1998 African Women's Handball Championship

1998 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–28 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (4th title)
Runner-up Congo
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored544 (49.45 per match)
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The 1998 African Women's Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in South Africa from 18 to 28 October 1998. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 2 1 1 0 70 36 +34 3
 Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 54 31 +23 3
 Mozambique 2 0 0 2 33 90 −57 0
Source: [citation needed]
19 October 1998 Angola  53–19  Mozambique
Ivory Coast  37–14  Mozambique
Angola  17–17  Ivory Coast

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 2 2 0 0 68 23 +45 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 63 33 +30 2
 South Africa (H) 2 0 0 2 16 91 −75 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Congo  46–5  South Africa
Cameroon  45–11  South Africa
Congo  22–18  Cameroon

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
Mon, 26 Oct 1998
 
 
 Angola26
 
Wed, 28 Oct 1998
 
 Cameroon21
 
 Angola31
 
Mon, 26 Oct 1998
 
 Congo23
 
 Ivory Coast14
 
 
 Congo18
 
Third place
 
 
Wed, 28 Oct 1998
 
 
 Cameroon30
 
 
 Ivory Coast28

Semifinals

26 October 1998 Angola  26–21  Cameroon
Congo  18–14  Ivory Coast

Fifth place game

Mozambique  32–17  South Africa

Third place game

28 October 1998 Ivory Coast  30–28  Cameroon

Final

28 October 1998 Angola  31–23  Congo
(19–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1999 World Championship
Rank Team
 Angola
 Congo
 Ivory Coast
4  Cameroon
5  Mozambique
6  South Africa