2012 African Women's Handball Championship

2012 African Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–20 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (11th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	1,592 (48.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christiane Mwasesa
Best player	Mouna Chebbah
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The 2012 African Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Angola Ivory Coast Cameroon DR Congo Egypt	Tunisia Algeria Morocco Congo Senegal

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco.^[1]^[2]

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	4	4	0	0	125	79	+46	8
DR Congo	4	1	2	1	92	115	−23	4
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	95	93	+2	4
Ivory Coast	4	1	1	2	98	95	+3	3
Egypt	4	0	1	3	86	114	−28	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

11 January 2012 11:00	Ivory Coast	28–16	Egypt	Moulay Abdullah, Salé
		(12–7)

11 January 2012 15:00	Cameroon	24–26	DR Congo	Moulay Abdullah, Salé
		(12–18)

12 January 2012 11:00	Angola	25–23	Ivory Coast	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 5	(15–16)	Gondo Bredou 7

12 January 2012 19:00	Egypt	24–27	Cameroon	Moulay Abdullah, Salé
		(14–12)

13 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	23–23	Egypt	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(11–12)

13 January 2012 17:00	Cameroon	18–24	Angola	Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Megouem Lah 5	(9–14)	three players 5

15 January 2012 17:00	Angola	40–15	DR Congo	Moulay Abdullah, Salé Referees: Makhlouf, Krichene (TUN)
	Carolina 7	(15–9)	Mwasesa 8

15 January 2012 19:00	Ivory Coast	19–26	Cameroon	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(5–14)

16 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	28–28	Ivory Coast	Moulay Abdullah, Salé
		(18–15)

16 January 2012 13:00	Egypt	23–36	Angola	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Ehsan 7	(12–19)	Luísa 6

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	123	78	+45	8
Algeria	4	3	1	97	74	+23	6
Congo	4	2	2	104	88	+16	4
Senegal	4	1	3	95	100	−5	2
Morocco (H)	4	0	4	46	0	+46	0

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

All times are local (UTC±0).

11 January 2012 13:00	Tunisia	30–18	Algeria	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
	Chebbah, Elghaoui 8	(15–8)

11 January 2012 17:00	Senegal	25–15	Morocco	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(14–9)

12 January 2012 11:00	Algeria	25–17	Senegal	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(12–9)

12 January 2012 17:00	Morocco	16–34	Congo	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(7–18)

13 January 2012 13:00	Congo	28–23	Senegal	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(17–11)

13 January 2012 19:00	Morocco	8–35	Tunisia	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(5–17)

15 January 2012 13:00	Tunisia	26–22	Congo	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
	Elghaoui 6	(14–9)

15 January 2012 15:00	Algeria	31–7	Morocco	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(16–4)

16 January 2012 13:00	Congo	20–23	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
		(10–13)

16 January 2012 17:00	Senegal	30–32	Tunisia	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(15–16)

Knockout stage

^[3]

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

18 January

Angola	41
		19 January
Senegal	20
		Angola	39
18 January
		DR Congo	19
Congo	19
				20 January
DR Congo	29
				Angola	26
18 January
				Tunisia	24
Algeria	23
		19 January
Cameroon	22
		Algeria	24
18 January
		Tunisia	27	Third place
Ivory Coast	19
				20 January
Tunisia	24
				DR Congo	33

				Algeria	24

5–8th bracket

Semifinals		Fifth place

19 January

Cameroon	19
		20 January
Ivory Coast	18
		Cameroon	22
19 January
		Congo	19
Senegal	22

Congo	25
		Seventh place

		20 January

		Ivory Coast	28

		Senegal	21

All times are local (UTC±0).

Quarterfinals

18 January 2012 12:00	Congo	19–29	DR Congo	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
		(10–10)

18 January 2012 14:30	Angola	41–20	Senegal	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Azenaide 9	(19–10)	Cissé 7

18 January 2012 17:00	Algeria	23–22	Cameroon	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
	Titou 10	(11–10)

18 January 2012 20:00	Ivory Coast	19–24	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
		(7–11)	Toumi 7

5–8th semifinals

19 January 2012 11:00	Cameroon	19–18	Ivory Coast	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(11–11)

19 January 2012 15:00	Senegal	22–25	Congo	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(10–13)

Semifinals

19 January 2012 12:00	Angola	39–19	DR Congo	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Echennaoui, Nasse (MAR)
	Natália 6	(23–9)	Mwasesa 6

19 January 2012 14:30	Algeria	24–27	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
	Titou 8	(10–10)	Elghaoui 7

Ninth place game

17 January 2012 15:00	Egypt	32–12	Morocco	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé
		(15–8)

Seventh place game

20 January 2012 11:00	Ivory Coast	28–21	Senegal	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(14–8)

Fifth place game

20 January 2012 13:00	Cameroon	22–19	Congo	Hall Fathallah El Bouazzaoui, Salé
		(11–8)

Bronze medal game

20 January 2012 11:00	DR Congo	33–24	Algeria	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Mwasesa 10	(14–8)	Titou 10

Final

20 January 2012 17:00	Angola	26–24	Tunisia	Salle Ibn Yassine, Salé Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Marcelina 8	(12–12)	Chebbah, Toumi 7

Final standings

Qualified for the 2013 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Angola	7–0–0
	Tunisia	6–0–1
	DR Congo	3–2–2
4	Algeria	4–0–3
5	Cameroon	4–0–3
6	Congo	3–0–4
7	Ivory Coast	2–1–4
8	Senegal	1–0–6
9	Egypt	1–1–3
10	Morocco	0–0–5

Awards

2012 African Women's Handball Championship
Angola 11th title

Best Player
Mouna Chebbah

All-Tournament Team

GK		Odeth Tavares
RW		Nabila Tizi
RB		Luísa Kiala
CB		Mouna Chebbah
LB		Christianne Mwasesa
LW		Natália Bernardo
P		Asma Elghaoui

References

^ "Results of the draw : 20th Africa Nations Cup for Seniors 2012". cahbonline.info. 24 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "Preliminary Round". CAHBOnline. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "Main Round". CAHBOnline. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

External links

Official website
todor66.com

2013 World Women's Handball Championship qualification

Africa

2012 African Women's Handball Championship

Asia

2012 Asian Women's Handball Championship

America

2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

Europe

Oceania

2013 Women's Oceania Handball Championship

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Women	Tunisia 1974 Algeria 1976 Congo 1979 Tunisia 1981 Egypt 1983 Angola 1985 Morocco 1987 Algeria 1989 Egypt 1991 Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Tunisia 1994 Benin 1996 South Africa 1998 Algeria 2000 Morocco 2002 Egypt 2004 Tunisia 2006 Angola 2008 Egypt 2010 Morocco 2012 Algeria 2014 Angola 2016 Congo 2018 Cameroon 2021 Senegal 2022 DR Congo 2024