2018 African championship handball

23ème Coupe d'Afrique des Nations Seniors Dames 2018
23rd African Women's Handball Championship 2018
Number of nations	10
African champions	Angola (13th title)
venue	Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo
Opening game	02nd December 2018
Endgame	December 12, 2018
Games	33
Gates	1,759   (∅: 53.3 per game)
Top scorer	Christianne Mwasesa (63 goals)
Best player	Albertina Cassoma
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The 23rd African Women's Handball Championship took place from December 2 to 12, 2018 in Brazzaville , the capital of the Republic of the Congo . The host was the Confédération Africaine de Handball (CAHB). The 2018 African champions were the Angolan women's national handball team , which won their 13th title.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the 2018 African Championship, which was announced for ten national teams:

• Senegal
• Cameroon
• Tunisia
• Algeria
• Ivory Coast
• Angola
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Republic of the Congo (hosts)
• Guinea
• Morocco

venue

All the games of the African Cup of Nations 2018 were played in the Palais des sports de Kintélé , a multi-purpose hall opened in 2015 with a capacity of 10,134 spectators and belonging to the Complexe sportif de la Concorde de Kintélé in Brazzaville.

Preliminary round

At the end of the preliminary round, the table was as follows:

Final table of group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Senegal	04th	04th	00	00	0116: 8300	+33	08th
02.	Cameroon	04th	02	01	01	0109: 9100	+18	05
03.	Tunisia	04th	01	02	01	0105: 1030	+2	04th
04th	Algeria	04th	01	01	02	0091: 1160	−25	03
05.	Ivory Coast	04th	00	00	04th	0100: 1280	−28	00

Final table of group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Angola	04th	04th	00	00	0155: 7400	+81	08th
02.	Democratic Republic of Congo	04th	02	01	01	0123: 1030	+20	05
03.	Republic of the Congo	04th	02	01	01	0121: 1040	+17	05
04th	Guinea	04th	01	00	03	0097: 1340	−37	02
05.	Morocco	04th	00	00	04th	0082: 1630	−81	00

The four best-placed teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Main round

Quarter finals

date	time	encounter			Result
December 9, 2018	11:30 a.m.	Senegal	-	Guinea	23:16 (12: 7)
	14:00 clock	DR Congo	-	Tunisia	37:30 (20:11)
	4:30 p.m.	Algeria	-	Angola	17:41 (6:21)
	7:00 p.m.	Cameroon	-	Republic of the Congo	22:21 (12:10)

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

Semifinals

date	time	encounter			Result
December 10, 2018	17:00 o'clock	Senegal	-	DR Congo	22:21 (11: 9)
	7:00 p.m.	Cameroon	-	Angola	16:25 (8:15)

3rd place match

date	time	encounter			Result
December 12, 2018	1:30 p.m.	DR Congo	-	Cameroon	33:22 (16:10)

final

Senegal and Angola contested the final of the 23rd African Women's Handball Championship:

date	time	encounter			Result
December 12, 2018	4:00 p.m.	Senegal	-	Angola	14:19 (10: 7)

This makes Angola the 2018 African champions.

Placement round

date	time	encounter			Result
Game for 9th place:
December 10, 2018	11:00 o'clock	Ivory Coast	-	Morocco	38:31 (18:12)
Semi-finals of the placement round:
December 10, 2018	13:00 'O clock	Guinea	-	Tunisia	26:30 (16:15)
	3:00 p.m.	Republic of the Congo	-	Algeria	24:22 (16:14)
Game for 7th place:
December 11, 2018	3:00 p.m.	Guinea	-	Algeria	34:22
Match for 5th place:
December 11, 2018	17:00 o'clock	Tunisia	-	Republic of the Congo	23:31 (13:13)

Final score

1.  Angola
2.  Senegal
3.  Democratic Republic of Congo
4.  Cameroon
5.  Republic of the Congo
6.  Tunisia
7.  Guinea
8.  Algeria
9.  Ivory Coast
10.  Morocco

The top three teams - Angola, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - are qualified for the 2019 World Cup in Japan. In addition, Angola is qualified as Africa Champion 2018 for the Olympic Games 2020 , which will also take place in Japan.

Web links

• Official website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 23e CAN seniors dames de handball: l'Angola consacré pour la 13e fois. In: CongoActuel.com. December 12, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 (French). 
2. ↑ Andebol: Albertina Cassoma MVP do africano. In: ANGOP.ao. December 12, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 (Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Nicolas Bamba: CAN 2018 de handball (F): l'Angola est déjà en forme. In: RFI.fr ( Radio France Internationale ). December 2, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 (French).