Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2015 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 9th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 11 national teams and won by Angola.[1][2]

Handball at the 2015 African Games
Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Congo
Dates10–19 September, 2015
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) (in 1 Brazzaville host cities)
Final positions
Champions Angola (6th title)
Runner-up Cameroon
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches16
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Squads

Format

  • The 11 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Cameroon
 Mali
 Senegal

 Burkina Faso
 Congo

 Angola
 Kenya
 Nigeria

 DR Congo
 Ivory Coast
 Zambia

Group stage [3]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 2 1 1 0 52 32 +20 3
 Senegal 2 1 1 0 46 30 +16 3
 Mali 2 0 0 2 24 60 36 0
Source:
10 September 2015
12:00
Cameroon  33–13  Mali Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
Djong 9 (13–08) Nomoko 4
  Report  

12 September 2015
18:00
Senegal  27–11  Mali Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
Keita 9 (14–05) Doucoure 4
  Report  

14 September 2015
16:00
Senegal  19–19  Cameroon Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
Sankhare 6 (06–12) Djong 6
  Report  

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 2 2 0 0 79 41 +38 4
 Burkina Faso 2 0 0 2 41 79 38 0
Source:
10 September 2015
18:00
Congo  40–23  Burkina Faso Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
Mambou 10 (20–12) Kiemde 8
 10× Report  

14 September 2015
18:00
Burkina Faso  18–39  Congo Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
Palm, Kando 5 (11–20) Divoko 7
  Report  

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 2 2 0 0 79 37 +42 4
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 57 53 +4 2
 Kenya 2 0 0 2 28 74 46 0
Source:
10 September 2015
14:00
Angola  42–12  Kenya Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
Dombaxe 4 (24–07) Musambai 5
  Report  

12 September 2015
16:00
Nigeria  32–16  Kenya Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Emeribe 13 (16–07) Ambani 8
  Report  

14 September 2015
12:00
Nigeria  25–37  Angola Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Ohaekwe 6 (09–19) Azenaide 7
  Report  

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 78 39 +39 4
 DR Congo 2 1 0 1 74 39 +35 2
 Zambia 2 0 0 2 26 100 74 0
Source:
10 September 2015
16:00
DR Congo  51–10  Zambia Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
Kasong 5 (21–5) Mbewe 4
  Report  

12 September 2015
14:00
Ivory Coast  49–16  Zambia Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
Traore 10 (21–04) Mbewe 9
  Report  10×

14 September 2015
14:00
Ivory Coast  29–23  DR Congo Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
Traore, Brou 5 (12–11) Mwasesa 10
  Report  

Knockout stage

All matches were played in: Palais des Sports Kintélé, Brazzaville
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 September 2015
 
 
 DR Congo22
 
18 September 2015
 
 Angola29
 
 Senegal19
 
16 September 2015
 
 Cameroon27
 
 Cameroon *
 
19 September 2015
 
 Burkina Faso
 
 Cameroon29
 
16 September 2015
 
 Angola33
 
 Nigeria25
 
18 September 2015
 
 Ivory Coast20
 
 Angola32
 
16 September 2015
 
 Nigeria10 Third place
 
 Congo16
 
19 September 2015
 
 Senegal24
 
 Senegal25
 
 
 Nigeria24
 

* walkover win

Quarter-finals

16 September 2015
12:00
DR Congo  22–29  Angola Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
Mwasesa 11 (11–15) Azenaide 8
  Report  
16 September 2015
14:00
Cameroon   Burkina Faso Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
(–)
Report
16 September 2015
:00
Nigeria  25–20  Ivory Coast Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Emeribe 12 (11–11) Traore 5
  Report  
16 September 2015
18:00
Congo  16–24  Senegal Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
Mambou 6 (08–13) Camara 9
Report  

Semi-finals

18 September 2015
12:00
Senegal  19–27  Cameroon Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
Gomis 5 (8–12) Djong 5
  Report   
September 2015
14:30
Angola  32–10  Nigeria Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Vilma 9 (15–06) Emeribe 3
  Report  

Bronze medal match

19 September 2015
10:00
Senegal  25–24  Nigeria Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Cissé 11 (14–12) Ohaekwe 8
  Report  

Gold medal match

19 September 2015
14:00
Cameroon  29–33 (ET)  Angola Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
Essam 10 (14–14) Viegas 8
   Report  

FT: 28–28 ET: 29–33

Final standings [4]

Rank Team Record
 Angola5–0–0
 Cameroon3–1–1
 Senegal3–1–1
4  Nigeria2–0–3
5  Ivory Coast2–0–1
6  Congo2–0–1
7  DR Congo1–0–2
8  Burkina Faso0–0–3
9  Mali0–0–2
10  Kenya0–0–2
11  Zambia0–0–2
 2015 African Games Women's Handball winner 

Angola
5th title

References

  1. "AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold". ANGOP-Angolan News Agency. 20 Sep 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  2. "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  3. "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  4. "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
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