2013 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
# 2013 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

The 2013 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Women's Junior Handball Championship. The event, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the supervision of the International Handball Federation, took place in the Republic of the Congo, in one host city, Oyo, from September 1 to 8. Seven teams participated on the tournament. Angola, dethroned defending champion Congo thus securing its 7th title.

Angola were the champions and the top three teams qualified for the 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, in Croatia.

## Preliminary round

The seven teams were split into two groups. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals while the last three played for the 5th to 7th places.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 16 | +64 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 2 |
| Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 110 | –84 | 0 |
| 2 September 2013 14:00 | Angola | 58 – 11 | Rwanda | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 2 September 2013 14:00 | | (25–05) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 3 September 2013 14:00 | DR Congo | 46 – 17 | Rwanda | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 3 September 2013 14:00 | | (22–08) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 4 September 2013 14:00 | Angola | 25 – 25 | DR Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 4 September 2013 14:00 | | (08–13) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 61 | +19 | 6 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 3 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 63 | +08 | 3 |
| Mali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 89 | –35 | 0 |
| 1 September 2013 19:00 | Congo | 46 – 14 | Mali | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 1 September 2013 19:00 | | (22–06) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 2 September 2013 19:00 | Tunisia | 29 – 18 | Guinea | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 2 September 2013 19:00 | | (15–09) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 3 September 2013 16:00 | Tunisia | 43 – 15 | Mali | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 3 September 2013 16:00 | | (12–05) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 18:00 | Guinea | 14 – 34 | Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 18:00 | | (05–14) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 4 September 2013 16:00 | Guinea | 30 – 14 | Mali | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 4 September 2013 16:00 | | (16–08) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 18:00 | Congo | 29 – 31 | Tunisia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 18:00 | | (15–16) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## 5-8 Classification

### 5th place match

| 6 September 2013 12:00 | Rwanda | 35 – 24 | Mali | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 September 2013 12:00 | | (16–12) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 7 September 2013 14:00 | Guinea | 36 – 16 | Rwanda | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 7 September 2013 14:00 | | (16–07) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## Final round

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 6 September 2013 – Oyo | 6 September 2013 – Oyo |
| Angola | 35 |
| Angola | 35 | 8 September 2013 – Oyo | 8 September 2013 – Oyo |
| Congo | 32 | 8 September 2013 – Oyo | 8 September 2013 – Oyo |
| Congo | 32 | Angola | 23 |
| 6 September 2013 – Oyo | 6 September 2013 – Oyo | | Angola | 23 |
| 6 September 2013 – Oyo | 6 September 2013 – Oyo | DR Congo | 21 |
| Tunisia | 18 | DR Congo | 21 |
| DR Congo | 23 | | |
| DR Congo | 23 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 8 September 2013 – Oyo | 8 September 2013 – Oyo |
| | | Tunisia | 37 |
| | | Congo | 33 |

### Semifinals

| 6 September 2013 16:00 | Tunisia | 18 – 23 | DR Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 September 2013 16:00 | | (10–10) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 6 September 2013 18:00 | Angola | 35 – 32 | Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 6 September 2013 18:00 | | (19–16) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Bronze medal match

| 8 September 2013 15:00 | Tunisia | 37 – 33 | Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 September 2013 15:00 | | (20–17) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Final

| 8 September 2013 18:00 | Angola | 23 – 21 | DR Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 September 2013 18:00 | | (13–09) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2014 World Championship

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Angola | 4–0–0 |
| | DR Congo | 2–0–2 |
| | Tunisia | 4–0–1 |
| 4 | Congo | 1–1–3 |
| 5 | Guinea | 3–0–3 |
| 6 | Rwanda | 1–0–3 |
| 7 | Mali | 0–0–4 |

## Awards

* 2013 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
* Angola 7th title
* Best Player
