2008 African Women's Handball Championship

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2008 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Dates8–16 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Angola.svg  Angola (9th title)
Runner-upFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Third placeFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Fourth placeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored1,060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Mambo Elodie
(39 goals)
Best player Flag of Angola.svg Nair Almeida
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The 2008 African Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Angola from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola (H)330011063+476
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 32018874+144
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 31027090202
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 30034384410
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host
8 January 2008
10:00
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg30–14Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(18–5)
8 January 2008
20:30
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg42–24Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(20–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg21–20Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(14–9)
11 January 2008
18:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg35–30Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(16–17)

12 January 2008
16:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg33–9Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(16–3)
12 January 2008
18:00
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg28–25Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(11–15)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 32107755+225
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 31208772+154
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 31027090202
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 30126279171
Source: [ citation needed ]
10 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg26–16Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(14–7)
10 January 2008
18:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg23–23Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(12–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg24–24Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(14–11)
11 January 2008
18:00
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg29–24Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(16–9)

12 January 2008
16:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg40–25Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(20–8)
12 January 2008
18:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg27–15Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(10–5)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 44
 
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 26
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 39
 
 
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 27
 
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 28
 
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 29
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 25
 
 
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 30
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 34
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 32
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 28
 
 
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 32
 
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 11
 
 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 21
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 25
 
 
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 22

5–8th place semifinals

14 January 2008
15:00
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg21–11Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(7–6)

14 January 2008
17:00
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg34–32Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(17–18)

Semifinals

15 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg29–28Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(13–13)

15 January 2008
20:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg44–26Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(19–9)

Seventh place game

15 January 2008
15:00
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg25–22Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(12–14)

Fifth place game

15 January 2008
17:00
DR Congo  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg32–28Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(14–16)

Third place game

16 January 2008
16:00
Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg30–25Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(14–15)

Final

16 January 2008
18:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg39–27Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(18–13)

Final ranking

Angola qualified also for the 2008 Summer Olympics and the Ivory Coast and Congo participated at a 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.

Qualified for the 2009 World Championship
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
5Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
7Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
8Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon

Awards

All-star team

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