2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from March 23 to 29, 2014.[1]

2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesMarch 23–29, 2014
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (11th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Angola
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored939 (49.42 per match)
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Egypt was the champion and qualified, alongside the two remaining top teams. to the 2015 world championship.

Draw

Group AGroup BGroup C

 Angola
 Algeria
 DR Congo

 Tunisia
 Libya
 Guinea

 Egypt
 Gabon
 Kenya
 Burundi

Preliminary round

Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three, with the top team of each group plus the second best of all the groups qualifying for the semifinal, the remaining two second-placed teams playing for the 5-6 classification whereas the third-placed teams of each group played for the 7-9 classification matches.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Angola22005953+64
 Algeria21016355+82
 DR Congo20024458−140
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
10:00
Angola  25 – 23  DR CongoSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

24 March 2014
10:00
Algeria  33 – 21  DR CongoSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–11)

25 March 2014
14:00
Angola  34 – 30  AlgeriaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–15)

Group B

Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Disclassified due to non-payment of participation fee
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Tunisia11002919+102
 Libya10011929−100
 Guinea00000000
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
12:00
Tunisia  30 – 26  GuineaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–15)

24 March 2014
14:00
Libya   GuineaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(–)

25 March 2014
10:00
Tunisia  29 – 19  LibyaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–09)

Group C

Qualified to the Semi-finals
Relegated to the 5-6 classification
Relegated to the 7-9 classification
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Egypt330013856+826
 Gabon32018058+224
 Kenya31025990−312
 Burundi300349122−730
Source: [citation needed]
23 March 2014
14:00
Egypt  62 – 18  BurundiSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(30–05)

17:00
Gabon  27 – 14  KenyaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(14–08)

24 March 2014
16:00
Burundi  12 – 34  GabonSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(05–22)

18:00
Egypt  44 – 19  KenyaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(22–04)

25 March 2014
16:00
Gabon  19 – 32  EgyptSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(09–14)

18:00
Burundi  19 – 26  KenyaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(07–15)

Placement round 7–9

26 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo  29 – 21  KenyaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(15–10)
27 March 2014
10:00
DR Congo  40 – 20  BurundiSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(18–12)

Placement round 5–6

28 March 2014
16:00
Libya  24 – 17  GabonSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Final round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Mar 2014 – 16:00
 
 
 Egypt27
 
29 Mar 2014 – 14:00
 
 Angola19
 
 Egypt25
 
27 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
 Tunisia23
 
 Tunisia26
 
 
 Algeria18
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
28 Mar 2014 – 18:00
 
 
 Algeria25
 
 
 Angola29

Semi finals

27 March 2014
16:00
Egypt  27 – 19  AngolaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(13–07)

18:00
Tunisia  26 – 18  AlgeriaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–08)

Bronze medal game

28 March 2014
18:00
Algeria  25 – 29  AngolaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(16–16)

Final

29 March 2014
14:00
Egypt  25 – 23  TunisiaSafaricom Indoor Arena, Kasarani
(12–11)

Final standings

Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Egypt5–0
 Tunisia2–1
 Angola3–1
4  Algeria2–2
5  Libya1–1
6  Gabon2–2
7  DR Congo2–2
8  Kenya1–3
9  Burundi0–4

Awards

 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship winner 

Egypt
11th title

See also

References