2008 African Women's Handball Championship
# 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.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| 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 |
| 8 January 2008 10:00 | Congo | 30–14 | Gabon | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 8 January 2008 10:00 | | (18–5) | | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 8 January 2008 20:30 | Angola | 42–24 | Algeria | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 8 January 2008 20:30 | | (20–11) | | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | Algeria | 21–20 | Gabon | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–9) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | Angola | 35–30 | Congo | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | | (16–17) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | Angola | 33–9 | Gabon | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | | (16–3) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | Congo | 28–25 | Algeria | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | | (11–15) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |

### Group B

| 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 |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 26–16 | DR Congo | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 10 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–7) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | Tunisia | 23–23 | Cameroon | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 10 January 2008 18:00 | | (12–11) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 24–24 | Tunisia | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 11 January 2008 16:00 | | (14–11) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | DR Congo | 29–24 | Cameroon | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 11 January 2008 18:00 | | (16–9) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | Tunisia | 40–25 | DR Congo | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 12 January 2008 16:00 | | (20–8) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 27–15 | Cameroon | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |
| 12 January 2008 18:00 | | (10–5) | | Serra Van-Dúnem, Huambo |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 44 |
| Tunisia | 26 | | |
| Tunisia | 26 | Angola | 39 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 27 |
| Congo | 28 | Ivory Coast | 27 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Tunisia | 25 |
| | | Congo | 30 |

**5–8th place bracket**

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 34 |
| Cameroon | 32 | | |
| Cameroon | 32 | Algeria | 28 |
| | | DR Congo | 32 |
| Gabon | 11 | DR Congo | 32 |
| DR Congo | 21 | | |
| DR Congo | 21 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Cameroon | 25 |
| | | Gabon | 22 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 14 January 2008 15:00 | DR Congo | 21–11 | Gabon | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 January 2008 15:00 | | (7–6) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 14 January 2008 17:00 | Algeria | 34–32 | Cameroon | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |
| 14 January 2008 17:00 | | (17–18) | | Acácias Rubras, Benguela |

### Semifinals

| 15 January 2008 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 29–28 | Congo | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 January 2008 16:00 | | (13–13) | | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 15 January 2008 20:00 | Angola | 44–26 | Tunisia | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |
| 15 January 2008 20:00 | | (19–9) | | Pavilhão Multiusos, Luanda |

### Seventh place game

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

### Fifth place game

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

### Third place game

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

### Final

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

## Final ranking

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

* Most Valuable Player: Nair Almeida (ANG)
* Top scorer: N'Cho Elodie Mambo (CIV), 39 goals

### All-star team

* Maria Pedro (ANG)
* Nair Almeida (ANG)
* Marcelina Kiala (ANG)
* Isabel Fernandes (ANG)
* Ndona Bassarila (CGO)
* Chantal Okoye (CGO)
* Hela Msaad (TUN)
