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
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–12 December
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (13th title)
Runner-up	Senegal
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	1,669 (50.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christianne Mwasesa (63 goals)
Awards
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		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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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[a]
3	Congo (H)	4	2	1	1	121	104	+17	5[a]
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) Hosts
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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	9 December
	Senegal	23
					10 December
	Guinea	16
					Senegal	22
	9 December
					DR Congo	21
	DR Congo	37
									12 December
	Tunisia	30
									Senegal	14
	9 December
									Angola	19
	Cameroon	22
					10 December
	Congo	21
					Cameroon	16
	9 December
					Angola	25			Third place
	Angola	41
									12 December
	Algeria	17
									DR Congo	33
									Cameroon	22

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	10 December
	Guinea	26
					11 December
	Tunisia	30
					Tunisia	23
	10 December
					Congo	31
	Congo	24
	Algeria	22
					Seventh place
					11 December
					Guinea	34
					Algeria	22

Quarterfinals

9 December 2018 11:30	Senegal	23–16	Guinea	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(12–7)

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9 December 2018 14:00	DR Congo	37–30	Tunisia	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(20–11)

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9 December 2018 16:30	Algeria	17–41	Angola	Kintélé Sports Complex, Brazzaville
		(6–21)

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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)

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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)

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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

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Senegal
	DR Congo
4	Cameroon
5	Congo
6	Tunisia
7	Guinea
8	Algeria
9	Ivory Coast
10	Morocco

	Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship and the African Olympic Qualification Tournament
	Team qualified for the African Olympic Qualification Tournament

Awards

2018 African Women's Handball Championship
Angola 13th title

Most valuable player
Albertina Kassoma

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player
GK	Hatadou Sako
RW	Amal Hamrouni
RB	Azenaide Carlos
CB	Isabel Guialo
LB	Christianne Mwasesa
LW	Awa Fall-Diop
P	Albertina Kassoma