# Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament

The 2015 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 9th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 11 national teams and won by Angola.

## Format

* The 11 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
* Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
* From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Cameroon  Mali  Senegal | Burkina Faso  Congo | Angola  Kenya  Nigeria | DR Congo  Ivory Coast  Zambia |

## Group stage

    Times given below are in UTC+1.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 3 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 3 |
| Mali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 0 |
| 10 September 2015 12:00 | Cameroon | 33–13 | Mali | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 10 September 2015 12:00 | Djong 9 | (13–08) | Nomoko 4 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 10 September 2015 12:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 2× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 12 September 2015 18:00 | Senegal | 27–11 | Mali | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 12 September 2015 18:00 | Keita 9 | (14–05) | Doucoure 4 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 12 September 2015 18:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 14 September 2015 16:00 | Senegal | 19–19 | Cameroon | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 14 September 2015 16:00 | Sankhare 6 | (06–12) | Djong 6 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 14 September 2015 16:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 9× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 4 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 79 | −38 | 0 |
| 10 September 2015 18:00 | Congo | 40–23 | Burkina Faso | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 10 September 2015 18:00 | Mambou 10 | (20–12) | Kiemde 8 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 10 September 2015 18:00 | 3× 10× | Report | 2× 3× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN) |
| 14 September 2015 18:00 | Burkina Faso | 18–39 | Congo | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 14 September 2015 18:00 | Palm, Kando 5 | (11–20) | Divoko 7 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 14 September 2015 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 37 | +42 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 74 | −46 | 0 |
| 10 September 2015 14:00 | Angola | 42–12 | Kenya | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 10 September 2015 14:00 | Dombaxe 4 | (24–07) | Musambai 5 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 10 September 2015 14:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 1× 6× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 12 September 2015 16:00 | Nigeria | 32–16 | Kenya | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 12 September 2015 16:00 | Emeribe 13 | (16–07) | Ambani 8 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 12 September 2015 16:00 | 5× 3× | Report | 2× 6× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 14 September 2015 12:00 | Nigeria | 25–37 | Angola | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 14 September 2015 12:00 | Ohaekwe 6 | (09–19) | Azenaide 7 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 14 September 2015 12:00 | 5× | Report | 2× 3× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 39 | +39 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 2 |
| Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 100 | −74 | 0 |
| 10 September 2015 16:00 | DR Congo | 51–10 | Zambia | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 10 September 2015 16:00 | Kasong 5 | (21–5) | Mbewe 4 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 10 September 2015 16:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 7× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 12 September 2015 14:00 | Ivory Coast | 49–16 | Zambia | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 12 September 2015 14:00 | Traore 10 | (21–04) | Mbewe 9 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 12 September 2015 14:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 1× 10× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 14 September 2015 14:00 | Ivory Coast | 29–23 | DR Congo | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 14 September 2015 14:00 | Traore, Brou 5 | (12–11) | Mwasesa 10 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 14 September 2015 14:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 1× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |

## Knockout stage

    All matches were played in: Palais des Sports Kintélé, Brazzaville
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | | | |
| DR Congo | 22 | | | |
| DR Congo | 22 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 | | |
| Angola | 29 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 | |
| Angola | 29 | Senegal | 19 | |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | | Senegal | 19 | |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | Cameroon | 27 | |
| Cameroon * | | Cameroon | 27 | |
| Cameroon * | | | | | 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | Cameroon | 29 |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | | | | | Cameroon | 29 |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | | | | Angola | 33 |
| Nigeria | 25 | | | | Angola | 33 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 18 September 2015 | 18 September 2015 | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | Angola | 32 | | | |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | | Angola | 32 | | | |
| 16 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | Nigeria | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Congo | 16 | Nigeria | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Congo | 16 | | | | 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| Senegal | 24 | | | | 19 September 2015 | 19 September 2015 |
| Senegal | 24 | | | | Senegal | 25 |
| | | | | | Nigeria | 24 |
* walkover win

### Quarter-finals

| 16 September 2015 12:00 | DR Congo | 22–29 | Angola | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 16 September 2015 12:00 | Mwasesa 11 | (11–15) | Azenaide 8 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 16 September 2015 12:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 1× 3× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG) |
| 16 September 2015 14:00 | Cameroon | – | Burkina Faso | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 16 September 2015 14:00 | | (–) | | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 16 September 2015 14:00 | | Report | | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG) |
| 16 September 2015 :00 | Nigeria | 25–20 | Ivory Coast | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 16 September 2015 :00 | Emeribe 12 | (11–11) | Traore 5 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 16 September 2015 :00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 1× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| 16 September 2015 18:00 | Congo | 16–24 | Senegal | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV) |
| 16 September 2015 18:00 | Mambou 6 | (08–13) | Camara 9 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV) |
| 16 September 2015 18:00 | 2× | Report | 2× 4× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Yalatima Coulibaly, Mamoudou Diabate (CIV) |

### Semi-finals

| 18 September 2015 12:00 | Senegal | 19–27 | Cameroon | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 18 September 2015 12:00 | Gomis 5 | (8–12) | Djong 5 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| 18 September 2015 12:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY) |
| September 2015 14:30 | Angola | 32–10 | Nigeria | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| September 2015 14:30 | Vilma 9 | (15–06) | Emeribe 3 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |
| September 2015 14:30 | 4× 4× | Report | 2× 8× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD) |

### Bronze medal match

| 19 September 2015 10:00 | Senegal | 25–24 | Nigeria | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville |
| 19 September 2015 10:00 | Cissé 11 | (14–12) | Ohaekwe 8 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville |
| 19 September 2015 10:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 7× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville |

### Gold medal match

| 19 September 2015 14:00 | Cameroon | 29–33 (ET) | Angola | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 19 September 2015 14:00 | Essam 10 | (14–14) | Viegas 8 | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |
| 19 September 2015 14:00 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |
| Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR) |||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Angola | 5–0–0 |
| | Cameroon | 3–1–1 |
| | Senegal | 3–1–1 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 2–0–1 |
| 6 | Congo | 2–0–1 |
| 7 | DR Congo | 1–0–2 |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 0–0–3 |
| 9 | Mali | 0–0–2 |
| 10 | Kenya | 0–0–2 |
| 11 | Zambia | 0–0–2 |
* 2015 African Games Women's Handball winner
* Angola 5th title