1996 African Women's Handball Championship

The 1996 African Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Benin from 16 to 29 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.

1996 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Benin
Dates16–29 October
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (2nd title)
Runner-up Algeria
Third place Angola
Fourth place Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches16
Goals scored777 (48.56 per match)
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Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 57 37 +20 4
 Algeria 2 1 0 1 57 33 +24 2
 Togo 2 0 0 2 20 64 −44 0
Source:
Algeria  33–7  Togo
(18–3)
Ivory Coast  31–13  Togo
(15–5)
Ivory Coast  26–24  Algeria
(10–11)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 3 3 0 0 84 63 +21 6
 Angola 3 2 0 1 86 68 +18 4
 Cameroon 3 1 0 2 68 81 −13 2
 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 65 91 −26 0
Source:
Congo  28–18  Cameroon
(15–11)
Angola  34–19  Mozambique
(15–7)
Congo  26–24  Angola
(14–9)
Cameroon  27–25  Mozambique
(16–15)
Angola  28–23  Cameroon
(14–12)
Congo  30–21  Mozambique
(15–8)

Knockout stage

Places 5–7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 2 2 0 0 61 30 +31 4
 Mozambique 2 1 0 1 49 46 +3 2
 Togo 2 0 0 2 30 64 −34 0
Source:
Cameroon  33–12  Togo
(15–5)
Cameroon  28–18  Mozambique
(16–8)
Mozambique  31–18  Togo
(18–7)

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast29
 
 
 
 Angola25
 
 Ivory Coast35
 
 
 
 Algeria19
 
 Algeria (OT)24
 
 
 Congo23
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Angola24
 
 
 Congo21

Semifinals
Ivory Coast  29–25  Angola
(11–9)
Algeria  24–23 (ET)  Congo
(9–9)

FT: 20–20 ET: 4–3

Third place game
Angola  24–21  Congo
(10–10)

Final
Ivory Coast  35–19  Algeria
(18–8)

Final ranking
Qualified for the 1997 World Championship
Rank Team
 Ivory Coast
 Algeria
 Angola
4 Congo
5 Cameroon
6 Mozambique
7 Togo
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