Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
# Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament of the 1987 All-Africa Games were held in August 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya, contested by 8 national teams and won by Ivory Coast.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Congo  Kenya  Madagascar  Tanzania | Algeria  Ivory Coast  Mozambique  Senegal |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

**Poule A**

* Congo, qualified for semi-finals
* Senegal, qualified for semi-finals
* Kenya

Amongst the results, Congo won 16–4 over Senegal

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 0 |
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2 August 1987 | Cameroon | 16 – 11 | Algeria |
| 4 August 1987 | Cameroon | 16 – 16 | Ivory Coast |
| 6 August 1987 | Ivory Coast | 33 - 13 | Algeria |

## Knockout stage

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 8 Aug 1987 | 8 Aug 1987 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 11 Aug 1987 | 11 Aug 1987 |
| Senegal | 12 | 11 Aug 1987 | 11 Aug 1987 |
| Senegal | 12 | Ivory Coast | 22 |
| 8 Aug 1987 | 8 Aug 1987 | | Ivory Coast | 22 |
| 8 Aug 1987 | 8 Aug 1987 | Congo | 11 |
| Congo | 16 | Congo | 11 |
| Cameroon | 14 | | |
| Cameroon | 14 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 11 Aug 1987 | 11 Aug 1987 |
| | | Cameroon | 20 |
| | | Senegal | 12 |

For the 5th rank, Algeria won 18-13 over Kenya.

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Ivory Coast |
| | Congo |
| | Cameroon |
| 4 | Senegal |
| 5 | Algeria |
| 6 | Kenya |
| 7 | |

## Awards

* 1987 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
* Ivory Coast 1st title
