2014 African Women's Handball Championship

For the men's tournament, see 2014 African Men's Handball Championship.

The 2014 African Women's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.

2014 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–25 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (3rd title)
Runners-up	DR Congo
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,227 (51.13 per match)
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Venues

Algiers		Algiers Chéraga
Salle Harcha Capacity: 6,000
Algiers	Chéraga
Salle OMS Capacity: 15,000	Salle Chéraga Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

Country	Previous appearances in tournament1
Algeria	14 (1976, 1979, 1981,1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Angola	17 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Cameroon	13 (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Congo	19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
DR Congo	7 (1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Guinea	0
Senegal	6 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2012)
Tunisia	16 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 October 2013.^[1][2]

Group A	Group B
Algeria (squad)  DR Congo (squad)  Cameroon (squad)  Senegal (squad)	Angola (squad)  Tunisia (squad)  Congo (squad)  Guinea (squad)

Squads

Main article: 2014 African Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	80	68	+12	5
DR Congo	3	2	0	1	69	67	+2	4
Senegal	3	1	1	1	71	72	−1	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	62	75	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 January 2014 14:30	Senegal	27–27	Algeria	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Sankare 7	(15–12)	Tizi 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3× 1×

16 January 2014 14:30	Cameroon	20–25	DR Congo	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Benfetima, Benfetima (ALG)
	Ngo Nleng 5	(10–14)	Mwasesa 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5×

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17 January 2014 13:30	Algeria	26–21	Cameroon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	Tizi 10	(13–8)	Ngo Nleng 5
	4× 5×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2014 15:00	DR Congo	24–20	Senegal	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissir (TUN)
	Okoko 7	(12–7)	Cissé 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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20 January 2014 13:30	Algeria	27–20	DR Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Camara, Diakite (GUI)
	Tizi 7	(12–10)	Mwasesa 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

20 January 2014 15:00	Cameroon	21–24	Senegal	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
	Chouapouognigni, Ngo 5	(11–11)	Beng, Gomis 4
	4× 9×	Report	3× 7×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	3	3	0	0	102	51	+51	6
Tunisia (H)	3	2	0	1	83	71	+12	4
Congo	3	1	0	2	81	83	−2	2
Guinea	3	0	0	3	48	109	−61	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

16 January 2014 10:00	Tunisia	32–16	Guinea	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Amba, Tsihlanda (COD)
	Daoula 7	(14–10)	Bangoura 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

16 January 2014 14:30	Angola	33–18	Congo	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Morais, Guialo 5	(15–10)	Mambou 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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18 January 2014 13:30	Congo	30–32	Tunisia	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Itoua 8	(12–16)	Chebbah 9
	2×	Report	3× 4×

18 January 2014 15:00	Guinea	14–44	Angola	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Amba, Tshilanda (CGO)
	Diaby 5	(7–23)	Morais, Monteiro 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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21 January 2014 14:00	Angola	25–19	Tunisia	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	three players 4	(12–12)	Elghaoui 5
	2× 2×	Report	4× 4×

21 January 2014 15:00	Congo	33–18	Guinea	Salle Chéraga, Chéraga Referees: Deche, Ghouarda (ALG)
		(16–13)
		Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Algeria

25

B4

Guinea

17

A1

Algeria

23

A2

DR Congo

28

A2

DR Congo

27

B3

Congo

22

A2

DR Congo

20

B2

Tunisia

23

B2

Tunisia

31

A3

Senegal

27

B2

Tunisia (OT)

31

Third place

B1

Angola

30

B1

Angola

28

A1

Algeria

22

A4

Cameroon

23

B1

Angola

30

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	23 January
	Guinea	19
					24 January
	Congo	40
					Congo	30
	23 January
					Senegal	29
	Senegal	25
	Cameroon	21
					Seventh place game
					24 January
					Guinea	18
					Cameroon	42

Quarterfinals

22 January 2014 13:45	Algeria	25–17	Guinea	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Tizi 7	(14–8)	Keita, Delpine 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 6×

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22 January 2014 14:30	DR Congo	27–22	Congo	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Camara, Diakite (GUI)
	Mwasesa 8	(13–13)	Mavoungou 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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22 January 2014 16:00	Angola	28–23	Cameroon	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Benfetima, Benfetima (ALG)
	Pedro 7	(17–11)	Melingui, Ngo 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

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22 January 2014 16:45	Tunisia	31–27	Senegal	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Amba, Tsihlanda (COD)
		(17–13)
		Report

5–8th place semifinals

23 January 2014 15:00	Senegal	25–21	Cameroon	Salle OMS, Algiers
		(13–8)

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23 January 2014 17:15	Guinea	19–40	Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Bouallouchia, Khenissi (TUN)
	Delpine 7	(9–15)	Zoubabela 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Semifinals

24 January 2014 11:30	Angola	30–31 (ET)	Tunisia	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	M. Kiala 12	(12–14)	Chebbah 9
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 4–5

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24 January 2014 13:45	Algeria	23–28	DR Congo	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Allade, Dagba (BEN)
	Tizi 9	(10–12)	Mwasesa 8
	3× 8×	Report	2× 4×

Seventh place game

24 January 2014 09:00	Guinea	18–42	Cameroon	Salle OMS, Algiers Referees: Amba, Tshilanda (COD)
	Delpine 8	(11–22)	Eyanga 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Fifth place

24 January 2014 13:00	Congo	30–29	Senegal	Salle OMS, Algiers
		(16–13)

Third place game

25 January 2014 11:30	Algeria	22–30	Angola	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Mohamed, Tamer (EGY)
	Belakhdar 6	(10–18)	Cazanga 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

Final

25 January 2014 16:00	DR Congo	20–23	Tunisia	Salle Harcha, Algiers Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Mwasesa 9	(11–10)	Toumi, Marzouk 5
	2× 6×	Report	4× 6×

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2015 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	DR Congo
	Angola
4	Algeria
5	Congo
6	Senegal
7	Cameroon
8	Guinea