Egypt won the 22nd edition of the African Handball Cup of Nations in Cairo that was held from 21 to 30 January.

The tournament, which brings together 16 teams, is the African qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Winners Egypt will represent Africa at the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Egypt, runners-up Tunisia and third-placed Angola will feature in next year's World Championship in France.

Check the full results of the tournament: 
 

-FINAL-

Saturday 30 January 

Egypt 21-19 Tunisia 

 

-Third place match- 

Angola 24-19 Algeria

-SEMIFINALS-

29 January

Egypt 25-15 Angola

Algeria 18-27 Tunisia

 

-QUARTER-FINALS-

27 January

Angola 22-21 Morocco

Tunisia 24-20 Cameroon

Algeria 34-25 DR Congo

Egypt 39-18 Congo

 

-GROUPSTAGE-

Group A:

(Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon)

26 January 2016

Algeria 31-23 Nigeria

Cameroon 25-22 Gabon          

Egypt 31-13 Morocco

25 January 2016

Cameroon 27-34 Algeria         

Morocco 25-20 Nigeria

Egypt 31-16 Gabon   

23 January 2016

Nigeria 31-30 Gabon

Algeria 27-22 Morocco             

Egypt 30-20 Cameroon

22 January 2016

Gabon 24-35 Algeria

Morocco 26-24 Cameroon       

Nigeria 20-34 Egypt  

21 January 2016

Cameroon 24-15 Nigeria         

Gabon 23-29 Morocco              

Egypt 22-18 Algeria

Group B:

(Tunisia, Kenya, DR Congo, Libya, Congo- Brazzaville, Angola)

26 January 2016

Congo 21-21 Libya   

Tunisia 23-21 Angola

DR Congo 35-30 Kenya

25 January 2016

Angola 28-24 DR Congo          

Kenya 22-30 Libya    

Congo 20-44 Tunisia

23 January 2016

Tunisia 53-15 Kenya 

Angola 28-26 Congo 

Libya 19-20 DR Congo             

22 January 2016

Libya 15-29 Angola   

Kenya 19-34 Congo

DR Congo 22-37 Tunisia          

21 January 2016

Angola 42-16 Kenya 

Tunisia 30-18 Libya   

Congo 29-30 DR Congo

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