Handball at the 2011 African Games – Women's tournament
# Handball at the 2011 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2011 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 8th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament ran from September 8–17, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique, contested by 12 national teams and won by Angola.

## Participating teams

* Angola
* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Congo
* Cape Verde
* DR Congo
* Ghana
* Kenya
* Mozambique
* Madagascar
* Nigeria
* Senegal

## Preliminary round

The draw was held on May 6, 2011.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 4 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 2 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 0 |
| 8 September 2011 17:00 | Cameroon | 35 – 19 | Senegal |
| 8 September 2011 17:00 | | (14–5) | |
| 10 September 2011 17:00 | Cameroon | 27 – 25 | Algeria |
| 10 September 2011 17:00 | | (14–15) | |
| 11 September 2011 09:00 | Algeria | 30 – 18 | Senegal |
| 11 September 2011 09:00 | | (13–11) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 4 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 2 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 0 |
| 8 September 2011 19:00 | Kenya | 22 – 20 | Mozambique |
| 8 September 2011 19:00 | | (10–13) | |
| 9 September 2011 19:00 | Cape Verde | 27 – 26 | Mozambique |
| 9 September 2011 19:00 | | (12–14) | |
| 11 September 2011 11:00 | Cape Verde | 30 – 22 | Kenya |
| 11 September 2011 11:00 | | (13–11) | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24 | +72 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 2 |
| Ghana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 92 | −70 | 0 |
| 9 September 2011 13:00 | Angola | 55 – 7 | Ghana |
| 9 September 2011 13:00 | | (29–3) | |
| 10 September 2011 17:00 | Angola | 41 – 17 | DR Congo |
| 10 September 2011 17:00 | | (20–8) | |
| 11 September 2011 17:00 | DR Congo | 37 – 15 | Ghana |
| 11 September 2011 17:00 | | (16–8) | |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 2 |
| Madagascar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 70 | −49 | 0 |
| 9 September 2011 15:00 | Congo | 30 – 23 | Nigeria |
| 9 September 2011 15:00 | | (15–14) | |
| 10 September 2011 19:00 | Congo | 35 – 11 | Madagascar |
| 10 September 2011 19:00 | | (16–5) | |
| 11 September 2011 19:00 | Nigeria | 35 – 10 | Madagascar |
| 11 September 2011 19:00 | | (19–5) | |

## Knockout stage

### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cameroon | 31 | | |
| Kenya | 16 | | |
| Kenya | 16 | Cameroon | 16 |
| | | Congo | 21 |
| Congo | 26 | Congo | 21 |
| DR Congo | 25 | | | | |
| DR Congo | 25 | | | Congo | 23 |
| | | | | Angola | 41 |
| Cape Verde | 24 | | | Angola | 41 |
| Algeria | 30 | | | | |
| Algeria | 30 | Algeria | 18 | | |
| | | Angola | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 49 | Angola | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| Nigeria | 16 | | | | |
| Nigeria | 16 | | | Cameroon | 26 |
| | | | | Algeria | 20 |

**Quarterfinals**

| 14 September 2011 13:00 | Cameroon | 31 – 16 | Kenya |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14 September 2011 13:00 | | (14–0) | |
| 14 September 2011 15:00 | Algeria | 30 – 24 | Cape Verde |
| 14 September 2011 15:00 | | (14–13) | |
| 14 September 2011 17:00 | Angola | 49 – 16 | Nigeria |
| 14 September 2011 17:00 | | (26–8) | |
| 14 September 2011 19:00 | Congo | 26 – 25 | DR Congo |
| 14 September 2011 19:00 | | (14–12) | |

**Semifinals**

| 15 September 2011 15:00 | Congo | 21 – 16 | Cameroon |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 September 2011 15:00 | | (8–10) | |
| 15 September 2011 16:30 | Angola | 32 – 18 | Algeria |
| 15 September 2011 16:30 | | (13–9) | |

**Third place game**

| 17 September 2011 09:00 | Cameroon | 26 – 20 | Algeria |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 September 2011 09:00 | | (11–12) | |

**Final**

| 17 September 2011 16:00 | Angola | 41 – 23 | Congo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 September 2011 16:00 | | (22–11) | |

### 5–8th place bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kenya | 21 |
| DR Congo | 33 | | |
| DR Congo | 33 | DR Congo | 10 |
| | | Nigeria | 24 |
| Cape Verde | 21 | Nigeria | 24 |
| Nigeria | 25 | | |
| Nigeria | 25 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Kenya | 26 |
| | | Cape Verde | 23 |

**Semifinals**

| 15 September 2011 11:00 | DR Congo | 33 – 21 | Kenya |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 September 2011 11:00 | | (15–9) | |
| 15 September 2011 12:30 | Nigeria | 25 – 21 | Cape Verde |
| 15 September 2011 12:30 | | (12–13) | |

**Seventh place game**

| 16 September 2011 11:00 | Kenya | 26 – 23 | Cape Verde |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 September 2011 11:00 | | (11–9) | |

**Fifth place game**

| 16 September 2011 14:00 | Nigeria | 24 – 10 | DR Congo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 September 2011 14:00 | | (22–11) | |

### 9–12th place bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 31 |
| Mozambique | 29 | | |
| Mozambique | 29 | Senegal | 33 |
| | | Ghana | 26 |
| Ghana | 26 | Ghana | 26 |
| Madagascar | 24 | | |
| Madagascar | 24 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Mozambique | 30 |
| | | Madagascar | 23 |

**Semifinals**

| 12 September 2011 17:00 | Senegal | 31 – 29 | Mozambique |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 September 2011 17:00 | | (11–16) | |
| 12 September 2011 19:00 | Ghana | 26 – 24 | Madagascar |
| 12 September 2011 19:00 | | (14–8) | |

**Eleventh place game**

| 14 September 2011 09:00 | Mozambique | 30 – 23 | Madagascar |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14 September 2011 09:00 | | (16–8) | |

**Ninth place game**

| 14 September 2011 11:00 | Senegal | 33 – 26 | Ghana |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14 September 2011 11:00 | | (18–17) | |

## Final standings

| Rank | Women | Women | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | Angola | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| | Congo | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| | Cameroon | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 4. | Algeria | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals |||||
| 5. | Nigeria | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 6. | DR Congo | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. | Kenya | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. | Cape Verde | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Preliminary round 5th placers |||||
| 9. | Senegal | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 10. | Ghana | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 11. | Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 12. | Madagascar | 4 | 0 | 4 |

* 2011 African Games Women's Handball winner
* Angola Fifth title
