2008 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2008 African Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Angola from 8 to 17 January 2008. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2008 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Angola
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates8–16 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (9th title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Congo
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Mambo Elodie
(39 goals)
Best playerAngola Nair Almeida
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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Angola (H)330011063+476
 Congo32018874+144
 Algeria31027090−202
 Gabon30034384−410
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
8 January 2008
10:00
Congo  30–14  GabonPavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(18–5)
8 January 2008
20:30
Angola  42–24  AlgeriaPavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(20–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Algeria  21–20  GabonAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(14–9)
11 January 2008
18:00
Angola  35–30  CongoAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(16–17)

12 January 2008
16:00
Angola  33–9  GabonAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(16–3)
12 January 2008
18:00
Congo  28–25  AlgeriaAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(11–15)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Ivory Coast32107755+225
 Tunisia31208772+154
 DR Congo31027090−202
 Cameroon30126279−171
Source: [citation needed]
10 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  26–16  DR CongoSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(14–7)
10 January 2008
18:00
Tunisia  23–23  CameroonSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(12–11)

11 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  24–24  TunisiaSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(14–11)
11 January 2008
18:00
DR Congo  29–24  CameroonSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(16–9)

12 January 2008
16:00
Tunisia  40–25  DR CongoSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(20–8)
12 January 2008
18:00
Ivory Coast  27–15  CameroonSerra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(10–5)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Angola44
 
 
 
 Tunisia26
 
 Angola39
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast27
 
 Congo28
 
 
 Ivory Coast29
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Tunisia25
 
 
 Congo30
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Algeria34
 
 
 
 Cameroon32
 
 Algeria28
 
 
 
 DR Congo32
 
 Gabon11
 
 
 DR Congo21
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Cameroon25
 
 
 Gabon22

5–8th place semifinals

14 January 2008
15:00
DR Congo  21–11  GabonAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(7–6)

14 January 2008
17:00
Algeria  34–32  CameroonAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(17–18)

Semifinals

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

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

Seventh place game

15 January 2008
15:00
Cameroon  25–22  GabonAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(12–14)

Fifth place game

15 January 2008
17:00
DR Congo  32–28  AlgeriaAcácias Rubras, Benguela
(14–16)

Third place game

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

Final

16 January 2008
18:00
Angola  39–27  Ivory CoastPavilhão Multiusos, 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
RankTeam
 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Congo
4  Tunisia
5  DR Congo
6  Algeria
7  Cameroon
8  Gabon

Awards

All-star team

External links