# 2016 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2016 African Women's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Luanda, Angola from 28 November to 7 December 2016. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.
This was the first time in the history of the African championships that the male and female editions were organized in two different countries at different times. While men and women competitions were traditionally gathered in the same installations every two years in January, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) had decided to separate the two competitions after several votes at a meeting on 23 January 2015 at the Abbasside Palace hotel in Algiers.

## Venue

| Luanda | Luanda | Luanda |
| Luanda ||

## Qualification

| Country | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Algeria | 15(1976, 1979, 1981,1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Angola | 18 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Cameroon | 14 (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Congo | 20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| DR Congo | 8 (1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| Guinea | 1 (2014) |
| Ivory Coast | 19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
| Senegal | 7 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2012, 2014) |
| Tunisia | 17 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

## Draw

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

## Preliminary round

Times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Angola (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 69 | +67 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Senegal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 85 | +9 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 95 | −18 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 110 | −25 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | DR Congo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 125 | −33 | 0 | |
| 28 November 2016 13:00 | DR Congo | 22–28 | Senegal | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 28 November 2016 13:00 | Mwasesa 9 | (10–15) | Diop 8 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 28 November 2016 13:00 | 4× 6× 1× | | 2× 2× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 28 November 2016 19:00 | Angola | 37–18 | Ivory Coast | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 28 November 2016 19:00 | three players 5 | (21–7) | Fofana 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 28 November 2016 19:00 | 3× 1× 1× | | 2× 4× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 29 November 2016 17:00 | Ivory Coast | 17–22 | Cameroon | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 29 November 2016 17:00 | Fofana 4 | (6–11) | Nchouapougnigni, Touba 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 29 November 2016 17:00 | 1× 2× 1× | | 2× 6× 1× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 29 November 2016 19:00 | Senegal | 18–31 | Angola | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 29 November 2016 19:00 | Paye 4 | (9–16) | Natália 8 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 29 November 2016 19:00 | 2× 4× | | 2× 4× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 30 November 2016 15:00 | Ivory Coast | 33–27 | DR Congo | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Pinto, Gomes (ANG) |
| 30 November 2016 15:00 | Fofana 9 | (14–14) | three players 4 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Pinto, Gomes (ANG) |
| 30 November 2016 15:00 | 3× 2× | | 3× 4× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Pinto, Gomes (ANG) |
| 30 November 2016 19:00 | Cameroon | 14–30 | Angola | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 30 November 2016 19:00 | Touba 4 | (5–16) | Natália 10 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 30 November 2016 19:00 | 2× 7× | | 4× 2× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 1 December 2016 17:00 | DR Congo | 24–26 | Cameroon | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 1 December 2016 17:00 | Mwasesa 13 | (9–14) | Touba 15 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 1 December 2016 17:00 | 1× 3× | | 3× 11× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 1 December 2016 19:00 | Senegal | 24–17 | Ivory Coast | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 1 December 2016 19:00 | Cissé, Paye 4 | (12–9) | Issifou | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 1 December 2016 19:00 | 4× 4× | | 2× 7× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 2 December 2016 15:00 | Cameroon | 15-24 | Senegal | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 2 December 2016 15:00 | Manga 4 | (6–12) | Cissé 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 2 December 2016 15:00 | 3× 6× | | 3× 5× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| 2 December 2016 19:00 | Angola | 38–19 | DR Congo | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG) |
| 2 December 2016 19:00 | Viegas 10 | (18–11) | Oholanga 9 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG) |
| 2 December 2016 19:00 | 3× 4× | | 2× 2× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 68 | +19 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Congo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 84 | −20 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 76 | −19 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 28 November 2016 11:00 | Tunisia | 34–22 | Guinea | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 28 November 2016 11:00 | Hamrouni 11 | (15–11) | Amadi 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 28 November 2016 11:00 | 2× 3× | | 2× 7× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 29 November 2016 11:00 | Algeria | 19–25 | Congo | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 29 November 2016 11:00 | Hadi 5 | (10–13) | Okoumba, Mavoungou 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 29 November 2016 11:00 | 2× 5× | | 2× 5× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 30 November 2016 17:00 | Congo | 25–26 | Tunisia | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 30 November 2016 17:00 | four players 5 | (13–16) | Hamrouni 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 30 November 2016 17:00 | 1× 4× 1× | | 3× 5× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 1 December 2016 15:00 | Guinea | 24–17 | Algeria | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 1 December 2016 15:00 | Gomis 6 | (13–7) | Haïmer, Hemissi 3 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 1 December 2016 15:00 | 4× 7× | | 2× 6× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD) |
| 2 December 2016 13:00 | Congo | 33–18 | Guinea | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 2 December 2016 13:00 | Mambou 8 | (13–7) | Correa, Gomis 5 | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 2 December 2016 13:00 | 3× 6× 1× | | 3× 9× | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
| 2 December 2016 17:00 | Tunisia | 27–21 | Algeria | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN) |
| 2 December 2016 17:00 | | (14–9) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | |
| Angola | 42 | | | |
| Angola | 42 | 5 December | 5 December | | |
| Algeria | 19 | 5 December | 5 December | |
| Algeria | 19 | Angola | 31 | |
| 4 December | 4 December | | Angola | 31 | |
| 4 December | 4 December | Cameroon | 19 | |
| Cameroon | 32 | Cameroon | 19 | |
| Cameroon | 32 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Congo | 27 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Congo | 27 | | | | Angola | 36 |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | | | Angola | 36 |
| 4 December | 4 December | | | | Tunisia | 17 |
| Senegal (DSQ) | 27 | | | | Tunisia | 17 |
| Senegal (DSQ) | 27 | 5 December | 5 December | | | |
| Guinea | 15 | 5 December | 5 December | | | |
| Guinea | 15 | Senegal (DSQ) | 26 | | | |
| 4 December | 4 December | | Senegal (DSQ) | 26 | | | |
| 4 December | 4 December | Tunisia | 20 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | Tunisia | 20 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Tunisia | 38 | | | | 7 December | 7 December |
| Tunisia | 38 | | | | Cameroon | w/o |
| | | | | | Senegal (DSQ) | |

