African championship handball women 2016

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations de Handball 2016
22nd African Women's Handball Championship 2016
Number of nations	9
African champions	Angola (12th title)
venue	Luanda , Angola
Opening game	November 28, 2016
Endgame	December 7, 2016
Best player	Natália Bernardo
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The 22nd African Women's Handball Championship took place from November 28 to December 7, 2016 in the Angolan capital Luanda . The host was the Confédération Africaine de Handball (CAHB). Angola won its twelfth title.

At the appeal of Tunisia , the Senegal team was disqualified after the semi-finals, as captain Doungou Camara was a player who was not eligible to play.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the 2016 African Championship, which was announced for ten national teams:

• Angola (as host)
• Tunisia ( African Championship 2014 )
• DR Congo (African Championship 2014)
• Algeria (African Championship 2014)
• Republic of the Congo (African Championship 2014)
• Cameroon ( African Games 2015 )
• Senegal (African Games 2015)
• Ivory Coast ( Wildcard )
• Guinea (Wildcard)
• Nigeria

Egypt - originally also given a wildcard - withdrew its participation before the start of the African Cup.

venue

All the 2016 African Cup of Nations games were played in the Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba , a multi-purpose hall in Luanda with a capacity of 12,000.

Preliminary round

Results of the preliminary round:

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Angola	04th	04th	00	00	0136: 6900	+67	08th
02.	Cameroon	04th	03	00	01	0086:8600	± 0	06th
03.	Senegal	04th	02	00	02	0085:9400	−9	04th
04th	Ivory Coast	04th	01	00	03	0085: 1100	−25	02
05.	Democratic Republic of Congo	04th	00	00	04th	0092: 1250	−33	00

Group B

Egypt withdrew its participation before the start of the African Cup.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Tunisia	03	03	00	00	0087:6800	+19	06th
02.	Republic of the Congo	03	02	00	01	0083:6300	+20	04th
03.	Guinea	03	01	00	02	0064:8400	−20	02
04th	Algeria	03	00	00	03	0057:7600	−19	00

Main round

Quarter finals

The winners of the quarter-finals qualified for the semi-finals, while the losers in the placement round played out places five to eight.

date	time	encounter			Result
4th December 2016	13:00 'O clock	Ivory Coast	-	Tunisia	26:38 (13:21)
4th December 2016	3:00 p.m.	Republic of the Congo	-	Cameroon	27:32 (15:15)
4th December 2016	17:00 o'clock	Senegal	-	Guinea	27:15 (14: 7)
4th December 2016	7:00 p.m.	Angola	-	Algeria	42:19 (22: 9)

Semifinals

date	time	encounter			Result
5th December 2016	17:00 o'clock	Senegal	-	Tunisia	26:20 (17:11)
5th December 2016	7:00 p.m.	Angola	-	Cameroon	31:19 (17:12)

3rd place match

After Senegal's disqualification, the game for third place, scheduled for December 7, 2016, 5 p.m., was canceled.

final

date	time	encounter			Result
December 7, 2016	7:00 p.m.	Tunisia	-	Angola	17:36 (7:16)

Placement round

date	time	encounter			Result
Semi-finals of the placement round:
5th December 2016	13:00 'O clock	Algeria	-	Republic of the Congo	27:31 (12:16)
5th December 2016	3:00 p.m.	Guinea	-	Ivory Coast	20:23 (10:10)
Game for 7th place:
December 6, 2016	17:00 o'clock	Algeria	-	Guinea	33:26 (13:11)
Match for 5th place:
December 6, 2016	7:00 p.m.	Republic of the Congo	-	Ivory Coast	32:24

Final score

1. Angola
2. Tunisia
3. Cameroon
4. Congo
5. Ivory Coast
6. Algeria
7. Guinea
8. DR Congo

disqualified: Senegal

The top three teams, Angola, Tunisia and Cameroon, qualified for the 2017 World Cup in Germany.

Web links

• Official Homepage (French)
• Results on todor66.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Curious end of the African Cup, Senegal disqualified. In: handball-world.com. December 8, 2016, accessed November 1, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Participants in the African Championship have been determined. In: handball-world.com. June 5, 2016, accessed December 15, 2016 . 
3. ↑ African Championship 2016 drawn: host Angola meets the runner-up from 2014. In: handball-world.com. June 27, 2016, accessed December 15, 2016 . 
4. ^ Pavilhão Multiusos do Kilamba. In: World of Stadiums. Accessed December 15, 2016 . 
5. ↑ African Championship: Finalist from 2014 already eliminated. In: handball-world.com. December 3, 2016, accessed December 15, 2016 .