Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

For the men's tournament, see Handball at the 2015 African Games – Men's tournament.

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]

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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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   Mali   Senegal	Burkina Faso   Congo	Angola   Kenya   Nigeria	DR Congo   Ivory Coast   Zambia

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
Mali	2	0	0	2	24	60	−36	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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14 September 2015 16:00	Senegal	19–19	Cameroon	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
	Sankhare 6	(06–12)	Djong 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
Burkina Faso	2	0	0	2	41	79	−38	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

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

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	2	2	0	0	79	37	+42	4
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	57	53	+4	2
Kenya	2	0	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)	Musambai 5
	2×  2×	Report	1×  6×

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

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

Group D

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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14 September 2015 14:00	Ivory Coast	29–23	DR Congo	Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
	Traore, Brou 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
	Burkina Faso
									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	–	Burkina Faso	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)
	Emeribe 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)
	Mambou 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)
	Gomis 5	(8–12)	Djong 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)	Emeribe 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)	Ohaekwe 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	Burkina Faso	0–0–3
9	Mali	0–0–2
10	Kenya	0–0–2
11	Zambia	0–0–2

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

References

1. "AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold". ANGOP-Angolan News Agency. 20 Sep 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
2. . CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
3. . cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
4. . cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.

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