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
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–16 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (9th title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mambo Elodie (39 goals)
Best player	Nair Almeida

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) Hosts

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

	Semifinals				Final
	Angola	44
	Tunisia	26
					Angola	39
					Ivory Coast	27
	Congo	28
	Ivory Coast	29
					Third place
					Tunisia	25
					Congo	30

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	Algeria	34
	Cameroon	32
					Algeria	28
					DR Congo	32
	Gabon	11
	DR Congo	21
					Seventh place
					Cameroon	25
					Gabon	22

5–8th place semifinals

14 January 2008 15:00	DR Congo	21–11	Gabon	Acácias Rubras, Benguela
		(7–6)

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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)

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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

• Most Valuable Player:Nair Almeida (ANG)
• Top scorer:N'Cho Elodie Mambo (CIV), 39 goals

All-star team

• Maria Pedro (ANG)
• Nair Almeida (ANG)
• Marcelina Kiala (ANG)
• Isabel Fernandes (ANG)
• Ndona Bassarila (CGO)
• Chantal Okoye  (CGO)
• Hela Msaad (TUN)

External links

• Results on todor66.com