Handball at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament

For the women's tournament, see Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament.

2015 Handball at the 2015 African Games
Men's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Venue(s)	1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) (in 1 Brazzaville host cities)
Dates	10–19 September 2015
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (7th title)
Runner-up	Angola
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16

The 2015 edition of the Men's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 11th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 10 national teams and won by Egypt.^[1]

Squads

Main article: Handball at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament squads

Format

• The 10 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
• Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
• From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Libya  Senegal	Angola  Kenya  Nigeria	Congo  Ivory Coast	DR Congo  Egypt  Gabon

Group stage ^[2]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	2	2	0	0	48	40	+8	4
Senegal	2	0	0	2	40	48	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 September 2015 14:00	Senegal	24–28	Libya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina (CGO)
	Ndiaye 3	(13–15)	Galmouz 7
	5×	Report	3× 4×

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13 September 2015 16:00	Libya	20–16	Senegal	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Amoura 5	(06–09)	Ndiaye 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 7×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	50	40	+10	4
Angola	2	1	0	1	57	32	+25	2
Kenya	2	0	0	2	28	63	−35	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 September 2015 16:00	Angola	36–09	Kenya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Hebo 9	(19–03)	Koga 3
	3× 3×	Report	4×

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13 September 2015 12:00	Kenya	19–27	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina, Sylvain Ogango (CGO)
	Bryan 5	(06–11)	Shehu 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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15 September 2015 16:00	Nigeria	23–21	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Alaine Massimina, Sylvain Ogango (CGO)
	Philip 9	(10–09)	four players 3
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	2	1	1	0	55	52	+3	3
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	52	55	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 September 2015 18:00	Congo	26–26	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Costodes 6	(16–11)	Kanate 8
		Report	4× 4×

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15 September 2015 18:00	Ivory Coast	26–29	Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Kanate 9	(13–14)	Kelantima, Angao 7
	2× 8×	Report	5×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	0	57	45	+12	4
Gabon	2	0	1	1	55	61	−6	1
DR Congo	2	0	1	1	50	56	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 September 2015 18:00	Egypt	31–25	Gabon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
	Mostafa 7	(17–09)	Leckibi, Milama 7
	3× 6×	Report	1× 3×

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13 September 2015 14:00	DR Congo	30–30	Gabon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Arsène Datondji (COD)
	Jamal 10	(15–16)	Mamadou 5
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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15 September 2015 14:00	DR Congo	20–26	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Ike 6	(10–18)	Moustafa, Fouad 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6×

Knockout stage

All matches were played in: Palais des sports Kintélé, Brazzaville

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 September 2015
	Libya	18
					18 September 2015
	Angola	30
					Nigeria	13
	17 September 2015
					Angola	19
	Nigeria	29
									19 September 2015
	Senegal	18
									Egypt	25
	17 September 2015
									Angola	23
	Ivory Coast	17
					18 September 2015
	Egypt	27
					Congo	15
	17 September 2015
					Egypt	35			Third place
	Gabon	24
									19 September 2015
	Congo	25
									Congo	32
									Nigeria	29

Quarter-finals

17 September 2015 12:00	Libya	18–30	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
	Galmouz 7	(11–18)	Moreno 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

17 September 2015 14:00	Nigeria	29–18	Senegal	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Shehu 9	(14–06)	Gueye 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 7×

17 September 2015 16:00	Ivory Coast	17–27	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Hossam, Tamer	(09–15)	Morou, Vanie
	2× 3×	Report	3×

17 September 2015 18:00	Gabon	24–25	Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Nzamba, Nze Mba 4	(09–13)	Angao 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Semi-finals

18 September 2015 17:00	Nigeria	13–19	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Philip 5	(04–11)	Moreno 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

18 September 2015 19:30	Congo	15–35	Egypt	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	Angao 7	(09–21)	Nasr 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Bronze medal match

19 September 2015 08:00	Congo	32–29	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
	Mopiti 5	(16–17)	Adamu 4
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Gold medal match

19 September 2015 12:00	Egypt	25–23 (ET)	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Nasr 6	(12–13)	Moreno 6
	2× 8×	Report	2× 8×
	FT: 20–20 ET: 25–23

Final standings ^[3]

Rank	Team	Record
	Egypt	5–0–0
	Angola	3–0–2
	Congo	3–1–1
4	Nigeria	3–0–2
5	Libya	2–0–1
6	Gabon	0–1–2
7	Ivory Coast	0–1–2
8	Senegal	0–0–3
9	DR Congo	0–1–1
10	Kenya	0–0–2

2015 African Games Men's Handball winner
Egypt 7th title

References

1. "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
2. "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
3. "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

External links

• Tournament profile at todor66.com