2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Oran
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–13 September
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Guinea
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,698 (53.06 per match)
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The 2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was held in Oran, Algeria from 6 to 13 September 2025 ^{[1] [2]} . It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2026 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Teams

Algeria (hosts)   Angola   Burkina Faso

DR Congo   Egypt   Guinea

Ivory Coast   Kenya   Mali

Tunisia   Zambia

Réunion (withraw)

Draw

The draw was held on 31 July 2025 at the CAHB headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ^[3] .

Venues

Oran		Oran
		Bir El Djir	Medina Jedida (Oran Center)
		Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace
		Main Hall	Second Hall
		Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	5	5	0	0	188	94	+94	10	Semifinals
2	Tunisia	5	4	0	1	165	108	+57	8
3	Ivory Coast	5	2	0	3	109	122	−13	4 [a]	Fifth place game
4	Burkina Faso	5	2	0	3	118	140	−22	4 [a]	Seventh place game
5	DR Congo	5	1	1	3	102	143	−41	3	Ninth place game
6	Zambia	5	0	1	4	86	161	−75	1

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. Ivory Coast 25–23 Burkina Faso

6 September 2025 13:00	Ivory Coast	27–10	Zambia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(8–5)

6 September 2025 13:00	Tunisia	33–15	Burkina Faso	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(16–6)

6 September 2025 15:00	Egypt	43–22	DR Congo	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(18–10)

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7 September 2025 14:00	Zambia	17–40	Egypt	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(9–19)

7 September 2025 16:00	Tunisia	35–23	Ivory Coast	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(16–9)

7 September 2025 16:00	Burkina Faso	30–20	DR Congo	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–11)

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8 September 2025 14:00	Egypt	44–17	Burkina Faso	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(22–9)

8 September 2025 18:00	Ivory Coast	18–19	DR Congo	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–7)

8 September 2025 18:00	Zambia	22–42	Tunisia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–19)

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10 September 2025 16:00	Tunisia	22–26	Egypt	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(12–16)

10 September 2025 16:00	DR Congo	19–19	Zambia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(9–10)

10 September 2025 18:00	Ivory Coast	25–23	Burkina Faso	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(15–12)

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11 September 2025 14:00	DR Congo	22–33	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–18)

11 September 2025 14:00	Burkina Faso	33–18	Zambia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(20–10)

11 September 2025 16:00	Egypt	35–16	Ivory Coast	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(16–6)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	4	4	0	0	130	90	+40	8	Semifinals
2	Angola	4	3	0	1	127	80	+47	6
3	Algeria (H)	4	2	0	2	111	90	+21	4	Fifth place game
4	Kenya	4	1	0	3	127	143	−16	2	Seventh place game
5	Mali	4	0	0	4	72	164	−92	0	Ninth place game
—	Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withrawn

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

6 September 2025 15:00	Guinea	26–21	Angola	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(12–11)

6 September 2025 18:00	Algeria	37–26	Kenya	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(17–11)

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7 September 2025 18:00	Algeria	39–16	Mali	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(21–10)

7 September 2025 18:00	Angola	41–26	Kenya	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(20–8)

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8 September 2025 16:00	Mali	12–42	Angola	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(5–19)

8 September 2025 16:00	Kenya	30–41	Guinea	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(12–20)

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10 September 2025 14:00	Mali	24–45	Kenya	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–22)

10 September 2025 18:00	Algeria	19–25	Guinea	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(8–12)

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11 September 2025 16:00	Guinea	38–20	Mali	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(20–8)

11 September 2025 18:00	Angola	23–16	Algeria	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(13–7)

Classification stage

Ninth place game

12 September 2025 14:00	DR Congo	35–21	Mali	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(16–12)

Seventh place game

12 September 2025 13:30	Burkina Faso	35–27	Kenya	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(16–14)

Fifth place game

12 September 2025 16:00	Ivory Coast	21–28	Algeria	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(7–12)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	12 September
	Egypt (ET)	26
					13 September
	Angola	25
					Egypt	25
	12 September
					Guinea	22
	Guinea	28
	Tunisia	22
					Third place
					13 September
					Angola	26
					Tunisia	22

Semifinals

12 September 2025 15:30	Egypt	26–25 (ET)	Angola	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–11)
	FT: 21–21  ET: 5–4

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12 September 2025 18:00	Guinea	28–22	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(10–13)

Third place game

13 September 2025 15:30	Angola	26–22	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(14–13)

Final

13 September 2025 18:00	Egypt	25–22	Guinea	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–12)

Final standings

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

Team qualified for the 2026 U20 World Championship

See also

• 2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

References

1. "البطولة الإفريقية للأمم إناث (أقل من 18-أقل من 20 سنة): وفد من الكونفدرالية الإفريقية لكرة اليد في زيارة إلى وهران". aps.dz (in Arabic). Redaction team. 11 June 2025.
2. "La CAHB inspecte les installations à Oran". planetesport.dz (in French). A. A. 11 June 2025.
3. "CAN junior féminin-Tirage au sort : La Côte d'Ivoire fixée le 31 juillet". sport-ivoire.ci (in French). Chamade Yah. 22 July 2025.

External links

• Tournament details - IHF official website