# 2012 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2012 African Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

## Teams

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

## Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco.
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 79 | +46 | 8 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 115 | −23 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 93 | +2 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 95 | +3 | 3 |
| Egypt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 114 | −28 | 1 |
| 11 January 2012 11:00 | Ivory Coast | 28–16 | Egypt | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 11:00 | | (12–7) | | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 15:00 | Cameroon | 24–26 | DR Congo | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 15:00 | | (12–18) | | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 11:00 | Angola | 25–23 | Ivory Coast | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 January 2012 11:00 | three players 5 | (15–16) | Gondo Bredou 7 | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 January 2012 19:00 | Egypt | 24–27 | Cameroon | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 19:00 | | (14–12) | | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 11:00 | DR Congo | 23–23 | Egypt | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 11:00 | | (11–12) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 17:00 | Cameroon | 18–24 | Angola | Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN) |
| 13 January 2012 17:00 | Megouem Lah 5 | (9–14) | three players 5 | Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN) |
| 15 January 2012 17:00 | Angola | 40–15 | DR Congo | Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Makhlouf, Krichene (TUN) |
| 15 January 2012 17:00 | Carolina 7 | (15–9) | Mwasesa 8 | Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Makhlouf, Krichene (TUN) |
| 15 January 2012 19:00 | Ivory Coast | 19–26 | Cameroon | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 15 January 2012 19:00 | | (5–14) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 11:00 | DR Congo | 28–28 | Ivory Coast | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 11:00 | | (18–15) | | Moulay Abdullah, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 13:00 | Egypt | 23–36 | Angola | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN) |
| 16 January 2012 13:00 | Ehsan 7 | (12–19) | Luísa 6 | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 78 | +45 | 8 |
| Algeria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 74 | +23 | 6 |
| Congo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 88 | +16 | 4 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 100 | −5 | 2 |
| Morocco (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | +46 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC±0).
| 11 January 2012 13:00 | Tunisia | 30–18 | Algeria | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 13:00 | Chebbah, Elghaoui 8 | (15–8) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 17:00 | Senegal | 25–15 | Morocco | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 11 January 2012 17:00 | | (14–9) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 11:00 | Algeria | 25–17 | Senegal | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 11:00 | | (12–9) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 17:00 | Morocco | 16–34 | Congo | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 12 January 2012 17:00 | | (7–18) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 13:00 | Congo | 28–23 | Senegal | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 13:00 | | (17–11) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 19:00 | Morocco | 8–35 | Tunisia | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 13 January 2012 19:00 | | (5–17) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 15 January 2012 13:00 | Tunisia | 26–22 | Congo | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 15 January 2012 13:00 | Elghaoui 6 | (14–9) | | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 15 January 2012 15:00 | Algeria | 31–7 | Morocco | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 15 January 2012 15:00 | | (16–4) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 13:00 | Congo | 20–23 | Algeria | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 13:00 | | (10–13) | | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 17:00 | Senegal | 30–32 | Tunisia | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 16 January 2012 17:00 | | (15–16) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 January | 18 January | | | |
| Angola | 41 | | | |
| Angola | 41 | 19 January | 19 January | | |
| Senegal | 20 | 19 January | 19 January | |
| Senegal | 20 | Angola | 39 | |
| 18 January | 18 January | | Angola | 39 | |
| 18 January | 18 January | DR Congo | 19 | |
| Congo | 19 | DR Congo | 19 | |
| Congo | 19 | | | | 20 January | 20 January |
| DR Congo | 29 | | | | 20 January | 20 January |
| DR Congo | 29 | | | | Angola | 26 |
| 18 January | 18 January | | | | | Angola | 26 |
| 18 January | 18 January | | | | Tunisia | 24 |
| Algeria | 23 | | | | Tunisia | 24 |
| Algeria | 23 | 19 January | 19 January | | | |
| Cameroon | 22 | 19 January | 19 January | | | |
| Cameroon | 22 | Algeria | 24 | | | |
| 18 January | 18 January | | Algeria | 24 | | | |
| 18 January | 18 January | Tunisia | 27 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | Tunisia | 27 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | | | | 20 January | 20 January |
| Tunisia | 24 | | | | 20 January | 20 January |
| Tunisia | 24 | | | | DR Congo | 33 |
| | | | | | Algeria | 24 |

