# 2006 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2006 African Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Tunisia from 12 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 1 |
| 12 January 2006 16:30 | Congo | 31–18 | Cameroon | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |
| 12 January 2006 16:30 | | (11–9) | | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | Congo | 28–23 | Ivory Coast | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | | (16–11) | | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | Ivory Coast | 27–27 | Cameroon | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | | (15–14) | | Arena Sport Center, Ariana |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 54 | +62 | 5 |
| Tunisia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 5 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 89 | −25 | 2 |
| Gabon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 125 | −73 | 0 |
| 10 January 2006 16:30 | Tunisia | 39–17 | Gabon | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 10 January 2006 16:30 | | (19–7) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 11 January 2006 14:30 | Angola | 55–12 | Gabon | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 11 January 2006 14:30 | | (28–7) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 12 January 2006 16:30 | Angola | 40–21 | DR Congo | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 12 January 2006 16:30 | | (18–11) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | Tunisia | 26–12 | DR Congo | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 14 January 2006 16:30 | | (16–5) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | Angola | 21–21 | Tunisia | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 16:30 | | (10–8) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 20:30 | DR Congo | 31–23 | Gabon | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 16 January 2006 20:30 | | (12–10) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Congo | 21 |
| Tunisia | 24 | | |
| Tunisia | 24 | Tunisia | 30 |
| | | Angola | 32 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | Angola | 32 |
| Angola (OT) | 29 | | |
| Angola (OT) | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Congo | 22 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 15 |

### Semifinals

| 18 January 2006 16:30 | Tunisia | 24–21 | Congo | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 18 January 2006 16:30 | | (11–11) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 18 January 2006 16:30 | Angola | 29–28 (ET) | Ivory Coast | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |||

### Fifth place game

| 19 January 2006 14:30 | Cameroon | 31–27 | DR Congo | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 19 January 2006 14:30 | | (12–13) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Third place game

| 19 January 2006 16:30 | Congo | 22–15 | Ivory Coast | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |
| 19 January 2006 16:30 | | (11–6) | | El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis |

### Final

| 20 January 2006 18:30 | Angola | 32–30 | Tunisia | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |
| 20 January 2006 18:30 | | (18–15) | | Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2007 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Angola |
| | Tunisia |
| | Congo |
| 4 | Ivory Coast |
| 5 | Cameroon |
| 6 | DR Congo |
| 7 | Gabon |