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.[1][2]

Handball at the 2015 African Games
Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Congo
Venue(s)1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) (in 1 Brazzaville host cities)
Dates10–19 September 2015
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (6th title)
Runner-up Cameroon
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
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Format

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  • 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

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Group A Group B Group C Group D

  Cameroon
  Mali
  Senegal

  Burkina Faso
  Congo

  Angola
  Kenya
  Nigeria

  DR Congo
  Ivory Coast
  Zambia

Group stage [3]

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Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

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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
Source: [citation needed]
10 September 2015
12:00
Cameroon   33–13   Mali Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
Djong 9 (13–08) Nomoko 4
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12 September 2015
18:00
Senegal   27–11   Mali Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
Keita 9 (14–05) Doucoure 4
  3×  Report   1× 

14 September 2015
16:00
Senegal   19–19   Cameroon Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Yawo Akpatsa, Agbeko Assignon (TOG)
Sankhare 6 (06–12) Djong 6
  3×  Report   9× 

Group B

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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
Source: [citation needed]
10 September 2015
18:00
Congo   40–23   Burkina Faso Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Jonas Allade, Arsène Datondji (BEN)
Mambou 10 (20–12) Kiemde 8
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14 September 2015
18:00
Burkina Faso   18–39   Congo Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
Palm, Kando 5 (11–20) Divoko 7
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Group C

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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
Source: [citation needed]
10 September 2015
14:00
Angola   42–12   Kenya Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
Dombaxe 4 (24–07) Musambai 5
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12 September 2015
16:00
Nigeria   32–16   Kenya Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Emeribe 13 (16–07) Ambani 8
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14 September 2015
12:00
Nigeria   25–37   Angola Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Felly Amba, Gisèle Tshilanda (COD)
Ohaekwe 6 (09–19) Azenaide 7
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Group D

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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
Source: [citation needed]
10 September 2015
16:00
DR Congo   51–10   Zambia Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Escurinho António, Pedro Pinto (ANG)
Kasong 5 (21–5) Mbewe 4
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12 September 2015
14:00
Ivory Coast   49–16   Zambia Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Heidy Elsaied, Yasmina Elsaied (EGY)
Traore 10 (21–04) Mbewe 9
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14 September 2015
14:00
Ivory Coast   29–23   DR Congo Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
Traore, Brou 5 (12–11) Mwasesa 10
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Knockout stage

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All matches were played in: Palais des Sports Kintélé, Brazzaville
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 September 2015
 
 
  DR Congo22
 
18 September 2015
 
  Angola29
 
  Senegal19
 
16 September 2015
 
  Cameroon27
 
  Cameroon *
 
19 September 2015
 
  Burkina Faso
 
  Cameroon29
 
16 September 2015
 
  Angola33
 
  Nigeria25
 
18 September 2015
 
  Ivory Coast20
 
  Angola32
 
16 September 2015
 
  Nigeria10 Third place
 
  Congo16
 
19 September 2015
 
  Senegal24
 
  Senegal25
 
 
  Nigeria24
 

* walkover win

Quarter-finals

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

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

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19 September 2015
10:00
Senegal   25–24   Nigeria Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Cissé 11 (14–12) Ohaekwe 8
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Gold medal match

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19 September 2015
14:00
Cameroon   29–33 (ET)   Angola Palais des Sports (Kintélé), Brazzaville
Referees: Sonia Beloum, Ida Zoehinga (BUR)
Essam 10 (14–14) Viegas 8
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FT: 28–28 ET: 29–33

Final standings [4]

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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

References

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  1. ^ "AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold". ANGOP-Angolan News Agency. 20 Sep 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  2. ^ "11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal". CAHB-com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  3. ^ "Schedule". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  4. ^ "Handball, end of the suspense!". cojabrazzaville2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
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