# 2004 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2004 African Women's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Egypt from 9 to 18 April 2004. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cameroon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 73 | +19 | 6 |
| Angola | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 70 | +27 | 4 |
| Egypt (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 96 | −17 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 90 | −29 | 0 |
| 9 April 2004 15:00 | Cameroon | 28–27 | Angola | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 15:00 | | (10–9) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 16:00 | Egypt | 27–25 | DR Congo | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 9 April 2004 16:00 | | (13–10) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 11:00 | Cameroon | 33–27 | Egypt | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 11:00 | | (19–9) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 15:00 | Angola | 32–17 | DR Congo | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 15:00 | | (17–9) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 16:00 | Angola | 38–25 | Egypt | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 16:00 | | (19–12) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 17:00 | Cameroon | 31–19 | DR Congo | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 17:00 | | (14–13) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 65 | +49 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 79 | +29 | 4 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 77 | +18 | 2 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 138 | −96 | 0 |
| 10 April 2004 15:00 | Tunisia | 29–24 | Congo | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 15:00 | | (16–12) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 15:00 | Ivory Coast | 44–17 | Tanzania | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 10 April 2004 15:00 | | (21–9) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 13:00 | Tunisia | 55–13 | Tanzania | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 13:00 | | (28–5) | | Police Union Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 17:00 | Ivory Coast | 36–32 | Congo | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 12 April 2004 17:00 | | (13–17) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 15:00 | Congo | 39–12 | Tanzania | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 15:00 | | (14–6) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | Tunisia | 30–28 | Ivory Coast | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 13 April 2004 19:00 | | (13–12) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Cameroon | 27 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | Cameroon | 20 |
| | | Angola | 31 |
| Angola (OT) | 31 | Angola | 31 |
| Tunisia | 28 | | |
| Tunisia | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Ivory Coast | 24 |
| | | Tunisia | 22 |

#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Egypt | 37 |
| Tanzania | 22 | | |
| Tanzania | 22 | Egypt | 20 |
| | | Congo | 32 |
| DR Congo | 24 | Congo | 32 |
| Congo | 34 | | |
| Congo | 34 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Tanzania | 17 |
| | | DR Congo | 31 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 14 April 2004 17:00 | Egypt | 27–22 | Tanzania | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 17:00 | | (14–9) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 17:00 | Congo | 34–24 | DR Congo | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 14 April 2004 17:00 | | (16–11) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |

### Semifinals

| 16 April 2004 14:00 | Cameroon | 27–25 | Ivory Coast | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 16 April 2004 14:00 | | (14–13) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 16 April 2004 17:00 | Angola | 31–28 (ET) | Tunisia | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 16 April 2004 17:00 | | (14–13) | | Media Hall, Cairo |
| Media Hall, Cairo |||

### Seventh place game

| 16 April 2004 10:00 | DR Congo | 31–17 | Tanzania | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 16 April 2004 10:00 | | (19–8) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Fifth place game

| 16 April 2004 14:00 | Congo | 32–20 | Egypt | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 16 April 2004 14:00 | | (15–14) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Third place game

| 17 April 2004 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 24–22 | Tunisia | Media Hall, Cairo |
| 17 April 2004 16:00 | | (14–13) | | Media Hall, Cairo |

### Final

| 18 April 2004 16:00 | Angola | 31–20 | Cameroon | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |
| 18 April 2004 16:00 | | (14–10) | | Cairo Main Hall, Cairo |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Angola |
| | Cameroon |
| | Ivory Coast |
| 4 | Tunisia |
| 5 | Congo |
| 6 | Egypt |
| 7 | DR Congo |
| 8 | Tanzania |