2008 African Women's Handball Championship

2008 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Angola
Dates 8–16 January
Teams 8
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Angola (9th title)
Runner-up  Ivory Coast
Third place  Congo
Fourth place  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches 20
Goals scored 1060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ivory Coast Mambo Elodie
(39 goals)
Best player Angola Nair Almeida
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The 2008 African Women's Handball Championship was held in Angola. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 3 3 0 0 110 63 +47 6
 Congo 3 2 0 1 88 74 +14 4
 Algeria 3 1 0 2 70 90 −20 2
 Gabon 3 0 0 3 43 84 −41 0
8 January 2008
10:00
Congo  30–14  Gabon Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(18–5)

8 January 2008
20:30
Angola  42–24  Algeria Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(20–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Algeria  21–20  Gabon Eventos Arena, Benguela
(14–9)

11 January 2008
18:00
Angola  35–30  Congo Eventos Arena, Benguela
(16–17)

12 January 2008
16:00
Angola  33–9  Gabon Eventos Arena, Benguela
(16–3)

12 January 2008
18:00
Congo  28–25  Algeria Eventos Arena, Benguela
(11–15)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 77 55 +22 5
 Tunisia 3 1 2 0 87 72 +15 4
 DR Congo 3 1 0 2 70 90 −20 2
 Cameroon 3 0 1 2 62 79 −17 1
10 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  26–16  DR Congo Huambo Hall, Huambo
(14–7)

10 January 2008
18:00
Tunisia  23–23  Cameroon Huambo Hall, Huambo
(12–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  24–24  Tunisia Huambo Hall, Huambo
(14–11)

11 January 2008
18:00
DR Congo  29–24  Cameroon Huambo Hall, Huambo
(16–9)

12 January 2008
16:00
Tunisia  40–25  DR Congo Huambo Hall, Huambo
(20–8)

12 January 2008
18:00
Ivory Coast  27–15  Cameroon Huambo Hall, Huambo
(10–5)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals Final
  Angola  44  
  Tunisia  26  
 
      Angola  39
    Ivory Coast  27
Third place
  Congo  28   Tunisia  25
  Ivory Coast  29     Congo  30
5–8th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals Fifth place
  Algeria  34  
  Cameroon  32  
 
      Algeria  28
    DR Congo  32
Seventh place
  Gabon  11   Cameroon  25
  DR Congo  21     Gabon  22

5–8th place semifinals

14 January 2008
15:00
DR Congo  21–11  Gabon Eventos Arena, Benguela
(7–6)

14 January 2008
17:00
Algeria  34–32  Cameroon Eventos Arena, Benguela
(17–18)

Semifinals

15 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  29–28  Congo Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(13–13)

15 January 2008
20:00
Angola  44–26  Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(19–9)

Seventh place game

15 January 2008
15:00
Cameroon  25–22  Gabon Eventos Arena, Benguela
(12–14)

Fifth place game

15 January 2008
17:00
DR Congo  32–28  Algeria Eventos Arena, Benguela
(14–16)

Third place game

16 January 2008
16:00
Congo  30–25  Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(14–15)

Final

16 January 2008
18:00
Angola  39–27  Ivory Coast Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
(18–13)

Final ranking

Angola qualified also for the 2008 Summer Olympics and the Ivory Coast and Congo participated at a 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.

Qualified for the 2009 World Championship
Rank Team
 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Congo
4 Tunisia
5 DR Congo
6 Algeria
7 Cameroon
8 Gabon

Awards

All-star team

External links

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