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.
Egypt won their sixth title after defeating Tunisia 21–19, while Angola defeated Algeria 25–19 to capture the bronze medal.
The win qualified Egypt for the Olympics, while runner-up Tunisia received a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Qualified teams Country Previous appearances in tournament1 20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 13 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 12 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 17 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) 9 (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 19 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 6 (2000, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 (2004) 3 (2004, 2010, 2014) 16 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 9 (1979, 1981, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014) 21 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
Venues CairoCairo Stadium Indoor Halls ComplexHall 1Hall 2Capacity: 16,900Capacity: 1,620
Referees 7 couples were announced for the competition.
Country Referees Jonas AlyidiArseny Datundji Akpasta YaoAjpeco Asinon Sunguay MobaityMoya Koyachilis Mostefa MaamalySami Abdelaziz Mamado DiabiteYalatema Coulibaly Abdallah FayeFadhel Diop Ramzi KhenissiIsmail Boualloucha
Squads
Preliminary round The draw was held on 23 October 2015.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
Quarterfinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Legend for qualification typeQualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World ChampionshipQualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 2017 World ChampionshipQualified for the 2017 World Championship
Rank Team456789101112
References
External links Results at todor66 Official website