Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

Handball at the 2015 African Games
Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Dates	10–19 September, 2015
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) (in 1 Brazzaville host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (6th title)
Runner-up	Cameroon
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches	16
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The 2015 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 9th, 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 from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 11 national teams and won by Angola.^[1]^[2]

Squads[]

Format[]

The 11 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Draw[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Cameroon Senegal	Congo	Angola Kenya Nigeria	DR Congo Ivory Coast

Group stage ^[3][]

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	52	32	+20	3
Senegal	2	1	1	0	46	30	+16	3
	2	0	0	2	24	60	−36	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

10 September 2015 12:00	Cameroon	33–13		Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	9	(13–08)	4
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

12 September 2015 18:00	Senegal	27–11		Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
	9	(14–05)	Doucoure 4
	3× 3×	Report	1× 1×

14 September 2015 16:00	Senegal	19–19	Cameroon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	6	(06–12)	6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 9×

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	2	2	0	0	79	41	+38	4
	2	0	0	2	41	79	−38	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

10 September 2015 18:00	Congo	40–23		Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
	10	(20–12)	8
	3× 10×	Report	2× 3×

14 September 2015 18:00		18–39	Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
	, 5	(11–20)	7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	2	2	0	79	37	+42	4
Nigeria	2	1	1	57	53	+4	2
Kenya	2	0	2	28	74	−46	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

10 September 2015 14:00	Angola	42–12	Kenya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Dombaxe 4	(24–07)	5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 6×

12 September 2015 16:00	Nigeria	32–16	Kenya	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
	13	(16–07)	8
	5× 3×	Report	2× 6×

14 September 2015 12:00	Nigeria	25–37	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
	6	(09–19)	Azenaide 7
	5×	Report	2× 3×

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	78	39	+39	4
DR Congo	2	1	1	74	39	+35	2
	2	0	2	26	100	−74	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

10 September 2015 16:00	DR Congo	51–10		Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
	5	(21–5)	4
	3× 1×	Report	2× 7×

12 September 2015 14:00	Ivory Coast	49–16		Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	Traore 10	(21–04)	9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 10×

14 September 2015 14:00	Ivory Coast	29–23	DR Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Traore, 5	(12–11)	Mwasesa 10
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage[]

All matches were played in: Palais des Sports Kintélé, Brazzaville

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 September 2015

DR Congo	22
		18 September 2015
Angola	29
		Senegal	19
16 September 2015
		Cameroon	27
Cameroon *
				19 September 2015

				Cameroon	29
16 September 2015
				Angola	33
Nigeria	25
		18 September 2015
Ivory Coast	20
		Angola	32
16 September 2015
		Nigeria	10	Third place
Congo	16
				19 September 2015
Senegal	24
				Senegal	25

				Nigeria	24

* walkover win

Quarter-finals[]

16 September 2015 12:00	DR Congo	22–29	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Mwasesa 11	(11–15)	Azenaide 8
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

16 September 2015 14:00	Cameroon	–	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
		(–)
		Report

16 September 2015 :00	Nigeria	25–20	Ivory Coast	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
	12	(11–11)	Traore 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

16 September 2015 18:00	Congo	16–24	Senegal	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV)
	6	(08–13)	Camara 9
	2×	Report	2× 4×

Semi-finals[]

18 September 2015 12:00	Senegal	19–27	Cameroon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
	5	(8–12)	5
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3× 1×

September 2015 14:30	Angola	32–10	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
	Vilma 9	(15–06)	3
	4× 4×	Report	2× 8×

Bronze medal match[]

19 September 2015 10:00	Senegal	25–24	Nigeria	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
	Cissé 11	(14–12)	8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 7×

Gold medal match[]

19 September 2015 14:00	Cameroon	29–33 (ET)	Angola	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Essam 10	(14–14)	Viegas 8
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 29–33

Final standings ^[4][]

Rank	Team	Record
	Angola	5–0–0
	Cameroon	3–1–1
	Senegal	3–1–1
4	Nigeria	2–0–3
5	Ivory Coast	2–0–1
6	Congo	2–0–1
7	DR Congo	1–0–2
8		0–0–3
9		0–0–2
10	Kenya	0–0–2
11		0–0–2

2015 African Games Women's Handball winner
Angola 5th title

References[]

^ "AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold". ANGOP-Angolan News Agency. 20 Sep 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
^ "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
^ "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
^ "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

External links[]

Tournament profile at todor66.com

[1] "AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold". ANGOP-Angolan News Agency. 20 Sep 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

[2] "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

[3] "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

[4] "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

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Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

Squads[]

Format[]

Draw[]

Group stage [3][]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Group C[]

Group D[]

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final standings [4][]

References[]

External links[]

Group stage ^[3][]

Final standings ^[4][]