2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

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2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship
2025 CAHB W-Championship for Juniors & Youth (logo).png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Algeria.svg Algeria
City Oran
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–21 September
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Third placeFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Fourth placeFlag of Angola.svg  Angola
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored1,452 (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.

Contents

Teams

Draw

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

Venues

Oran
Bir El Djir Medina Jedida (Oran Center)
Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace
Main HallSecond Hall
Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 5,000
Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena.png Hamou Boutlelis Sports Palace (2024).jpg

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 550016791+7610 Semifinals
2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 54019780+178
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5212123139165 Fifth place game
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5203145142+34 Seventh place game
5Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 511398135373 Ninth place game
6Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 500558101430
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  Flag of Madagascar.svg0–10Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
14 September 2025
16:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg28–36Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(10–20)
14 September 2025
18:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg10–0Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

15 September 2025
16:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg23–18Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(11–10)
15 September 2025
16:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg10–0Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

16 September 2025
14:00
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg12–22Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(7–13)
16 September 2025
18:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg25–50Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(8–25)
16 September 2025
18:00
Benin  Flag of Benin.svg23–30Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran

17 September 2025
16:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg31–31Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(17–15)

18 September 2025
14:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg34–23Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(18–13)
18 September 2025
16:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg41–19Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(22–12)
18 September 2025
18:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg20–23Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(8–11)

19 September 2025
14:00
Benin  Flag of Benin.svg25–23Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(12–15)
19 September 2025
16:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg19–30Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(10–17)
19 September 2025
16:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg35–37Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(14–18)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 440010252+508 Semifinals
2Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 42119865+335 [a]
3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (H)42119689+75 [a] Fifth place game
4Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 410310198+32 Seventh place game
5Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 400439132930 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. 1 2 Algeria 16–16 Guinea
14 September 2025
16:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg10–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
14 September 2025
18:00
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg26–21Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(11–11)

15 September 2025
18:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg36–15Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(21–4)
15 September 2025
18:00
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg25–17Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(13–10)

16 September 2025
16:00
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg17–32Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(8–16)
16 September 2025
16:00
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg8–37Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(4–18)

18 September 2025
16:00
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg20–24Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(11–9)
18 September 2025
18:00
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg16–39Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(10–25)

19 September 2025
14:00
Burkina Faso  Flag of Burkina Faso.svg46–15Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(20–6)
19 September 2025
18:00
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg16–16Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(9–10)

Classification stage

Ninth place game

20 September 2025
14:00
Benin  Flag of Benin.svg44–12Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(17–6)

Seventh place game

20 September 2025
16:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg29–20Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(13–12)

Fifth place game

20 September 2025
18:00
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg29–28Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran
(13–11)

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
20 September
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 25
 
21 September
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 23
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 33
 
20 September
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 21
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 19
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 16
 
Third place
 
 
21 September
 
 
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 18
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 11

Semifinals

20 September 2025
15:30
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg25–23Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(10–8)
20 September 2025
18:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg19–16Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(13–7)

Third place game

21 September 2025
15:30
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg18–11Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(8–1)

Final

21 September 2025
18:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg21–33Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir
(9–16)

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
4Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
7Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
8Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
9Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
10Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
11Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Team qualified for the 2026 U18 World Championship

See also

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.