2024 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

2024 African Men's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–16 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (14th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,454 (60.58 per match)

The 2024 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was held in Tunisia from 9 to 16 September 2024.[1] It also acted as a qualification tournament for the 2025 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship.

Draw

The draw was held on 19 August 2024 at the head office of the African Handball Confederation in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[2][3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	130	73	+57	6	Quarterfinals
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	111	68	+43	4
3	Guinea	3	1	0	2	85	116	−31	2
4	Mali	3	0	0	3	54	123	−69	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: ^[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

9 September 2024 12:00	Morocco	37–26	Guinea	Mahdia
		(15–10)

9 September 2024 15:00	Egypt	45–18	Mali	Ksour Essef
		(19–10)

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10 September 2024 15:00	Guinea	28–56	Egypt	Mahdia
		(15–30)

10 September 2024 16:00	Mali	13–47	Morocco	Ksour Essef
		(4–20)

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11 September 2024 15:00	Egypt	29–27	Morocco	Mahdia
		(18–14)

11 September 2024 16:00	Guinea	31–23	Mali	Ksour Essef
		(14–7)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	3	3	0	0	98	74	+24	6	Quarterfinals
2	Algeria	3	2	0	1	95	86	+9	4
3	Rwanda	3	1	0	2	108	113	−5	2
4	Libya	3	0	0	3	80	109	−29	0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2024. Source: ^[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

9 September 2024 12:00	Algeria	38–35	Rwanda	Ksour Essef
		(19–15)

9 September 2024 18:00	Tunisia	31–21	Libya	Mahdia
		(14–10)

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10 September 2024 18:00	Rwanda	30–39	Tunisia	Mahdia
		(15–16)

10 September 2024 18:00	Libya	23–34	Algeria	Ksour Essef
		(10–17)

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11 September 2024 18:00	Algeria	23–28	Tunisia	Mahdia
		(8–9)

11 September 2024 18:00	Libya	36–43	Rwanda	Ksour Essef
		(15–17)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semifinals				Final
	13 September
	Egypt	39
					14 September
	Libya	15
					Egypt	38
	13 September
					Algeria	32
	Algeria (ET)	36
									16 September
	Guinea	35
									Egypt	29
	13 September
									Tunisia	25
	Rwanda	30
					14 September
	Morocco	34
					Morocco	21
	13 September
					Tunisia	22			Third place
	Tunisia	44
									16 September
	Mali	15
									Algeria	23
									Morocco	20

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	14 September
	Libya	35
					15 September
	Guinea	40
					Guinea	35
	14 September
					Rwanda	32
	Rwanda	40
	Mali	27
					Seventh place
					15 September
					Libya	44
					Mali	25

Quarterfinals

13 September 2024 15:00	Algeria	36–35 (ET)	Guinea	Mahdia
		(12–10)
	FT: 29–29 ET: 7–6

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13 September 2024 15:00	Rwanda	30–34	Morocco	Ksour Essef
		(13–16)

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13 September 2024 18:00	Tunisia	44–15	Mali	Mahdia
		(21–5)

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13 September 2024 18:00	Egypt	39–15	Libya	Ksour Essef
		(25–7)

5–8th place semifinals

14 September 2024 16:00	Libya	35–40	Guinea	Ksour Essef
		(18–21)

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14 September 2024 18:00	Rwanda	40–27	Mali	Ksour Essef
		(20–13)

Semifinals

14 September 2024 15:00	Egypt	38–32	Algeria	Mahdia
		(21–16)

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14 September 2024 18:30	Morocco	21–22	Tunisia	Mahdia
		(7–11)

Seventh place game

15 September 2024 16:00	Libya	44–25	Mali	Ksour Essef
		(18–8)

Fifth place game

15 September 2024 16:00	Guinea	35–32	Rwanda	Mahdia
		(12–14)

Third place game

16 September 2024 15:30	Algeria	23–20	Morocco	Mahdia
		(9–11)

Final

16 September 2024 18:00	Egypt	29–25	Tunisia	Mahdia
		(17–11)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Algeria
4	Morocco
5	Guinea
6	Rwanda
7	Libya
8	Mali

Team qualified for the 2025 U21 World Championship

References

1. "31rd Men's Juniors Africa Nations Championship" (PDF). CAHB. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
2. "CAN Juniors and Cadets Men, Tunisia 2024: the essentials to know about the date of the draw and the competition schedule". CAHB. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
3. "African Junior and Cadet Men's Nations Championships, Tunisia 2024: Groups and competition schedule known". CAHB. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.