2018 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2018 African Women's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 2 to 12 December 2018 in Brazzaville, Congo.[1] The tournament was held under the aegis of African Handball Confederation and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.

2018 African Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Congo
Dates2–12 December
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Angola (13th title)
Runner-up Senegal
Third place DR Congo
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches30
Goals scored1669 (55.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Christianne Mwasesa
(63 goals)
Best player Albertina Kassoma
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Angola defeated Senegal in the final to win their second straight and 13th overall title.[2]

Venue
Brazzaville
Kintélé Sports Complex
Capacity: 10,134

Draw

The draw was held on 11 August 2018.[3]

Group A Group B

 Tunisia
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Senegal
 Algeria

 Angola
 DR Congo
 Congo
 Guinea
 Morocco

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 19 November 2018.[4][5]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 4 4 0 0 116 83 +33 8 Quarterfinals
2  Cameroon 4 2 1 1 109 91 +18 5
3  Tunisia 4 1 2 1 105 103 +2 4
4  Algeria 4 1 1 2 91 116 −25 3
5  Ivory Coast 4 0 0 4 100 128 −28 0
Source: CAHB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
2 December 2018
09:00		 Senegal  23–18  Cameroon Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(14–11)
2 December 2018
11:00		 Algeria  27–25  Ivory Coast Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(14–12)
3 December 2018
13:00		 Tunisia  21–26  Senegal Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–13)
3 December 2018
15:00		 Cameroon  32–18  Algeria Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–8)
4 December 2018
13:00		 Cameroon  34–25  Ivory Coast Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(17–11)
4 December 2018
17:00		 Algeria  24–24  Tunisia Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–14)
6 December 2018
13:00		 Senegal  35–22  Algeria Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(18–7)
6 December 2018
19:00		 Ivory Coast  28–35  Tunisia Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(10–21)
7 December 2018
15:00		 Ivory Coast  22–32  Senegal Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(4–16)
7 December 2018
17:00		 Tunisia  25–25  Cameroon Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(10–15)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 4 4 0 0 155 74 +81 8 Quarterfinals
2  DR Congo 4 2 1 1 123 103 +20 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Congo (H) 4 2 1 1 121 104 +17 5[lower-alpha 1]
4  Guinea 4 1 0 3 97 134 −37 2
5  Morocco 4 0 0 4 82 163 −81 0
Source: CAHB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Congo 29–29 DR Congo
2 December 2018
13:00		 Angola  40–17  Guinea Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(24–7)
2 December 2018
17:30		 Congo  36–23  Morocco Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(15–11)
3 December 2018
17:00		 Morocco  23–35  DR Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(9–20)
3 December 2018
19:00		 Guinea  20–37  Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–16)
4 December 2018
15:00		 Morocco  14–50  Angola Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(4–26)
4 December 2018
19:00		 Congo  29–29  DR Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(13–19)
6 December 2018
15:00		 Guinea  42–22  Morocco Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(21–10)
6 December 2018
17:00		 DR Congo  24–33  Angola Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(14–19)
7 December 2018
13:00		 DR Congo  35–18  Guinea Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(16–8)
7 December 2018
19:00		 Angola  32–19  Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(18–9)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
9 December
 
 
 Senegal23
 
10 December
 
 Guinea16
 
 Senegal22
 
9 December
 
 DR Congo21
 
 DR Congo37
 
12 December
 
 Tunisia30
 
 Senegal14
 
9 December
 
 Angola19
 
 Cameroon22
 
10 December
 
 Congo21
 
 Cameroon16
 
9 December
 
 Angola25 Third place
 
 Angola41
 
12 December
 
 Algeria17
 
 DR Congo33
 
 
 Cameroon22
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Guinea26
 
11 December
 
 Tunisia30
 
 Tunisia23
 
10 December
 
 Congo31
 
 Congo24
 
 
 Algeria22
 
Seventh place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Guinea34
 
 
 Algeria22

Quarterfinals
9 December 2018
11:30		 Senegal  23–16  Guinea Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–7)
9 December 2018
14:00		 DR Congo  37–30  Tunisia Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(20–11)
9 December 2018
16:30		 Algeria  17–41  Angola Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(6–21)
9 December 2018
19:00		 Cameroon  22–21  Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(12–10)

5–8th place semifinals
10 December 2018
13:00		 Guinea  26–30  Tunisia Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(16–15)
10 December 2018
15:00		 Congo  24–22  Algeria Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(16–14)

Semifinals
10 December 2018
17:00		 Senegal  22–21  DR Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(11–9)
10 December 2018
19:00		 Cameroon  16–25  Angola Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(8–15)

Ninth place game
10 December 2018
11:00		 Ivory Coast  38–31  Morocco Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(18–12)

Seventh place game
11 December 2018
15:00		 Guinea  34–22  Algeria Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville

Fifth place game
11 December 2018
17:00		 Tunisia  23–31  Congo Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(13–13)

Third place game
12 December 2018
13:30		 DR Congo  33–22  Cameroon Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(16–10)

Final
12 December 2018
16:00		 Senegal  14–19  Angola Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
(10–7)

Final standing
RankTeam
 Angola
 Senegal
 DR Congo
4 Cameroon
5 Congo
6 Tunisia
7 Guinea
8 Algeria
9 Ivory Coast
10 Morocco
Team qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship
Team qualified for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship

Awards
 2018 African Women's Handball Championship 

Angola
13th title
Most valuable player
Albertina Kassoma

All-Tournament Team
PositionPlayer
GK
 Hatadou Sako
RW
 Amal Hamrouni
RB
 Azenaide Carlos
CB
 Isabel Guialo
LB
 Christianne Mwasesa
LW
 Awa Fall-Diop
P
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References
  1. "Handball: les Africaines connaissent leur sort pour". rfi.fr. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. "Angola women are African champions again". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "23e CAN Dames Brazzaville 2018 : La Guinée dans la poule B". universports.net. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "CAN DAMES – CONGO 2018 : Calendrier général de la compétition". cahbonline.info. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. Match schedule
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