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
Dates8–16 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Angola (9th title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Congo
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored1060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mambo Elodie
(39 goals)
Best player Nair Almeida
Next

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola (H) 3 3 0 0 110 63 +47 6
 Congo 3 2 0 1 88 74 +14 4
 Algeria 3 1 0 2 70 90 20 2
 Gabon 3 0 0 3 43 84 41 0
Source:
(H) Host.
8 January 2008
10:00
Congo  30–14  Gabon Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(18–5)
8 January 2008
20:30
Angola  42–24  Algeria Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(20–11)

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

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 77 55 +22 5
 Tunisia 3 1 2 0 87 72 +15 4
 DR Congo 3 1 0 2 70 90 20 2
 Cameroon 3 0 1 2 62 79 17 1
Source:
10 January 2008
16:00
Ivory Coast  26–16  DR Congo Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(14–7)
10 January 2008
18:00
Tunisia  23–23  Cameroon Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(12–11)

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

12 January 2008
16:00
Tunisia  40–25  DR Congo Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo
(20–8)
12 January 2008
18:00
Ivory Coast  27–15  Cameroon Serra 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  Gabon Acácias Rubras, Benguela
(7–6)

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

Semifinals

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

16 January 2008
18:00
Angola  39–27  Ivory Coast Pavilhão 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
Rank Team
 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Congo
4 Tunisia
5 DR Congo
6 Algeria
7 Cameroon
8 Gabon

Awards

All-star team
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