The 2018 African Women's Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of the
African Women's Handball Championship
The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournam ...
, which took place from 2 to 12 December 2018 in
Brazzaville
Brazzaville () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department and a Communes of the Republic of the Congo, commune. Constituting t ...
,
Congo. The tournament was held under the aegis of
African Handball Confederation
The African Handball Confederation (acronym CAHB, referring to ) is the administrative and controlling body for African team handball. Founded on 15 January 1973 after the 1973 All-Africa Games, 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos (Nigeria), it represe ...
and acted as the African qualifying tournament for the
2019 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.
The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. Th ...
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Angola defeated Senegal in the final to win their second straight and 13th overall title.
Venue
Draw
The draw was held on 11 August 2018.
Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 19 November 2018.
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing
Awards
All-Tournament Team
References
External links
Official website
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2018
Events January
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* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
2018 in women's handball
International sports competitions hosted by the Republic of the Congo
Sports competitions in Brazzaville
African Women's Handball
2018 in African women's sport