2024 African Women's Handball Championship

2024 African Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	DR Congo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 November – 7 December
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (16th title)
Runner-up	Senegal
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	2,335 (50.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laeticia Ateba ; (36 goals)
Best player	Fanta Diagouraga
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Last updated December 11, 2024

The 2024 African Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held from 27 November to 7 December 2024 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top four nations qualifying.^[2]

Qualified teams

The following countries registered for the competition:^[4]

Draw

The draw took place on 19 September 2024 in Kinshasa, DR Congo.^[4]^[5]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Angola Congo	DR Congo Senegal	Egypt Tunisia	Algeria Guinea	Cameroon Cape Verde	Kenya Uganda

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo	5	4	1	134	102	+32	8^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	5	4	1	143	104	+39	8^[a]
3	Senegal	5	4	1	137	88	+49	8^[a]
4	Algeria	5	2	3	103	103	0	4
5	Cape Verde	5	1	4	117	135	−18	2	Presidents Cup
6	Kenya	5	0	5	84	186	−102	0	Presidents Cup

Source: CAN
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.
Notes:

1 2 3 Congo 2 Pts, +4 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, −1 GD; Senegal 2 Pts, −3 GD.

27 November 2024 08:00	Senegal	39–9	Kenya	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Sagna 8	(22–3)	Muyekho 5
	2× 1×		7×

27 November 2024 10:00	Algeria	20–16	Cape Verde	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Makhloufi 4	(11–6)	Veiga 4
	3×		5× 1×

27 November 2024 16:00	Congo	23–27	Egypt	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Divoko 7	(13–14)	Omar 9
	3× 3×		3×

28 November 2024 13:00	Kenya	20–37	Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Muyekho 5	(5–11)	Domingos 6
	5× 1×		4×

28 November 2024 16:00	Senegal	37–22	Cape Verde	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Cissokho 5	(17–11)	Veiga 6
	1× 5×		1×

28 November 2024 17:00	Egypt	28–19	Algeria	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Abdelmalek 12	(14–11)	Makhloufi 8
	3× 1×		6× 1×

30 November 2024 14:00	Algeria	17–24	Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Betzer 4	(9–12)	Diagouraga 6
	1× 3×		4× 1×

30 November 2024 15:00	Cape Verde	34–26	Kenya	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Veiga 11	(18–13)	Machuma 8
	7×		6×

30 November 2024 16:00	Egypt	16–21	Senegal	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Omar, Rady 4	(8–10)	Sagna 6
	1×		1× 2×

1 December 2024 14:00	Congo	25–21	Cape Verde	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Yimga 5	(13–8)	Veiga 6
	5× 2×		1× 5×

1 December 2024 15:00	Egypt	45–17	Kenya	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Khaled 9	(24–6)	Achieng, Muyoka 3
	1× 1×		2×

1 December 2024 17:00	Senegal	23–16	Algeria	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Dapina 7	(13–9)	Derradj 6
	5×		4×

3 December 2024 15:00	Cape Verde	24–27	Egypt	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Carvalho 5	(11–16)	Omar 7
	1×		3×

3 December 2024 16:00	Congo	25–17	Senegal	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Diagouraga 7	(13–8)	Sagna 4
	3×		1×

3 December 2024 17:00	Algeria	31–12	Kenya	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Selmani 7	(17–7)	Muyekho 3
	1×		5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	5	5	0	0	188	85	+103	10	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	5	4	0	1	128	116	+12	8
3	DR Congo (H)	5	3	0	2	133	123	+10	6
4	Tunisia	5	1	1	3	141	128	+13	3^[a]
5	Guinea	5	1	1	3	148	149	−1	3^[a]	Presidents Cup
6	Uganda	5	0	0	5	78	215	−137	0	Presidents Cup

Source: CAN
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) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Tunisia 28–28 Guinea

27 November 2024 12:00	Guinea	26–32	Cameroon	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Fofana, Kanté 6	(15–12)	Ateba 12
	1× 1×		1× 5×

27 November 2024 14:00	Angola	36–23	Tunisia	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Nenganga 10	(18–7)	Aouij 5
	1× 4×		3×

27 November 2024 19:30	DR Congo	38–11	Uganda	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Kieny 8	(17–3)	three players 2
	4×		4×

28 November 2024 14:00	Tunisia	28–28	Guinea	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Belhadj 6	(14–14)	Guirassy 7
	4×		1× 4×

28 November 2024 15:00	Uganda	11–46	Angola	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Akongo 4	(1–31)	Quizelete 12
	5×		2×

28 November 2024 18:00	DR Congo	23–25	Cameroon	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Mwadi-Kabamba 5	(13–12)	Ateba 13
	1× 4×		1× 2×

30 November 2024 13:00	Cameroon	36–16	Uganda	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Magba 6	(17–6)	Nakamya 7
	7×		1× 3×

30 November 2024 17:00	Angola	35–22	Guinea	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Cazanga 6	(21–12)	Guirassy 8
	1× 2×		3×

30 November 2024 18:00	Tunisia	23–25	DR Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Hamrouni 6	(8–11)	Mwasesa 8
	1× 3×		1× 6×

1 December 2024 13:00	Uganda	18–47	Tunisia	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
		(6–26)

1 December 2024 16:00	Cameroon	14–31	Angola	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ebanga 5	(9–17)	Fonseca 7
	2×		1×

