1998 African Women's Handball Championship

1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  South Africa
Teams 6
Final positions
Champions  Angola (4th title)
Runner-up  Congo
Third place  Ivory Coast
Fourth place  Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches 11
Goals scored 544 (49.45 per match)
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The 1998 African Women's Handball Championship was held in South Africa. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 2 1 1 0 70 36 +34 3
 Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 54 31 +23 3
 Mozambique 2 0 0 2 33 90 −57 0
19 Oct 1998 Angola  53–19  Mozambique
Ivory Coast  37–14  Mozambique
Angola  17–17  Ivory Coast

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 2 2 0 0 68 23 +45 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 63 33 +30 2
 South Africa 2 0 0 2 16 91 −75 0
Congo  46–5  South Africa
Cameroon  45–11  South Africa
Congo  22–18  Cameroon

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals Final
Mon, 26 Oct 1998
  Angola  26  
  Cameroon  21  
 
Wed, 28 Oct 1998
      Angola  31
    Congo  23
Third place
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 Wed, 28 Oct 1998
  Ivory Coast  14   Cameroon  30
  Congo  18     Ivory Coast  28

Semifinals

26 Oct 1998 Angola  26–21  Cameroon
Congo  18–14  Ivory Coast

Fifth place game

Mozambique  32–17  South Africa

Third place game

28 Oct 1998 Ivory Coast  30–28  Cameroon

Final

28 Oct 1998 Angola  31–23  Congo
(19–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1999 World Championship
Rank Team
 Angola
 Congo
 Ivory Coast
4 Cameroon
5 Mozambique
6 South Africa
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