Egypt
beat defending champions Tunisia last Friday (14 September) in the 21st and
final match of the African Handball Confederation (CAHB) 2018 African Men’s
Junior Championships to win the continental title for teams featuring under 21
players.
The
competition, held at Le Prince Moulay Rachid Hall in Morocco’s capital city,
Marrakech, was played in a round-robin format between Tunisia (TUN), Algeria
(ALG), Angola (ANG), Nigeria (NGR), Egypt (EGY), Morocco (MAR) and Guinea (GUI)
Egypt
and Tunisia went into the final match of the championship with six wins out of
six and knew the winner would take the crown and with a three-goal half-time
lead (15:12), Egypt put themselves in the driving seat at the break, powering
on to an eight-goal victory (30:22) at the final buzzer.
Nigeria
confirmed bronze with a 33:26 win over Angola on the previous match day (Thursday
13 September) which meant they moved up to eight points after their six games
and were unable to be caught.
The
final match day was also notable for the other two games ending in draws as
Morocco and Angola ended with 20 goals each and Guinea and Algeria drawing
31:31. This meant that the hosts took fourth place thanks to a better goal
difference than Algeria (fifth). Angola finished sixth and Guinea in
seventh.
With
their top three spots, Egypt, Tunisia and Nigeria have qualified through to the
2019 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship which will be held in Spain next year.
FINAL RANKING
1
– Egypt
2
– Tunisia
3
– Nigeria
4
– Morocco
5
– Algeria
6
– Angola
7
– Guinea
RESULTS (DAYS 5-7)
Wednesday
12 September
Guinea
vs Nigeria 25:40 (10:20)
Tunisia
vs Angola 30:18 (13:10)
Egypt
vs Morocco 30:20 (15:8)
Thursday
13 September
Angola vs Nigeria 26:33 (13:15)
Algeria vs Egypt 18:28 (11:12)
Morocco
vs Tunisia 22:25 (9:17)
Friday
14 September
Guinea
vs Algeria 31:31 (17:13)
Morocco
vs Angola 20:20 (8:8)
Tunisia
vs Egypt 22:30 (12:15)
To
see the results from the first four match days, click HERE
to read the midway review on IHF.info.