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)
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The 2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship is 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	3	3	0	0	127	56	+71	6	Semifinals
2	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	110	60	+50	6
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	68	64	+4	2	Fifth place match
4	DR Congo	3	1	0	2	61	91	−30	2	Seventh place match
5	Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	62	97	−35	2	Ninth place match
6	Zambia	3	0	0	3	49	109	−60	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2025. 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.

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)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	2	0	1	104	64	+40	4	Semifinals
2	Algeria (H)	2	2	0	0	76	42	+34	4
3	Guinea	2	2	0	0	67	51	+16	4	Fifth place match
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	82	119	−37	0	Seventh place match
5	Mali	2	0	0	2	28	81	−53	0	Ninth place match
—	Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withrawn

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2025. 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)

Classification stage

Ninth place match

12 September 2023 14:00	Fifth Gr. A	–	Fifth Gr. B

Seventh place match

12 September 2023 14:00	Fourth Gr. A	–	Fourth Gr. B

Fifth place match

12 September 2023 16:00	Third Gr. A	–	Third Gr. B

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	12 September
	Winners Gr. A
					13 September
	Runners-up Gr. B
	12 September
	Winners Gr. B
	Runners-up Gr. A
					Third place
					13 September

Semifinals

13 September 2023 16:00	Winners Gr. A	–	Runners-up Gr. B

13 September 2023 18:00	Winners Gr. B	–	Runners-up Gr. A

Third place match

14 September 2023 --:--	Losers SF1	–	Losers SF2

Final

14 September 2023 --:--	Winners SF1	–	Winners SF2

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