# 2000 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2000 African Women's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algeria from 23 April to 1 May 2000. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 59 | +21 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 73 | +6 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 2 |
| Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 92 | −39 | 0 |
| 23 April 2000 14:30 | Angola | 30–22 | Tunisia | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 23 April 2000 14:30 | | (17–12) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 23 April 2000 14:30 | Ivory Coast | 26–11 | Senegal | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 23 April 2000 14:30 | | (12–5) | | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 25 April 2000 14:30 | Angola | 30–19 | Senegal | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 25 April 2000 14:30 | | (15–7) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 25 April 2000 14:30 | Tunisia | 21–20 | Ivory Coast | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 25 April 2000 14:30 | | (11–12) | | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 27 April 2000 14:30 | Tunisia | 36–23 | Senegal | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 27 April 2000 14:30 | | (16–8) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 27 April 2000 16:30 | Angola | 20–18 | Ivory Coast | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 27 April 2000 16:30 | | (8–10) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 6 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 4 |
| Algeria (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 61 | +11 | 2 |
| Gabon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 93 | −53 | 0 |
| 22 April 2000 18:30 | Cameroon | 25–23 | Algeria | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 22 April 2000 18:30 | | (14–13) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 22 April 2000 18:30 | Congo | 35–10 | Gabon | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 22 April 2000 18:30 | | (14–4) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 24 April 2000 14:30 | Congo | 21–18 | Algeria | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 24 April 2000 14:30 | | (11–9) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 24 April 2000 16:30 | Cameroon | 27–15 | Gabon | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 24 April 2000 16:30 | | (13–6) | | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 26 April 2000 14:30 | Congo | 24–20 | Cameroon | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 26 April 2000 14:30 | | (14–9) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 26 April 2000 16:30 | Algeria | 31–15 | Gabon | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 26 April 2000 16:30 | | (14–6) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Angola | 26 |
| Cameroon | 21 | | |
| Cameroon | 21 | Angola | 30 |
| | | Congo | 21 |
| Tunisia | 16 | Congo | 21 |
| Congo | 24 | | |
| Congo | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Cameroon | 33 |
| | | Tunisia (OT) | 34 |

### Semifinals

| 29 April 2000 14:30 | Congo | 24–16 | Tunisia | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 29 April 2000 14:30 | | (12–7) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 29 April 2000 16:30 | Angola | 26–21 | Cameroon | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 29 April 2000 16:30 | | (13–13) | | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |

### Seventh place game

| 30 April 2000 14:30 | Senegal | 18–14 | Gabon | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |
| 30 April 2000 14:30 | | (11–6) | | Salle de Gue Constantine, Constantine |

### Fifth place game

| 30 April 2000 14:30 | Ivory Coast | 24–15 | Algeria | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 30 April 2000 14:30 | | (9–6) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |

### Third place game

| 30 April 2000 16:30 | Tunisia | 34–33 (ET) | Cameroon | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 30 April 2000 16:30 | | (13–10) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |||

### Final

| 1 May 2000 | Angola | 30–21 | Congo | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |
| 1 May 2000 | | (14–10) | | Salle Hacène Harcha, Algiers |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2001 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Angola |
| | Congo |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Cameroon |
| 5 | Ivory Coast |
| 6 | Algeria |
| 7 | Senegal |
| 8 | Gabon |