2022 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2022 African Women's Handball Championship was the 25th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 9 to 19 November 2022, in Dakar, Senegal.^[1][2] The tournament was held under the aegis of African Handball Confederation and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top four teams qualifying.

2022 African Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Senegal
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–19 November
Teams	13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (15th title)
Runner-up	Cameroon
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	2,023 (50.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mariam Omar Ibrahim (45 goals)
Best player	Helena Paulo
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Angola won their 15th title after defeating Cameroon in the final.^[3]

Draw

The draw took place on 28 September 2022 in Dakar, Senegal.^[4][5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC±0).^[6][7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	0	102	54	+48	6	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	3	2	0	1	81	77	+4	4
3	Algeria	3	1	0	2	76	91	−15	2	Presidents Cup
4	Cape Verde	3	0	0	3	64	101	−37	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

10 November 2022 16:00	DR Congo	27–19	Cape Verde	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: S. Haggui, R. Haggui (TUN)
	Mwamba 7	(13–8)	Correia 4
	1× 5×	Report	2×

10 November 2022 18:00	Angola	29–17	Algeria	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Cazanga 6	(13–5)	Djabour 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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13 November 2022 14:00	Algeria	23–32	DR Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Bouguerch, Smail 3	(10–16)	Pina 8
	2×	Report	1× 2×

13 November 2022 16:00	Cape Verde	15–38	Angola	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Almeida 3	(9–18)	Santos 12
	7×	Report	5×

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14 November 2022 14:00	Cape Verde	30–36	Algeria	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Coelho 9	(11–19)	Zazai 14
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

14 November 2022 18:00	Angola	35–22	DR Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Cazanga 7	(17–14)	Mwamba 8
	1× 5×	Report	3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo	4	4	0	0	109	88	+21	8	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	4	3	0	1	99	84	+15	6
3	Tunisia	4	2	0	2	112	95	+17	4
4	Guinea	4	1	0	3	94	110	−16	2	Presidents Cup
5	Morocco	4	0	0	4	92	129	−37	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

9 November 2022 11:00	Morocco	25–35	Tunisia	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Fehri, Malandran 5	(14–18)	Ben Abdalah 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

9 November 2022 13:00	Congo	25–21	Guinea	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lowi, Stancu (ROU)
	Nguekwian 6	(12–7)	Tandjan 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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10 November 2022 12:00	Egypt	20–21	Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Omar, Yahya 4	(9–11)	Zoubabela 6
	3×	Report	1× 2×

10 November 2022 14:00	Tunisia	36–23	Guinea	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Hachana 8	(16–9)	Fofana 8
	7× 1×	Report	5× 1×

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11 November 2022 14:00	Guinea	28–20	Morocco	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Kanté 8	(13–8)	Ben Chayhab 4
	7×	Report	3×

11 November 2022 16:00	Egypt	22–21	Tunisia	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Omar 5	(11–9)	Hachana 5
	2×	Report	2× 2×

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13 November 2022 12:00	Morocco	20–28	Egypt	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Fehri 6	(4–13)	Omar 11
	1× 4×	Report	4×

13 November 2022 18:00	Tunisia	20–25	Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Hachana 6	(9–14)	Yimga 7
	1×	Report	2× 7×

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14 November 2022 12:00	Guinea	22–29	Egypt	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Tandjan 8	(10–12)	Omar 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

14 November 2022 16:00	Congo	38–27	Morocco	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Dorson 9	(17–15)	three players 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	0	98	52	+46	6	Quarterfinals
2	Senegal (H)	3	2	0	1	98	52	+46	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	71	73	−2	2
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	32	122	−90	0	Presidents Cup

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

9 November 2022 15:00	Cameroon	28–16	Ivory Coast	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Ekoh 5	(12–7)	three players 3
	4×	Report	3×

9 November 2022 20:30	Senegal	40–9	Madagascar	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Sy 7	(25–5)	Ratovomahenina 3
		Report	4×

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11 November 2022 12:00	Madagascar	9–42	Cameroon	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovib, Stancu (ROU)
	Raoelimalala 3	(5–23)	Ateba 9
	2×	Report	1×

11 November 2022 18:00	Ivory Coast	15–31	Senegal	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Kouakou 6	(2–14)	Sagna 5
	3×	Report	1× 4×

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14 November 2022 10:00	Madagascar	14–40	Ivory Coast	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: S. Haggui, R. Haggui (TUN)
	Randrianarison 7	(7–20)	N. Traoré 13
	6×	Report	2× 2×

14 November 2022 20:00	Cameroon	28–27	Senegal	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Touba 6	(18–16)	Sagna 6
	2×	Report	2×

Ranking of third-placed teams

In Group B, the result against the last-placed team was omitted.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	77	70	+7	2	Quarterfinals
2	C	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	71	73	−2	2
3	A	Algeria	3	1	0	2	76	91	−15	2	Presidents Cup

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

Presidents Cup

9–13th place semifinals

16 November 2022 09:00	Algeria	25–23	Morocco	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: S. Haggui, R. Haggui (TUN)
	Makhloufi 6	(13–15)	El Ouaddaf, Zouiguira 5
	1× 4×	Report	1×

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	2	2	0	0	70	34	+36	4	Ninth place game
2	Cape Verde	2	1	0	1	55	42	+13	2	Eleventh place game
3	Madagascar	2	0	0	2	30	79	−49	0	13th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

