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 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

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.

Qualified teams

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

Referees
7 couples were announced for the competition.

Preliminary round
The draw was held on 23 October 2015.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Knockout stage

 * 5th place bracket


 * 9th place bracket