The 2016 African Men's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the

African Men's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tourname ...

and held in

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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 The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017. France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–2 ...

. 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.

Venue

Qualified teams

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

Referees

7 couples were announced for the competition.

Squads

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 23 October 2015. ''All times are local (

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

;5th place bracket ;9th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

Results at todor66Official website
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2016 African Men's Handball Championship 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 Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2 ...