#### 5–8th bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 19 January | 19 January |
| Cameroon | 19 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 20 January | 20 January |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 20 January | 20 January |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | Cameroon | 22 |
| 19 January | 19 January | | Cameroon | 22 |
| 19 January | 19 January | Congo | 19 |
| Senegal | 22 | Congo | 19 |
| Congo | 25 | | |
| Congo | 25 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 20 January | 20 January |
| | | Ivory Coast | 28 |
| | | Senegal | 21 |
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Quarterfinals

| 18 January 2012 12:00 | Congo | 19–29 | DR Congo | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 18 January 2012 12:00 | | (10–10) | | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 18 January 2012 14:30 | Angola | 41–20 | Senegal | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY) |
| 18 January 2012 14:30 | Azenaide 9 | (19–10) | Cissé 7 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY) |
| 18 January 2012 17:00 | Algeria | 23–22 | Cameroon | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 18 January 2012 17:00 | Titou 10 | (11–10) | | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 18 January 2012 20:00 | Ivory Coast | 19–24 | Tunisia | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 18 January 2012 20:00 | | (7–11) | Toumi 7 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |

### 5–8th semifinals

| 19 January 2012 11:00 | Cameroon | 19–18 | Ivory Coast | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 19 January 2012 11:00 | | (11–11) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 19 January 2012 15:00 | Senegal | 22–25 | Congo | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 19 January 2012 15:00 | | (10–13) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |

### Semifinals

| 19 January 2012 12:00 | Angola | 39–19 | DR Congo | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Echennaoui, Nasse (MAR) |
| 19 January 2012 12:00 | Natália 6 | (23–9) | Mwasesa 6 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Echennaoui, Nasse (MAR) |
| 19 January 2012 14:30 | Algeria | 24–27 | Tunisia | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 19 January 2012 14:30 | Titou 8 | (10–10) | Elghaoui 7 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |

### Ninth place game

| 17 January 2012 15:00 | Egypt | 32–12 | Morocco | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |
| 17 January 2012 15:00 | | (15–8) | | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé |

### Seventh place game

| 20 January 2012 11:00 | Ivory Coast | 28–21 | Senegal | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 20 January 2012 11:00 | | (14–8) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |

### Fifth place game

| 20 January 2012 13:00 | Cameroon | 22–19 | Congo | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |
| 20 January 2012 13:00 | | (11–8) | | Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé |

### Bronze medal game

| 20 January 2012 11:00 | DR Congo | 33–24 | Algeria | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY) |
| 20 January 2012 11:00 | Mwasesa 10 | (14–8) | Titou 10 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY) |

### Final

| 20 January 2012 17:00 | Angola | 26–24 | Tunisia | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |
| 20 January 2012 17:00 | Marcelina 8 | (12–12) | Chebbah, Toumi 7 | Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2013 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Angola | 7–0–0 |
| | Tunisia | 6–0–1 |
| | DR Congo | 3–2–2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 4–0–3 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 4–0–3 |
| 6 | Congo | 3–0–4 |
| 7 | Ivory Coast | 2–1–4 |
| 8 | Senegal | 1–0–6 |
| 9 | Egypt | 1–1–3 |
| 10 | Morocco | 0–0–5 |

## Awards

* 2012 African Women's Handball Championship
* Angola 11th title
* Best Player
* Mouna Chebbah

### All-Tournament Team

| GK | Odeth Tavares |
| RW | Nabila Tizi |
| RB | Luísa Kiala |
| CB | Mouna Chebbah |
| LB | Christianne Mwasesa |
| LW | Natália Bernardo |
| P | Asma Elghaoui |