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)
Dates8–16 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (9th title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Congo
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,060 (53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Mambo Elodie
(39 goals)
Best playerAngola Nair Almeida
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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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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: [citation needed]
(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)

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

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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: [citation needed]
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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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16 January 2008
18:00
Angola   39–27   Ivory Coast Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda
(18–13)

Final ranking

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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

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All-star team
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