
 Morocco24
 
20 January
 
 Angola22
 
 Tunisia23
 
17 January
 
 Algeria20
 
 Algeria33
 
19 January
 
 DR Congo31
 
 Algeria26
 
17 January
 
 Egypt25Third place
 
 Senegal19
 
20 January
 
 Egypt31
 
 Morocco15
 
 
 Egypt29
 
5–8th bracket
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Cameroon23
 
19 January
 
 Angola24
 
 Angola27
 
18 January
 
 Senegal (Pen.)28
 
 DR Congo32
 
 
 Senegal33
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 January
 
 
 Cameroon29
 
 
 DR Congo25

All times are local (UTC±0).

Quarterfinals

17 January 2012
12:00
Egypt  31–19  SenegalSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(15–8)

17 January 2012
14:30
DR Congo  31–33  AlgeriaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(15–14)

17 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  26–17  CameroonSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Massimina, Alain Fortuné (CGO)
Bannour 7(11–7)Fankoua 10
 3×  5×  1×

17 January 2012
20:00
Angola  22–24  MoroccoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(11–11)

5–8th semifinals

18 January 2012
09:00
Cameroon  23–24  AngolaHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(8–13)

18 January 2012
11:00
DR Congo  32–33  SenegalHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(15–14)

Semifinals

19 January 2012
17:00
Egypt  25–26  AlgeriaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(14–12)

19 January 2012
20:00
Tunisia  28–16  MoroccoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Charlotte et Julie Bonaventura (FRA)
three players 4(15–7)Koasai 3
 2×  2×

Eleventh place game

17 January 2012
11:00
Gabon  26–20  Burkina FasoHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(13–5)

Ninth place game

17 January 2012
13:00
Congo  31–20  Ivory CoastHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(18–10)

Seventh place game

19 January 2012
13:00
Cameroon  29–25  DR CongoHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(13–15)

Fifth place game

19 January 2012
17:00
Angola  27–28  SenegalHall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(1–10)

FT: 24–24 Pen: 3–4

Bronze medal game

20 January 2012
17:00
Egypt  29–15  MoroccoSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Akptasta, Yawo Mawusse (TOG)
Zaky 9(16–5)Hammadi 4
 4×  4×

Final

20 January 2012
20:00
Algeria  20–23  TunisiaSalle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Badura, Michal (SVK)
Chahbour, Rahim 4(6–12)Megannem 6
 4×  3×

Final standings

Qualified for the 2013 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Tunisia8–0–0
 Algeria6–1–1
 Egypt6–1–1
4  Morocco5–0–3
5  Senegal4–0–4
6  Angola4–0–4
7  Cameroon3–0–5
8  DR Congo3–0–5
9  Congo2–0–4
10  Ivory Coast1–0–5
11  Gabon1–0–5
12  Burkina Faso0–0–6

Awards

 2012 African Handball Championship 

Tunisia
9th title
Best Player
Soufyan Sayad

All-Tournament Team

All-star team was:[2]

GK Yassine Idrissi
RW Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek
RB Amine Bannour
CB Heykel Megannem
LB Saci Boultif
LW Riad Chahbour
P Issam Tej

See also

References

External links