# 2013 African Women's Youth Handball Championship

The 2013 African Women's Youth Handball Championship was the 8th edition of the African Women's Youth Handball Championship. The event, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the supervision of the International Handball Federation, took place in the Republic of the Congo, in one host city, Oyo, from August 24 to 30. Seven teams participated on the tournament. Angola, the defending champion, retained its title, by beating Tunisia 29-18 in the final.
The tournament also served as the qualification for the 2014 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, in Macedonia.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Angola  Tunisia  Zambia | Congo  DR Congo  Guinea  Senegal |

## Preliminary round

The seven teams were divided into two groups. Top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals while the last three played for the 5th to 7th places.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 16 | +64 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 2 |
| Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 110 | −84 | 0 |
| 24 August 2013 14:00 | Angola | 57 – 06 | Zambia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 24 August 2013 14:00 | | (26–02) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 14:00 | Tunisia | 53 – 20 | Zambia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 14:00 | | (23–09) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 26 August 2013 16:00 | Angola | 23 – 10 | Tunisia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 26 August 2013 16:00 | | (14–04) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 61 | +19 | 6 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 3 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 3 |
| Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 89 | −35 | 0 |
| 23 August 2013 19:00 | Congo | 26 – 21 | Senegal | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 23 August 2013 19:00 | | (10–12) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 24 August 2013 16:00 | DR Congo | 23 – 23 | Senegal | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 24 August 2013 16:00 | | (11–10) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 24 August 2013 18:00 | Congo | 32 – 21 | Guinea | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 24 August 2013 18:00 | | (18–09) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 16:00 | Guinea | 15 – 28 | Senegal | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 16:00 | | (05–12) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 18:00 | DR Congo | 19 – 22 | Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 25 August 2013 18:00 | | (10–10) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 26 August 2013 14:00 | DR Congo | 29 – 18 | Guinea | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 26 August 2013 14:00 | | (14–10) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## Placement round 5–7
### Bracket

| Cross matches | Cross matches | 5th place final | 5th place final |
| 28 August 2013 – Oyo | 28 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Zambia | 08 |
| Zambia | 08 | 30 August 2013 – Oyo | 30 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Guinea | 43 | 30 August 2013 – Oyo | 30 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Guinea | 43 | DR Congo | 28 |
| | | Guinea | 20 |
| | | 7th place final | 7th place final |

### 5th to 7th place matches

| 28 August 2013 14:00 | Zambia | 08 – 43 | Guinea | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 28 August 2013 14:00 | | (07–19) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 29 August 2013 14:00 | DR Congo | 28 – 20 | Guinea | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 29 August 2013 14:00 | | (16–09) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 30 August 2013 14:00 | Zambia | 08 – 52 | DR Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 30 August 2013 14:00 | | (06–26) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 28 August 2013 – Oyo | 28 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Angola | 38 |
| Angola | 38 | 30 August 2013 – Oyo | 30 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Senegal | 24 | 30 August 2013 – Oyo | 30 August 2013 – Oyo |
| Senegal | 24 | Angola | 29 |
| 28 August 2013 – Oyo | 28 August 2013 – Oyo | | Angola | 29 |
| 28 August 2013 – Oyo | 28 August 2013 – Oyo | Tunisia | 18 |
| Congo | 24 | Tunisia | 18 |
| Tunisia | 25 | | |
| Tunisia | 25 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 29 August 2013 – Oyo | 29 August 2013 – Oyo |
| | | Senegal | 18 |
| | | Congo | 21 |

### Semifinals

| 28 August 2013 16:00 | Angola | 38 – 24 | Senegal | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 28 August 2013 16:00 | | (16–15) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 28 August 2013 18:00 | Congo | 24 – 25 | Tunisia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 28 August 2013 18:00 | | (10–11) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Bronze medal match

| 29 August 2013 16:00 | Senegal | 18 – 21 | Congo | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 29 August 2013 16:00 | | (14–10) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

### Final

| 30 August 2013 16:00 | Angola | 29 – 18 | Tunisia | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |
| 30 August 2013 16:00 | | (11–08) | | Complexe Sportif d'Oyo, Oyo |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2014 World Youth Championship and 2014 Youth Olympics
* Qualified for the 2014 World Youth Championship
| Rank | Team | Record | GD |
| | Angola | 4–0–0 | +89 |
| | Tunisia | 2–0–2 | +10 |
| | Congo | 4–0–1 | +22 |
| 4 | Senegal | 1–1–3 | +1 |
| 5 | DR Congo | 3–1–1 | +60 |
| 6 | Guinea | 1–0–4 | -8 |
| 7 | Zambia | 0–0–4 | -163 |

## Awards

* 2013 Women's Youth Handball African champions
* Angola 3rd title