16 November 2022 10:45	Cape Verde	20–26	Guinea	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Rodrigues 7	(12–14)	Tandjan 7
	5×	Report	1× 4×

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17 November 2022 11:00	Madagascar	14–44	Guinea	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Ratovomahenina 8	(5–21)	Macire 8
	1× 6×	Report

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18 November 2022 14:00	Madagascar	16–35	Cape Verde	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: S. Haggui, R. Haggui (TUN)
	Raoelimalala 6	(3–15)	Carvalho, Coelho 7
	1× 1×	Report

Bracket

	9–13th place semifinals				Ninth place game
					19 November
					Algeria	26
	16 November
					Guinea	29
	Algeria	25
	Morocco	23
					Eleventh place game
					19 November
					Morocco	29
					Cape Verde	24

Eleventh place game

19 November 2022 12:00	Morocco	29–24	Cape Verde	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Zouiguira 7	(19–10)	Tavares 8
	1×	Report	3×

Ninth place game

19 November 2022 14:00	Algeria	26–29	Guinea	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Zazai 6	(14–17)	Tandjan 8
	6×	Report	1× 4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 November
	Angola	29
					17 November
	Tunisia	24
					Angola (ET)	24
	16 November
					Senegal	21
	Egypt	19
									19 November
	Senegal	21
									Angola	29
	16 November
									Cameroon	19
	Ivory Coast	21
					17 November
	Congo	35
					Congo	25
	16 November
					Cameroon	27			Third place
	Cameroon	23
									19 November
	DR Congo	22
									Senegal	19
									Congo	20

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	17 November
	Tunisia (Pen.)	21 (3)
					18 November
	Egypt	21 (1)
					Tunisia	28
	17 November
					DR Congo	24
	Ivory Coast	26
	DR Congo	31
					Seventh place game
					18 November
					Egypt	24
					Ivory Coast	27

Quarterfinals

16 November 2022 12:45	Angola	29–24	Tunisia	Dakar Arena, Dakar
		(16–12)

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16 November 2022 15:00	Ivory Coast	21–35	Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Koffi 5	(13–16)	Jappont, Yimga 6
	11×	Report	1× 6×

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16 November 2022 17:15	Cameroon	23–22	DR Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Eyenga 5	(15–11)	Mwamba 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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16 November 2022 19:30	Egypt	19–21	Senegal	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Yahya 4	(7–9)	Keïta 5
	1× 2×	Report	3×

5–8th place semifinals

17 November 2022 13:00	Tunisia	24–22	Egypt	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Gmar 6	(11–9)	Omar 8
	1× 1× 1×	Report	1× 2×
	FT: 21–21 Pen: 3–1

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17 November 2022 15:00	Ivory Coast	26–31	DR Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: S. Haggui, R. Haggui (TUN)
	Koffi 7	(11–15)	Kabamba 8
	4×	Report	2× 3×

Semifinals

17 November 2022 17:00	Congo	25–27	Cameroon	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Yimga 5	(14–12)	Ebanga 10
	1×	Report	1× 5×

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17 November 2022 19:30	Angola	24–21 (ET)	Senegal	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Venâncio 6	(12–10)	Sagna 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×
	FT: 20–20 ET: 4–1

Seventh place game

18 November 2022 16:00	Egypt	24–27	Ivory Coast	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Chouraki, Hamidi (ALG)
	Omar 7	(12–17)	Koffi 7
		Report	2×

Fifth place game

18 November 2022 18:00	Tunisia	28–24	DR Congo	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Aouij 9	(13–10)	Pina 6
	2×	Report	1×

Third place game

19 November 2022 16:30	Congo	20–19	Senegal	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: Odou, Namadjia (GAB)
	Diagouraga 5	(12–10)	Dapina 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

Final

19 November 2022 19:00	Cameroon	19–29	Angola	Dakar Arena, Dakar Referees: H. El-Saied, Y. El-Saied (EGY)
	Ebanga 6	(10–13)	Santos 11
	5× 1×	Report	3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Cameroon
	Congo
4	Senegal
5	Tunisia
6	DR Congo
7	Ivory Coast
8	Egypt
9	Guinea
10	Algeria
11	Morocco
12	Cape Verde
13	Madagascar

Team qualified for the 2023 World Championship

All-Star team

The All-star team was announced on 21 November 2022.^[8]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Noelle Mben
Right wing	Juliana Machado
Right back	Paola Ebanga Baboga
Centre back	Soukeina Sagna
Left back	Karichma Ekoh
Left wing	Natália Bernardo
Pivot	Liliana Venâncio
MVP	Helena Paulo

References

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2. "Handball : CAN Seniors dames : La CAHB en visite d'inspection au Sénégal". wiwsport.com. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
3. "Women's AFCON Handball: Angola wins 15th title ahead of Cameroon". sportnewsafrica.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
4. "Date du tirage au sort de la 25ème Coupe d'Afrique des Nations Seniors Dames – SENEGAL 2022". cahbonline.info. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
5. "Résultats du tirage au sort de 25e Coupe d'Afrique des Nations Seniors Dames – Dakar 2022". cahbonline.info. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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8. "La Cap-Vert abritera le prochain championnat d'Afrique de handball" (in French). Agence de presse sénégalaise. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.