Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
# Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

The 2003 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 6th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria, contested by 8 national teams and won by Cameroon.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Cameroon  Congo  Kenya  Nigeria | Angola  Algeria  DR Congo  Ivory Coast |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| 05 Oct 2003 |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14:00 | Congo | 41 : 19 | Kenya |
| 18:00 | Cameroon | 33 : 26 | Nigeria |
| 07 Oct 2003 |||||
| 14:00 | Nigeria | 35 : 14 | Kenya |
| 18:00 | Congo | 36 : 34 | Cameroon |
| 09 Oct 2003 |||||
| 14:00 | Cameroon | 39 : 16 | Kenya |
| 20:00 | Congo | 25 : 18 | Nigeria |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Congo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 71 | +31 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 78 | +28 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 72 | +7 | 2 | Relegated to 5th place classification |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 115 | −66 | 0 | Relegated to 7th place classification |

### Group B

| 05 Oct 2003 |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14:00 | Ivory Coast | 38 : 12 | DR Congo |
| 18:00 | Angola | 30 : 16 | Algeria |
| 07 Oct 2003 |||||
| 14:00 | Angola | 35 : 12 | DR Congo |
| 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 29 : 17 | Algeria |
| 09 Oct 2003 |||||
| 14:00 | Algeria | 38 : 21 | DR Congo |
| 20:00 | Angola | 33 : 23 | Ivory Coast |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Angola | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 51 | +47 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 70 | +17 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 80 | −9 | 2 | Relegated to 5th place classification |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 108 | −55 | 0 | Relegated to 7th place classification |

## Knockout stage

### 7th place match

| 11 Oct 2003 |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14:00 | DR Congo | 26 : 20 | Kenya |

### 5th place match

| 11 Oct 2003 |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 18:00 | Nigeria | 25 : 21 | Algeria |

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 14:00 | Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 14:00 |
| Cameroon | 28 |
| Cameroon | 28 | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00 |
| Angola | 27 | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00 |
| Angola | 27 | Cameroon | 28 |
| Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | | Cameroon | 28 |
| Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 27 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | Ivory Coast | 27 |
| Congo | 20 | | |
| Congo | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 14:00 | Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 14:00 |
| | | Angola | 35 |
| | | Congo | 27 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Cameroon | 4–1 |
| | Ivory Coast | 3–2 |
| | Angola | 4–1 |
| 4 | Congo | 3-2 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 2–2 |
| 6 | Algeria | 1–3 |
| 7 | DR Congo | 1–3 |
| 8 | Kenya | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 2003 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
* Cameroon 1st title
