Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ANG
NOC	Angolan Olympic Committee
Website	(in Portuguese)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	20 (4 men and 16 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Natália Santos Matias Montinho
Flag bearer (closing)	N/A
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Angola competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared in every Games since 1980 with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when it was part of the Soviet boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	0	1	1
Sailing	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	4	16	20

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Angola received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics. ^[2]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aveni Miguel	Men's 100 m	DSQ		Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET: After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angola women's	Women's tournament	Montenegro L 22–33	Norway L 21–30	Netherlands L 37–28	Japan W 28–25	South Korea D 31–31	5	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main articles: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Angola women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal. ^[3]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 9 July 2021. ^[4]

Head coach: Filipe Cruz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LW Marilia Quizelete (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 24) 1.68 m 5 7 Petro de Luanda 8 CB Helena Paulo (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 23) 1.77 m 34 159 Primeiro de Agosto 9 CB Natália Bernardo (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 34) 1.70 m 118 214 Primeiro de Agosto 10 P Albertina Kassoma (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 25) 1.94 m 76 181 Rapid București 12 GK Helena Sousa (1994-11-07)7 November 1994 (aged 26) 1.90 m 38 1 Saint-Amand Handball 13 RW Natália Kamalandua (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 (aged 22) 1.63 m 5 6 Petro de Luanda 15 RB Azenaide Carlos (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 31) 1.71 m 91 112 RK Podravka Koprivnica 16 GK Teresa Almeida (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 33) 1.84 m 104 0 Petro de Luanda 17 RB Wuta Dombaxe (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 35) 1.81 m 79 62 Primeiro de Agosto 20 LB Stélvia Pascoal (2002-10-20)20 October 2002 (aged 18) 1.76 m 5 2 Petro de Luanda 21 LB Magda Cazanga (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 30) 1.77 m 49 84 Petro de Luanda 23 RW Juliana Machado (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 26) 1.70 m 62 1115 Primeiro de Agosto 25 P Liliana Venâncio (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 25) 1.91 m 37 44 Primeiro de Agosto 90 CB Isabel Guialo (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 31) 1.80 m 79 235 Fleury Loiret HB

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	170	123	+47	10	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	169	143	+26	8
3	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	139	142	−3	4
4	South Korea	5	1	1	3	147	165	−18	3 [a]
5	Angola	5	1	1	3	130	156	−26	3 [a]
6	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	124	150	−26	2

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
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. South Korea 31–31 Angola

25 July 2021 14:15	Montenegro	33–22	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Radičević 12	(13–12)	Kamalandua 6
	2× 3×	Report	5×

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27 July 2021 19:30	Angola	21–30	Norway	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Guialo, Kassoma 6	(10–15)	Solberg-Isaksen 7
	4×	Report	2× 3×

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29 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	37–28	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Van Wetering 7	(17–15)	Guialo 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	5×

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31 July 2021 09:00	Angola	28–25	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	three players 5	(15–13)	Hara 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

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2 August 2021 09:00	South Korea	31–31	Angola	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jung, Kang E. 7	(16–17)	Guialo 8
		Report	7×

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Angola qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Diassonema Mucungui accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Diassonema Mucungui	Women's −57 kg	Liparteliani  (GEO) L 000–100	Did not advance

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Angolan sailors qualified a boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Paixão Afonso Matias Montinho	Men's 470	DNF	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	EL	167	19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Angola received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Salvador Gordo	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.96	54	Did not advance
Catarina Sousa	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.35	47	Did not advance

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. "African continental dominance continues as Angolan women secure Tokyo 2020 ticket". International Handball Federation. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
4. "Selecção assegura jogos de controlo no Japão". angop.ao (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
5. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
6. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

• Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Olympedia