2002 African Women's Handball Championship
# 2002 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2002 African Women's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Morocco from 19 to 28 April 2002. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 2 |
| Morocco (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 62 | −40 | 0 |
| 19 April 2002 | Tunisia | 38–11 | Morocco |
| 19 April 2002 | | (15–4) | |
| 20 April 2002 | Cameroon | 24–11 | Morocco |
| 20 April 2002 | | (6–2) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Tunisia | 27–21 | Cameroon |
| 21 April 2002 | | (15–12) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 2 |
| Gabon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 0 |
| 19 April 2002 | Angola | 36–16 | Gabon |
| 19 April 2002 | | (17–7) | |
| 20 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 32–12 | Gabon |
| 20 April 2002 | | (14–4) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Angola | 26–16 | Ivory Coast |
| 21 April 2002 | | (13–7) | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 4 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 0 |
| 19 April 2002 | Congo | 41–15 | DR Congo |
| 19 April 2002 | | (19–8) | |
| 20 April 2002 | Algeria | 29–20 | DR Congo |
| 20 April 2002 | | (12–11) | |
| 21 April 2002 | Algeria | 33–23 | Congo |
| 21 April 2002 | | (15–11) | |

## Second round

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 0 |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 0 |
| 23 April 2002 | Angola | 27–21 | Tunisia |
| 23 April 2002 | | (14–7) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Angola | 31–20 | Congo |
| 24 April 2002 | | (18–5) | |
| 25 April 2002 | Tunisia | v | Congo |

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 4 |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 0 |
| 23 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 26–22 | Cameroon |
| 23 April 2002 | | (12–9) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 20–19 | Algeria |
| 24 April 2002 | | (12–12) | |
| 25 April 2002 | Algeria | v | Cameroon |

## 7–9 placement group

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 0 |
| Morocco (H) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 0 |
| 23 April 2002 | Gabon | 22–13 | Morocco |
| 23 April 2002 | | (10–5) | |
| 24 April 2002 | Gabon | 18–16 | DR Congo |
| 24 April 2002 | | (5–6) | |
| 25 April 2002 | DR Congo | v | Morocco |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Angola | 33 |
| Algeria | 21 | | |
| Algeria | 21 | Angola | 30 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 21 |
| Tunisia | 20 | Ivory Coast | 21 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Algeria | 20 |
| | | Tunisia | 31 |

### Semifinals

| 26 April 2002 | Angola | 33–21 | Algeria |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 April 2002 | | (17–9) | |
| 26 April 2002 | Ivory Coast | 24–20 | Tunisia |
| 26 April 2002 | | (13–12) | |

### Fifth place game

| 26 April 2002 | Cameroon | 29–23 | Congo |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 April 2002 | | (9–8) | |

### Third place game

| 27 April 2002 | Tunisia | 31–20 | Algeria |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 April 2002 | | (19–13) | |

### Final

| 28 April 2002 | Angola | 30–21 | Ivory Coast |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28 April 2002 | | (13–7) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2003 World Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament
* Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Angola |
| | Ivory Coast |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Algeria |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | Congo |
| 7 | Gabon |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| 9 | Morocco |
