2021 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2021 African Women's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, which was originally scheduled to take place from 2 to 12 December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to 8 to 18 June 2021 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[1][2][3] The tournament was held under the aegis of African Handball Confederation and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.^[4]

2021 African Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Cameroon
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–18 June 2021
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (14th title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	1,507 (50.23 per match)
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Angola won their third straight and 14th overall title after defeating Cameroon in the final.^[5]

Venues

Host City	Venue	Capacity
Yaoundé	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex	5,263

Draw

The draw was made on 1 April 2021.^[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	104	56	+48	6	Quarterfinals
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	87	66	+21	4
3	Guinea	3	1	0	2	82	78	+4	2
4	Madagascar	3	0	0	3	48	121	−73	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

9 June 2021 14:00	Senegal	42–16	Madagascar	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(20–9)

9 June 2021 18:00	Tunisia	30–27	Guinea	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(15–12)

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11 June 2021 14:00	Madagascar	16–44	Tunisia	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(10–21)

11 June 2021 18:00	Guinea	20–32	Senegal	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(11–16)

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13 June 2021 14:00	Guinea	35–16	Madagascar	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: Depesquidoux, Ndemdou (CMR)
		(19–10)

13 June 2021 16:00	Senegal	13–30	Tunisia	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(7–16)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	0	97	56	+41	6	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	3	2	0	1	98	58	+40	4
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	61	87	−26	2
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	53	108	−55	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 June 2021 14:00	Nigeria	16–35	DR Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
		(3–18)

8 June 2021 18:00	Cameroon	40–16	Kenya	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
		(21–8)

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10 June 2021 16:00	DR Congo	42–16	Kenya	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(21–4)

10 June 2021 18:00	Cameroon	31–19	Nigeria	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(14–13)

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12 June 2021 16:00	Nigeria	26–21	Kenya	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(12–11)

12 June 2021 18:00	DR Congo	21–26	Cameroon	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(10–10)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	2	2	0	0	68	38	+30	4	Quarterfinals
2	Congo	2	1	0	1	58	52	+6	2
3	Cape Verde	2	0	0	2	37	73	−36	0
4	Algeria[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Algeria withdrew before the tournament, arguing they had not enough time to prepare for the tournament after nearly two years of hibernation.^[8]

9 June 2021 16:00	Angola	39–14	Cape Verde	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Bernado 7	(16–5)	three players 3
	1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

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11 June 2021 16:00	Cape Verde	23–34	Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
	Almeida 9	(13–21)	Dorson 7
	4×	Report	1× 6×

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13 June 2021 18:00	Angola	29–24	Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(16–11)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	2	0	0	2	47	62	−15	0	Quarterfinals
2	Nigeria	2	0	0	2	35	66	−31	0
3	Cape Verde	2	0	0	2	37	73	−36	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals for.

President's Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Cape Verde	2	2	0	0	57	38	+19	4
10	Kenya	2	1	0	1	55	57	−2	2
11	Madagascar	2	0	0	2	46	63	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 June 2021 16:00	Madagascar	30–33	Kenya	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(15–17)

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15 June 2021 20:00	Cape Verde	30–16	Madagascar	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé Referees: Depesquidoux, Ndemdou (CMR)
	Almeida 7	(16–10)	Ravololonirina 5
	2× 5×	Report	1× 8×

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17 June 2021 18:00	Cape Verde	27–22	Kenya	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(12–12)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 June
	Tunisia	27
					16 June
	Guinea	20
					Tunisia	23
	15 June
					Angola (ET)	27
	Angola	29
									18 June
	DR Congo	20
									Angola	25
	15 June
									Cameroon	15
	Cameroon	44
					16 June
	Nigeria	14
					Cameroon	22
	15 June
					Congo	21			Third place
	Congo	21
									18 June
	Senegal	20
									Tunisia	22
									Congo	17

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	16 June
	Guinea	26
					17 June
	DR Congo	33
					DR Congo	14
	16 June
					Senegal	24
	Nigeria	15
	Senegal	32
					Seventh place game
					17 June
					Guinea	25
					Nigeria	21

Quarterfinals

15 June 2021 12:00	Angola	29–20	DR Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(15–10)

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15 June 2021 14:00	Tunisia	27–20	Guinea	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(15–7)

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15 June 2021 16:00	Congo	21–20	Senegal	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(11–6)

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15 June 2021 18:00	Cameroon	44–14	Nigeria	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(26–3)

5–8th place semifinals

16 June 2021 10:00	Guinea	26–33	DR Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(13–18)

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16 June 2021 12:00	Nigeria	15–32	Senegal	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(4–16)

Semifinals

16 June 2021 15:30	Tunisia	23–27 (ET)	Angola	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(12–11)
	FT: 21–21 ET: 2–6

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16 June 2021 18:00	Cameroon	22–21	Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(12–10)

Seventh place game

17 June 2021 14:00	Guinea	25–21	Nigeria	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(11–11)

Fifth place game

17 June 2021 16:00	DR Congo	14–24	Senegal	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(6–14)

Third place game

18 June 2021 15:00	Tunisia	22–17	Congo	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(12–7)

Final

18 June 2021 18:00	Angola	25–15	Cameroon	Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé
		(14–7)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Cameroon
	Tunisia
4	Congo
5	Senegal
6	DR Congo
7	Guinea
8	Nigeria
9	Cape Verde
10	Kenya
11	Madagascar

Team qualified for the 2021 World Championship