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
Dates11–20 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (9th title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches44
Goals scored2173 (49.39 per match)
Top scorer(s) William Fankoua
Best player Soufyan Sayad
Next

Venues

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

Teams

Group A Group B

 Tunisia
 DR Congo
 Morocco
 Gabon
 Congo
 Senegal

 Egypt
 Algeria
 Angola
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Burkina Faso

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 5 5 0 0 155 92 +63 10
 Morocco (H) 5 4 0 1 128 117 +11 8
 DR Congo 5 3 0 2 123 129 6 6
 Senegal 5 2 0 3 134 132 +2 4
 Congo 5 1 0 4 110 148 38 2
 Gabon 5 0 0 5 108 140 32 0
Source:
(H) Host.
11 January 2012
11:00
DR Congo  26–21  Senegal Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(9–13)
11 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  35–18  Gabon Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Colibaly, Nanga (CIV)
Ayed 6 (18–9) Ostinda 8
   
11 January 2012
20:30
Morocco  28–24  Congo Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(15–10)

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

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

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

16 January 2012
11:00
Congo  19–33  Senegal Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(9–19)
16 January 2012
15:00
Morocco  26–24  Gabon Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(17–11)
16 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  32–20  DR Congo Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Badura, Michal (SVK)
Sanai 7 (17–11) Kiangebeni 7
   

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 5 4 1 0 154 101 +53 9
 Algeria 5 4 1 0 149 103 +46 9
 Angola 5 3 0 2 118 93 +25 6
 Cameroon 5 2 0 3 119 118 +1 4
 Ivory Coast 5 1 0 4 112 146 34 2
 Burkina Faso 5 0 0 5 69 160 91 0
Source:

All times are local (UTC±0).

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

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

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

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

16 January 2012
15:00
Angola  32–25  Cameroon Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
(21–16)
16 January 2012
19:00
Ivory Coast  35–13  Burkina Faso Salle Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
(16–6)
16 January 2012
20:00
Egypt  34–34  Algeria Salle 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
 
 Egypt25 Third 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  Senegal Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
(15–8)

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

17 January 2012
17:00
Tunisia  26–17  Cameroon Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Massimina, Alain Fortuné (CGO)
Bannour 7 (11–7) Fankoua 10
    

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

5–8th semifinals

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

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

Semifinals

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

19 January 2012
20:00
Tunisia  28–16  Morocco Salle Ibn Yassine, Rabat
Referees: Bonaventura, Charlotte (FRA)
three players 4 (15–7) Koasai 3
   

Eleventh place game

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

Ninth place game

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

FT: 24–24 Pen: 3–4

Bronze medal game

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

Final

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

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

GKYacine Idrissi
RWAmed Aboulfoutouh
RBAmine Bannour
CBHeykel Megannem
LBSaci Boultif
LWRiad Chahbour
PIssam Tej

See also

References

  1. "Results of the draw : 20th Africa Nations Cup for Seniors 2012". cahbonline.info. 24 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
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