# 2010 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2010 African Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship. It was held in Cairo and Suez Egypt between 10 and 21 February 2010.

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| Ivory Coast  Algeria  Tunisia  Cameroon | Congo DR  Congo  Angola  Egypt |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 66 | +25 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 4 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 80 | −17 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 0 |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | Ivory Coast | 22–19 | Algeria | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | | (16–11) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 11 February 2010 17:00 | Tunisia | 25–19 | Cameroon | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 11 February 2010 17:00 | | (11–9) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 11 February 2010 17:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | Cameroon | 15–17 | Ivory Coast | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | | (7–9) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | Algeria | 20–35 | Tunisia | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | | (11–20) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 12 February 2010 16:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 14:00 | Cameroon | 23–24 | Algeria | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 14:00 | | (13–12) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 14:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 27–31 | Tunisia | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | | (13–13) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 61 | +20 | 5 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 83 | +6 | 4 |
| Egypt (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 88 | −11 | 2 |
| Congo DR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 90 | −15 | 1 |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | Congo | 37–31 | Congo DR | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | | (20–18) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 11 February 2010 13:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 11 February 2010 19:00 | Angola | 32–21 | Egypt | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 11 February 2010 19:00 | | (14–13) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 11 February 2010 19:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 15:00 | Congo DR | 15–24 | Angola | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 15:00 | | (7–13) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 15:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 19:00 | Egypt | 27–27 | Congo | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 19:00 | | (14–17) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 12 February 2010 19:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | Angola | 25–25 | Congo | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | | (13–16) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 16:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 18:00 | Congo DR | 29–29 | Egypt | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 18:00 | | (12–15) | | Al Nasr, Suez |
| 13 February 2010 18:00 | | Report | | Al Nasr, Suez |

## Ranking round

| Placement matches | Placement matches | 5th/6th place | 5th/6th place |
| February 16 – Cairo | February 16 – Cairo |
| Egypt | 31 |
| Egypt | 31 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo |
| Cameroon | 27 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo |
| Cameroon | 27 | Egypt | 26 |
| February 16 – Cairo | February 16 – Cairo | | Egypt | 26 |
| February 16 – Cairo | February 16 – Cairo | Congo | 29 |
| Congo | 29 | Congo | 29 |
| Congo DR | 24 | | |
| Congo DR | 24 | 7th/8th place | 7th/8th place |
| | | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo |
| | | Cameroon | 30 |
| | | Congo DR | 28 |

### Placement matches

| 16 February 2010 14:00 | Egypt | 31–27 | Cameroon | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 16 February 2010 14:00 | | (15–15) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 16 February 2010 14:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 16 February 2010 18:30 | Congo | 29–24 | Congo DR | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 16 February 2010 18:30 | | (17–8) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 16 February 2010 18:30 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |

### Seventh place play-off

| 18 February 2010 12:00 | Cameroon | 30–28 | Congo DR | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 12:00 | | (10–11) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 12:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |

### Fifth place play-off

| 18 February 2010 14:30 | Egypt | 26–29 | Congo | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 14:30 | | (12–17) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 14:30 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |

## Final round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | | | |
| Cameroon | 17 | | | |
| Cameroon | 17 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo | | |
| Angola | 30 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo | |
| Angola | 30 | Angola | 27 | |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | | Angola | 27 | |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | Ivory Coast | 24 | |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | Ivory Coast | 24 | |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | | | | February 20 – Cairo | February 20 – Cairo |
| Egypt | 32 | | | | February 20 – Cairo | February 20 – Cairo |
| Egypt | 32 | | | | Angola | 31 |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | | | | | Angola | 31 |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | | | | Tunisia | 30 |
| Tunisia | 40 | | | | Tunisia | 30 |
| Tunisia | 40 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo | | | |
| Congo DR | 23 | February 18 – Cairo | February 18 – Cairo | | | |
| Congo DR | 23 | Tunisia | 36 | | | |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | | Tunisia | 36 | | | |
| February 15 – Cairo | February 15 – Cairo | Algeria | 16 | | Third place | Third place |
| Congo | 26 | Algeria | 16 | | Third place | Third place |
| Congo | 26 | | | | February 20 – Cairo | February 20 – Cairo |
| Algeria | 27 | | | | February 20 – Cairo | February 20 – Cairo |
| Algeria | 27 | | | | Ivory Coast | 32 |
| | | | | | Algeria | 28 |

### Quarterfinals

| 15 February 2010 12:00 | Cameroon | 17–30 | Angola | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 12:00 | | (11–16) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 12:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 14:30 | Ivory Coast | 38–32 | Egypt | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 14:30 | | (17–14) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 14:30 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 17:00 | Tunisia | 40–23 | Congo DR | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 17:00 | | (17–13) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 17:00 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 19:30 | Congo | 26–27 | Algeria | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 19:30 | | (15–12) | | Middle Hall, Cairo |
| 15 February 2010 19:30 | | Report | | Middle Hall, Cairo |

### Semifinals

| 18 February 2010 17:00 | Angola | 27–24 | Ivory Coast | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 17:00 | | (13–8) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 17:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 19:30 | Tunisia | 36–16 | Algeria | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 19:30 | | (16–11) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 February 2010 19:30 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |

### Third place play-off

| 20 February 2010 12:00 | Ivory Coast | 32–28 | Algeria | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 20 February 2010 12:00 | | (17–13) | | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 20 February 2010 12:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |

### Final

| 20 February 2010 17:00 | Angola | 31–30 | Tunisia | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 20 February 2010 17:00 | Luísa 9 | (14–13) | Khouildi 9 | Main Hall, Cairo |
| 20 February 2010 17:00 | | Report | | Main Hall, Cairo |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2011 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Angola | 5–1–0 |
| | Tunisia | 5–0–1 |
| | Ivory Coast | 4–0–2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 2–0–4 |
| 5 | Congo | 3–2–1 |
| 6 | Egypt | 1–2–2 |
| 7 | Cameroon | 1–0–4 |
| 8 | DR Congo | 0–1–4 |

## Awards

* 2010 African Women's Handball Championship
* Angola 10th title
* Best Player
* Mouna Chebbah