2008 African Women's Handball Championship

2008 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	8–16 January
Teams	8
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
Matches	20
Goals scored	1060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mambo Elodie (39 goals)
Best player	Nair Almeida
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The 2008 African Women's Handball Championship was held in Angola. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	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

8 January 2008 10:00	Congo	30–14	Gabon	Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
		(18–5)

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8 January 2008 20:30	Angola	42–24	Algeria	Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, Luanda
		(20–11)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Algeria	21–20	Gabon	Eventos Arena, Benguela
		(14–9)

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11 January 2008 18:00	Angola	35–30	Congo	Eventos Arena, Benguela
		(16–17)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Angola	33–9	Gabon	Eventos Arena, Benguela
		(16–3)

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12 January 2008 18:00	Congo	28–25	Algeria	Eventos Arena, 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

10 January 2008 16:00	Ivory Coast	26–16	DR Congo	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(14–7)

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10 January 2008 18:00	Tunisia	23–23	Cameroon	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(12–11)

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11 January 2008 16:00	Ivory Coast	24–24	Tunisia	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(14–11)

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11 January 2008 18:00	DR Congo	29–24	Cameroon	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(16–9)

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12 January 2008 16:00	Tunisia	40–25	DR Congo	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(20–8)

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12 January 2008 18:00	Ivory Coast	27–15	Cameroon	Huambo Hall, Huambo
		(10–5)

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

5–8th place bracket

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

5–8th place semifinals

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

16 January 2008 18:00	Angola	39–27	Ivory Coast	Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda, 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)

All-star team

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

External links

• Results on todor66.com