2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tunis
Dates	7–14 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (11th title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches	29
Goals scored	1,681 (58 per match)
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The 2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was held in Monastir, Tunisia from 7 to 14 September 2023. ^{[1] [2]} It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Junior World Handball Championship to be held in North Macedonia.

Draw

The draw was held on 8 August 2023 at the CAHB headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. ^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	4	4	0	0	170	59	+111	8	Semifinals
2	Guinea	4	3	0	1	164	90	+74	6
3	Ivory Coast	4	2	0	2	113	137	−24	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Kenya	4	0	1	3	81	161	−80	1 [lower-alpha 1]
5	DR Congo	4	0	1	3	62	143	−81	1 [lower-alpha 1]	9th place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. DR Congo 23–23 Kenya

7 September 2023 11:00	Kenya	9–54	Angola	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(5–26)

7 September 2023 15:00	Guinea	45–9	DR Congo	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(23–4)

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8 September 2023 11:00	DR Congo	23–23	Kenya	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(11–5)

8 September 2023 14:00	Guinea	49–25	Ivory Coast	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(24–11)

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9 September 2023 11:00	Ivory Coast	36–24	Kenya	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(19–15)

9 September 2023 18:30	Angola	42–9	DR Congo	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(21–6)

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10 September 2023 11:00	Guinea	48–25	Kenya	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(28–12)

10 September 2023 14:00	Angola	43–19	Ivory Coast	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(23–9)

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12 September 2023 14:00	Ivory Coast	33–21	DR Congo	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(18–10)

12 September 2023 16:00	Guinea	22–31	Angola	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(10–12)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	0	180	71	+109	8	Semifinals
2	Tunisia (H)	4	3	0	1	153	79	+74	6
3	Algeria	4	2	0	2	95	99	−4	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Mali	4	1	0	3	88	175	−87	2
5	Madagascar	4	0	0	4	59	151	−92	0	9th place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

7 September 2023 13:00	Mali	15–64	Egypt	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(7–34)

7 September 2023 18:30	Tunisia	44–11	Madagascar	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(24–3)

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8 September 2023 16:00	Madagascar	25–32	Mali	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(11–17)

8 September 2023 18:30	Tunisia	32–19	Algeria	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(16–9)

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9 September 2023 14:00	Egypt	54–10	Madagascar	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(26–4)

9 September 2023 16:00	Algeria	36–22	Mali	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(16–8)

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10 September 2023 16:00	Egypt	32–19	Algeria	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(19–5)

10 September 2023 18:30	Mali	19–50	Tunisia	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(9–19)

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12 September 2023 11:00	Algeria	21–13	Madagascar	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(7–6)

12 September 2023 18:30	Tunisia	27–30	Egypt	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(11–17)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13 September
	Angola	28
					14 September
	Tunisia	22
					Angola	30
	13 September
					Egypt	26
	Egypt	26
	Guinea	18
					Third place
					14 September
					Tunisia	31
					Guinea	36

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	13 September
	Ivory Coast	38
					14 September
	Mali	26
					Ivory Coast	19
	13 September
					Algeria	26
	Algeria	35
	Kenya	26
					Seventh place
					14 September
					Mali	33
					Kenya	39

5–8th place semifinals

13 September 2023 12:00	Ivory Coast	38–26	Mali	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(21–8)

13 September 2023 14:00	Algeria	35–26	Kenya	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(17–11)

Semifinals

13 September 2023 16:00	Angola	28–22	Tunisia	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(13–10)

13 September 2023 18:30	Egypt	26–18	Guinea	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(14–8)

Ninth place game

13 September 2023 10:00	DR Congo	33–24	Madagascar	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(15–8)

Seventh place game

14 September 2023 11:00	Mali	33–39	Kenya	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(13–18)

Fifth place game

14 September 2023 14:00	Ivory Coast	19–26	Algeria	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(7–12)

Third place game

14 September 2023 16:00	Tunisia	31–36	Guinea	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(14–21)

Final

14 September 2023 18:30	Angola	30–26	Egypt	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
		(10–8)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Egypt
	Guinea
4	Tunisia
5	Algeria
6	Ivory Coast
7	Kenya
8	Mali
9	DR Congo
10	Madagascar

Team qualified for the 2024 Junior World Championship

References

1. "30th African Junior Women's Nations Championship". CAHB . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. "30ème Championnat d'Afrique des nations junior féminins 2023 – Calendrier" (in French). CAHB . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
3. "CAN Juniors and Female Cadets 2023: Group draws scheduled for August 8th". CAHB. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.