| Tourney Name: | African Championship |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Country: | Morocco |
| Dates: | 11–20 January |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | TUN |
| Count: | 9 |
| Second: | ALG |
| Third: | EGY |
| Fourth: | MAR |
| Matches: | 44 |
| Goals: | 2173 |
| Top Scorer: |  William Fankoua |
| Player: |  Soufyan Sayad |
| Previous: | 2010 African Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2014 African Men's Handball Championship |
The 2012 African Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Rabat and Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
| width=175px | Group A | width=175px | Group B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| valign=top | valign=top |
| Rabat | ||
|---|---|---|
| Salle Moulay Abdellah | Salle Ibn Yassine | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
| width=160 | Salé ! | |
| Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui | ||
| Capacity: 2,000 | ||
The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco.[1]
All times are local (UTC±0).
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All times are local (UTC±0).
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All times are local (UTC±0).
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2013 World Championship |
| Rank | width=170 | Team ! | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0–0 | |||
| 6–1–1 | |||
| 6–1–1 | |||
| 4 | 5–0–3 | ||
| 5 | 4–0–4 | ||
| 6 | 4–0–4 | ||
| 7 | 3–0–5 | ||
| 8 | 3–0–5 | ||
| 9 | 2–0–4 | ||
| 10 | 1–0–5 | ||
| 11 | 1–0–5 | ||
| 12 | 0–0–6 |
All-star team was:[2]
| GK | | Yassine Idrissi | |
| RW |  | Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek | |
| RB |  | Amine Bannour | |
| CB | | Heykel Megannem | |
| LB | Saci Boultif | ||
| LW | Riad Chahbour | ||
| P | | Issam Tej |