1 December 2024 18:00	Guinea	24–32	DR Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Guirassy 5	(12–16)	Mwasesa 8
	2× 6×		3×

3 December 2024 13:00	Guinea	48–22	Uganda	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	S. Camara 9	(22–11)	Aber 6
	1× 4×		7× 1×

3 December 2024 14:00	Tunisia	20–21	Cameroon	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Belhadj 7	(13–12)	Ebanga 5
	1× 4×		4×

3 December 2024 18:00	DR Congo	15–40	Angola	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Mwasesa 4	(9–21)	Kassoma 6
	3×

Presidents Cup

Bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

4 December

Kenya	12
		6 December
Guinea	34
		Guinea	31
4 December
		Cape Verde	17
Cape Verde	34

Uganda	32
		Eleventh place game

		5 December

		Kenya	25

		Uganda	34

9–12th place semifinals

4 December 2024 12:00	Kenya	12–34	Guinea	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Lutengeya 5	(5–22)	M. Camara 9
	6×		3×

4 December 2024 14:00	Cape Verde	34–32	Uganda	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Almeida 8	(14–17)	Nakamya 14
	1×		5×

Eleventh place game

5 December 2024 16:00	Kenya	25–34	Uganda	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2, Kinshasa
	Katheu 8	(13–12)	Aber, Nakamya 7
	3×		3×

Ninth place game

6 December 2024 13:30	Guinea	31–17	Cape Verde	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Sankhon 6	(19–8)	Veiga 4
	3×		7×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

4 December

Congo	24
		6 December
Tunisia	28
		Tunisia	18
4 December
		Senegal	26
Cameroon	19
				7 December
Senegal	26
				Senegal	18
4 December
				Angola	27
Egypt	23
		6 December
DR Congo	22
		Egypt	22
4 December
		Angola	36	Third place
Angola	34
				7 December
Algeria	15
				Tunisia	25

				Egypt	22

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

5 December

Congo	19
		6 December
Cameroon	17
		Congo	28
5 December
		DR Congo	30
DR Congo	33

Algeria	17
		Seventh place game

		6 December

		Cameroon	29

		Algeria	24

Quarterfinals

4 December 2024 11:00	Congo	24–28	Tunisia	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Diagouraga 6	(11–13)	Hachana 8
	1× 2×		1× 2× 1×

4 December 2024 13:30	Angola	34–15	Algeria	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	four players 5	(19–8)	Curabec 5
	2×		2×

4 December 2024 16:00	Cameroon	19–26	Senegal	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ateba 6	(9–12)	Sagna 7
	1×		2×

4 December 2024 18:30	Egypt	23–22	DR Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	four players 4	(11–11)	Mwasesa 5
	1×		2×

5–8th place semifinals

5 December 2024 16:00	Congo	19–17	Cameroon	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ngombele 8	(10–9)	Ebanga, Yuoh 3
			1× 3×

5 December 2024 18:00	DR Congo	33–17	Algeria	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Mwasesa 6	(14–7)	Makhloufi 7
	2×		1× 3×

Semifinals

6 December 2024 15:30	Tunisia	18–26	Senegal	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ben Abdallah 5	(9–13)	Sagna 9
	1× 2×		3×

6 December 2024 18:00	Egypt	22–36	Angola	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ayman 5	(11–17)	Paulo 7
			1× 2×

Seventh place game

6 December 2024 09:30	Cameroon	29–24	Algeria	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Nnomo 8	(16–11)	Makhloufi 9
	2×		2×

Fifth place game

6 December 2024 11:30	Congo	28–30	DR Congo	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Ngombele 7	(15–16)	six players 4
	1× 5×		2×

Third place game

7 December 2024 16:30	Tunisia	25–22	Egypt	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Aouij 8	(9–6)	Rady, Osama 6
	1× 5×		1× 2×

Final

7 December 2024 19:00	Senegal	18–27	Angola	Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1, Kinshasa
	Sagna 6	(8–13)	Kassoma, Paulo 6
	1× 2×		2×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Senegal
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	DR Congo
6	Congo
7	Cameroon
8	Algeria
9	Guinea
10	Cape Verde
11	Uganda
12	Kenya

	Team qualified for the 2025 World Championship

All-Star Team

The All-star team was announced on 9 December 2024.^[7]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Mai Aly
Right wing	Natalia Fonseca
Right back	Alexandra Shunu
Centre back	Fanta Diagouraga
Left back	Soukeina Sagna
Left wing	Laugane Pina
Pivot	Albertina Kassoma
MVP	Fanta Diagouraga

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↑ "26e CAN Seniors Dames, RDC 2024 : signature du protocole d'accord entre la CAHB et la Fédération de Handball du Congo". cahbonline.info (in French). 5 March 2024.
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[table_hth_CGO0.017951025635913-7] 1 2 3 Congo 2 Pts, +4 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, −1 GD; Senegal 2 Pts, −3 GD.

[table_hth_TUN0.59220665441463-8] 1 2 Tunisia 28–28 Guinea

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2024 African Women's Handball Championship

Contents

Qualified teams

Draw

Seeding

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Presidents Cup

Bracket

9–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

All-Star Team

Related Research Articles

References

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