The 2012 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from August 28 to August 26, 2012.

[1] Egypt was the champion and the tournament qualified the top four teams to the 2013 world championship.

DR Congo Gabon Guinea Ivory Coast Tunisia Algeria Angola Congo Egypt Libya 11 teams were drawn into two groups of five and six, respectively, with the two top teams of each group playing for the title, the two second, playing for the bronze medal, the two third, playing for the 5th place, the two fourth for the 7th place and the two fifth teams playing for the 9th place.

All times are local (UTC+1).