2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Oran
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–21 September
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (6th title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Guinea
Fourth place	Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,452 (45.38 per match)
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The 2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship is held in Oran, Algeria from 14 to 21 September 2025 ^{[1] [2]} . It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2026 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.

Teams

Algeria (hosts)   Angola   Benin

Burkina Faso   Egypt   Guinea

Kenya   Madagascar   Nigeria

Tunisia   Zambia

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	Tunisia	5	5	0	0	167	91	+76	10	Semifinals
2	Angola	5	4	0	1	97	80	+17	8
3	Nigeria	5	2	1	2	123	139	−16	5	Fifth place game
4	Kenya	5	2	0	3	145	142	+3	4	Seventh place game
5	Benin	5	1	1	3	98	135	−37	3	Ninth place game
6	Madagascar	5	0	0	5	58	101	−43	0

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.

14 September 2025 14:00	Madagascar	0–10	Nigeria	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

14 September 2025 16:00	Kenya	28–36	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(10–20)

14 September 2025 18:00	Angola	10–0	Benin	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

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15 September 2025 16:00	Angola	23–18	Kenya	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–10)

15 September 2025 16:00	Tunisia	10–0	Madagascar	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

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16 September 2025 14:00	Madagascar	12–22	Angola	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(7–13)

16 September 2025 18:00	Nigeria	25–50	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(8–25)

16 September 2025 18:00	Benin	23–30	Kenya	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

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17 September 2025 16:00	Nigeria	31–31	Benin	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(17–15)

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18 September 2025 14:00	Kenya	34–23	Madagascar	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(18–13)

18 September 2025 16:00	Tunisia	41–19	Benin	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(22–12)

18 September 2025 18:00	Nigeria	20–23	Angola	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(8–11)

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19 September 2025 14:00	Benin	25–23	Madagascar	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(12–15)

19 September 2025 16:00	Angola	19–30	Tunisia	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(10–17)

19 September 2025 16:00	Kenya	35–37	Nigeria	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(14–18)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	4	0	0	102	52	+50	8	Semifinals
2	Guinea	4	2	1	1	98	65	+33	5 [a]
3	Algeria (H)	4	2	1	1	96	89	+7	5 [a]	Fifth place game
4	Burkina Faso	4	1	0	3	101	98	+3	2	Seventh place game
5	Zambia	4	0	0	4	39	132	−93	0	Ninth 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
Notes:

1. Algeria 16–16 Guinea

14 September 2025 16:00	Egypt	10–0	Zambia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

14 September 2025 18:00	Algeria	26–21	Burkina Faso	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–11)

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15 September 2025 18:00	Egypt	36–15	Algeria	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(21–4)

15 September 2025 18:00	Guinea	25–17	Burkina Faso	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–10)

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16 September 2025 16:00	Burkina Faso	17–32	Egypt	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(8–16)

16 September 2025 16:00	Zambia	8–37	Guinea	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(4–18)

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18 September 2025 16:00	Guinea	20–24	Egypt	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(11–9)

18 September 2025 18:00	Zambia	16–39	Algeria	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(10–25)

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19 September 2025 14:00	Burkina Faso	46–15	Zambia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(20–6)

19 September 2025 18:00	Algeria	16–16	Guinea	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(9–10)

Classification stage

Ninth place game

20 September 2025 14:00	Benin	44–12	Zambia	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(17–6)

Seventh place game

20 September 2025 16:00	Kenya	29–20	Burkina Faso	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–12)

Fifth place game

20 September 2025 18:00	Nigeria	29–28	Algeria	Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
		(13–11)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	20 September
	Tunisia	25
					21 September
	Guinea	23
					Tunisia	21
	20 September
					Egypt	33
	Egypt	19
	Angola	16
					Third place
					21 September
					Guinea	18
					Angola	11

Semifinals

20 September 2025 15:30	Tunisia	25–23	Guinea	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(10–8)

20 September 2025 18:00	Egypt	19–16	Angola	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(13–7)

Third place game

21 September 2025 15:30	Guinea	18–11	Angola	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(8–1)

Final

21 September 2025 18:00	Tunisia	21–33	Egypt	Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
		(9–16)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Tunisia
	Guinea
4	Angola
5	Nigeria
6	Algeria
7	Kenya
8	Burkina Faso
9	Benin
10	Zambia
11	Madagascar

Team qualified for the 2026 U18 World Championship

See also

• 2025 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• 2025 Asian Men's U-17 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. "Championnats d'Afrique féminins de handball cadets et juniors : l'Algérie hôte des 20e et 22e éditions en 2025". radioalgerie.dz (in French). APS. 1 December 2024.
3. "Draw for the 32nd and 21st African Women's Junior and Cadet Nations Championships: see you on July 31, 2025 in Abidjan!". cahbonline. Redaction team. 23 July 2025.

External links

• Tournament details - ihf official website