#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 5 December | 5 December |
| Algeria | 27 |
| Algeria | 27 | 6 December | 6 December |
| Congo | 31 | 6 December | 6 December |
| Congo | 31 | Congo | 32 |
| 5 December | 5 December | | Congo | 32 |
| 5 December | 5 December | Ivory Coast | 24 |
| Guinea | 20 | Ivory Coast | 24 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 6 December | 6 December |
| | | Algeria | 33 |
| | | Guinea | 26 |

### Quarterfinals

| 4 December 2016 13:00 | Ivory Coast | 26–38 | Tunisia | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 13:00 | | (13–21) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 15:00 | Cameroon | 32–27 | Congo | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 15:00 | | (15–15) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 17:00 | Senegal | 27–15 | Guinea | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 17:00 | | (14–7) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 19:00 | Angola | 42–19 | Algeria | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 4 December 2016 19:00 | | (22–9) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 5 December 2016 13:00 | Algeria | 27–31 | Congo | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 5 December 2016 13:00 | | (12–16) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 5 December 2016 15:00 | Guinea | 20–23 | Ivory Coast | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 5 December 2016 15:00 | | (10–10) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### Semifinals

After the semifinals, Senegal was disqualified from the tournament for using ineligible player Doungou Camara, since she has already played for the French national team. Tunisia faced Angola in the final and Cameroon automatically occupied the third place.
| 5 December 2016 17:00 | Senegal | 26–20 | Tunisia | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 5 December 2016 17:00 | | (17–11) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 5 December 2016 19:00 | Angola | 31–19 | Cameroon | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### Seventh place game

| 6 December 2016 17:00 | Algeria | 33–26 | Guinea | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 6 December 2016 17:00 | | (13–11) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### Fifth place game

| 6 December 2016 19:00 | Congo | 32–24 | Ivory Coast | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### Third place game

| 7 December 2016 17:00 | Cameroon | Awarded | Senegal | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

### Final

| 7 December 2016 19:00 | Angola | 36–17 | Tunisia | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |
| 7 December 2016 19:00 | | (16–7) | | Arena do Kilamba, Luanda |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Angola |
| | Tunisia |
| | Cameroon |
| 4 | Congo |
| 5 | Ivory Coast |
| 6 | Algeria |
| 7 | Guinea |
| 8 | DR Congo |
| DSQ | Senegal |

## Awards

* 2016 African Women's Handball Championship
* Angola 12th title
Angolese Natália Bernardo is the Best Player and Tunisian Amal Hamrouni is the top scorer with 40 goals.

### All-Tournament Team

All-star team is
| GK | Teresa Almeida |
| RW | Azenaide Carlos |
| RB | Amal Hamrouni |
| CB | Natália Bernardo |
| LB | Magda Cazanga |
| LW | Joelma Viegas |
| P | Albertina Kassoma |