2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunis
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–14 September
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (11th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Guinea
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored1,681 (57.97 per match)

The 2023 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was held in Monastir, Tunisia from 7 to 14 September 2023.[1][2] It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Junior World Handball Championship to be held in North Macedonia.

Draw

The draw was held on 8 August 2023 at the CAHB headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 4 4 0 0 170 59 +111 8 Semifinals
2  Guinea 4 3 0 1 164 90 +74 6
3  Ivory Coast 4 2 0 2 113 137 −24 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Kenya 4 0 1 3 81 161 −80 1[a]
5  DR Congo 4 0 1 3 62 143 −81 1[a] 9th place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b DR Congo 23–23 Kenya
7 September 2023
11:00
Kenya  9–54  Angola Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(5–26)
7 September 2023
15:00
Guinea  45–9  DR Congo Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(23–4)

8 September 2023
11:00
DR Congo  23–23  Kenya Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(11–5)
8 September 2023
14:00
Guinea  49–25  Ivory Coast Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(24–11)

9 September 2023
11:00
Ivory Coast  36–24  Kenya Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(19–15)
9 September 2023
18:30
Angola  42–9  DR Congo Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(21–6)

10 September 2023
11:00
Guinea  48–25  Kenya Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(28–12)
10 September 2023
14:00
Angola  43–19  Ivory Coast Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(23–9)

12 September 2023
14:00
Ivory Coast  33–21  DR Congo Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(18–10)
12 September 2023
16:00
Guinea  22–31  Angola Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(10–12)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 4 4 0 0 180 71 +109 8 Semifinals
2  Tunisia (H) 4 3 0 1 153 79 +74 6
3  Algeria 4 2 0 2 95 99 −4 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Mali 4 1 0 3 88 175 −87 2
5  Madagascar 4 0 0 4 59 151 −92 0 9th place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
7 September 2023
13:00
Mali  15–64  Egypt Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(7–34)
7 September 2023
18:30
Tunisia  44–11  Madagascar Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(24–3)

8 September 2023
16:00
Madagascar  25–32  Mali Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(11–17)
8 September 2023
18:30
Tunisia  32–19  Algeria Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(16–9)

9 September 2023
14:00
Egypt  54–10  Madagascar Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(26–4)
9 September 2023
16:00
Algeria  36–22  Mali Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(16–8)

10 September 2023
16:00
Egypt  32–19  Algeria Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(19–5)
10 September 2023
18:30
Mali  19–50  Tunisia Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(9–19)

12 September 2023
11:00
Algeria  21–13  Madagascar Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(7–6)
12 September 2023
18:30
Tunisia  27–30  Egypt Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(11–17)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Angola28
 
14 September
 
 Tunisia22
 
 Angola30
 
13 September
 
 Egypt26
 
 Egypt26
 
 
 Guinea18
 
Third place
 
 
14 September
 
 
 Tunisia31
 
 
 Guinea36
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Ivory Coast38
 
14 September
 
 Mali26
 
 Ivory Coast19
 
13 September
 
 Algeria26
 
 Algeria35
 
 
 Kenya26
 
Seventh place
 
 
14 September
 
 
 Mali33
 
 
 Kenya39

5–8th place semifinals

13 September 2023
12:00
Ivory Coast  38–26  Mali Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(21–8)
13 September 2023
14:00
Algeria  35–26  Kenya Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(17–11)

Semifinals

13 September 2023
16:00
Angola  28–22  Tunisia Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(13–10)
13 September 2023
18:30
Egypt  26–18  Guinea Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(14–8)

Ninth place game

13 September 2023
10:00
DR Congo  33–24  Madagascar Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(15–8)

Seventh place game

14 September 2023
11:00
Mali  33–39  Kenya Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(13–18)

Fifth place game

14 September 2023
14:00
Ivory Coast  19–26  Algeria Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(7–12)

Third place game

14 September 2023
16:00
Tunisia  31–36  Guinea Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(14–21)

Final

14 September 2023
18:30
Angola  30–26  Egypt Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall, Monastir
(10–8)

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Angola
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Egypt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Guinea
4  Tunisia
5  Algeria
6  Ivory Coast
7  Kenya
8  Mali
9  DR Congo
10  Madagascar
Team qualified for the 2024 Junior World Championship

References

  1. ^ "30th African Junior Women's Nations Championship". CAHB. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ "30ème Championnat d'Afrique des nations junior féminins 2023 – Calendrier" (in French). CAHB. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ "CAN Juniors and Female Cadets 2023: Group draws scheduled for August 8th". CAHB. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.