2018 African Women's Handball Championship

2018 African Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Dates	2–12 December
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (13th title)
Runner-up	Senegal
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches	33
Goals scored	1,669 (51 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christianne Mwasesa ; (63 goals)
Best player	Albertina Kassoma
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Last updated June 03, 2022

The 2018 African Women's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 2 to 12 December 2018 in Brazzaville, Congo.^[1] The tournament was held under the aegis of African Handball Confederation and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.

Venue

Brazzaville		Brazzaville
Kintélé Sports Complex Capacity: 10,134

Draw

The draw was held on 11 August 2018.^[3]

Group A	Group B
Tunisia Cameroon Ivory Coast Senegal Algeria	Angola DR Congo Congo Guinea Morocco

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 19 November 2018.^[4]^[5]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	4	4	0	0	116	83	+33	8	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	4	2	1	1	109	91	+18	5
3	Tunisia	4	1	2	1	105	103	+2	4
4	Algeria	4	1	1	2	91	116	−25	3
5	Ivory Coast	4	0	0	4	100	128	−28	0

Source: CAHB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 December 2018 09:00	Senegal	23–18	Cameroon	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(14–11)

2 December 2018 11:00	Algeria	27–25	Ivory Coast	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(14–12)

3 December 2018 13:00	Tunisia	21–26	Senegal	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–13)

3 December 2018 15:00	Cameroon	32–18	Algeria	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–8)

4 December 2018 13:00	Cameroon	34–25	Ivory Coast	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(17–11)

4 December 2018 17:00	Algeria	24–24	Tunisia	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–14)

6 December 2018 13:00	Senegal	35–22	Algeria	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(18–7)

6 December 2018 19:00	Ivory Coast	28–35	Tunisia	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(10–21)

7 December 2018 15:00	Ivory Coast	22–32	Senegal	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(4–16)

7 December 2018 17:00	Tunisia	25–25	Cameroon	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(10–15)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	4	4	0	0	155	74	+81	8	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	4	2	1	1	123	103	+20	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Congo (H)	4	2	1	1	121	104	+17	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Guinea	4	1	0	3	97	134	−37	2
5	Morocco	4	0	0	4	82	163	−81	0

Source: CAHB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 Congo 29–29 DR Congo

2 December 2018 13:00	Angola	40–17	Guinea	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(24–7)

2 December 2018 17:30	Congo	36–23	Morocco	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(15–11)

3 December 2018 17:00	Morocco	23–35	DR Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(9–20)

3 December 2018 19:00	Guinea	20–37	Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–16)

4 December 2018 15:00	Morocco	14–50	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(4–26)

4 December 2018 19:00	Congo	29–29	DR Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(13–19)

6 December 2018 15:00	Guinea	42–22	Morocco	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(21–10)

6 December 2018 17:00	DR Congo	24–33	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(14–19)

7 December 2018 13:00	DR Congo	35–18	Guinea	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(16–8)

7 December 2018 19:00	Angola	32–19	Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(18–9)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

9 December

Senegal	23
		10 December
Guinea	16
		Senegal	22
9 December
		DR Congo	21
DR Congo	37
				12 December
Tunisia	30
				Senegal	14
9 December
				Angola	19
Cameroon	22
		10 December
Congo	21
		Cameroon	16
9 December
		Angola	25	Third place
Angola	41
				12 December
Algeria	17
				DR Congo	33

				Cameroon	22

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

10 December

Guinea	26
		11 December
Tunisia	30
		Tunisia	23
10 December
		Congo	31
Congo	24

Algeria	22
		Seventh place

		11 December

		Guinea	34

		Algeria	22

Quarterfinals

9 December 2018 11:30	Senegal	23–16	Guinea	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–7)

9 December 2018 14:00	DR Congo	37–30	Tunisia	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(20–11)

9 December 2018 16:30	Algeria	17–41	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(6–21)

9 December 2018 19:00	Cameroon	22–21	Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–10)

5–8th place semifinals

10 December 2018 13:00	Guinea	26–30	Tunisia	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(16–15)

10 December 2018 15:00	Congo	24–22	Algeria	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(16–14)

Semifinals

10 December 2018 17:00	Senegal	22–21	DR Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(11–9)

10 December 2018 19:00	Cameroon	16–25	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(8–15)

Ninth place game

10 December 2018 11:00	Ivory Coast	38–31	Morocco	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(18–12)

Seventh place game

11 December 2018 15:00	Guinea	34–22	Algeria	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville

Fifth place game

11 December 2018 17:00	Tunisia	23–31	Congo	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(13–13)

Third place game

12 December 2018 13:30	DR Congo	33–22	Cameroon	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(16–10)

Final

12 December 2018 16:00	Senegal	14–19	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(10–7)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Senegal
	DR Congo
4	Cameroon
5	Congo
6	Tunisia
7	Guinea
8	Algeria
9	Ivory Coast
10	Morocco

	Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship and the African Olympic Qualification Tournament
	Team qualified for the African Olympic Qualification Tournament

Awards

2018 African Women's Handball Championship
Angola 13th title

Most valuable player
Albertina Kassoma

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player
GK	Hatadou Sako
RW	Amal Hamrouni
RB	Azenaide Carlos
CB	Isabel Guialo
LB	Christianne Mwasesa
LW	Awa Fall-Diop
P	Albertina Kassoma

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References

↑ "Handball: les Africaines connaissent leur sort pour". rfi.fr. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
↑ "Angola women are African champions again". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
↑ "23e CAN Dames Brazzaville 2018 : La Guinée dans la poule B". universports.net. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
↑ "CAN DAMES – CONGO 2018 : Calendrier général de la compétition". cahbonline.info. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
↑ Match schedule

External links

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[1] "Handball: les Africaines connaissent leur sort pour". rfi.fr. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[2] "Angola women are African champions again". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[3] "23e CAN Dames Brazzaville 2018 : La Guinée dans la poule B". universports.net. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[4] "CAN DAMES – CONGO 2018 : Calendrier général de la compétition". cahbonline.info. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[5] Match schedule

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