# 2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

The 2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the championship organised by the Ivory Coast Handball Federation under the auspices of the African Handball Confederation. It was held in Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from 11 to 17 September 2017. It was played in under-17 years category. It was the third time that Ivory Coast staged the competition. It also acts as qualification tournament for the IHF Women's Youth World Handball Championship. Top three teams i.e. Egypt, Tunisia and Angola qualifies for the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Poland.

## Participating teams

* Egypt (Defending Champion)
* Tunisia
* Angola
* Senegal
* DR Congo
* Algeria
* Ivory Coast (Host)

## Round-robin

All teams played in a round robin system.
All times are local (UTC+0).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Egypt | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 99 | +74 | 12 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 195 | 155 | +40 | 9 |
| Angola | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 162 | 135 | +27 | 9 |
| Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 158 | +4 | 6 |
| DR Congo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 166 | −35 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 136 | 171 | −35 | 2 |
| Algeria | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 135 | 210 | −75 | 0 |

## Match results

| 11 September 2017 14:00 | Angola | 26–19 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 11 September 2017 16:00 | Tunisia | 41–30 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 11 September 2017 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 25–28 | Senegal | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 12 September 2017 14:00 | DR Congo | 26–20 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 12 September 2017 16:00 | Tunisia | 41–28 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 12 September 2017 18:00 | Egypt | 33–17 | Senegal | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 13 September 2017 14:00 | Angola | 37–18 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 13 September 2017 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 8–23 | Egypt | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 13 September 2017 18:00 | Tunisia | 30–26 | Senegal | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 14 September 2017 14:00 | Algeria | 14–36 | Egypt | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 14 September 2017 16:00 | Senegal | 22–23 | Angola | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 14 September 2017 18:00 | DR Congo | 27–22 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15 September 2017 14:00 | Egypt | 23–19 | Tunisia | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15 September 2017 16:00 | Senegal | 27–18 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 15 September 2017 18:00 | Ivory Coast | 25–28 | Angola | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 16 September 2017 14:00 | DR Congo | 22–38 | Tunisia | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 16 September 2017 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 28–24 | Algeria | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 16 September 2017 18:00 | Egypt | 25–22 | Angola | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 17 September 2017 12:00 | Algeria | 29–42 | Senegal | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 17 September 2017 14:00 | Egypt | 33–19 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |
| 17 September 2017 16:00 | Angola | 26–26 | Tunisia | Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | Tunisia |
| | Angola |
| 4 | Senegal |
| 5 | DR Congo |
| 6 | Ivory Coast |
| 7 | Algeria |
* Team qualified for the 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship