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.

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

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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

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(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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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

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

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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)

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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

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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

• 2012 African Women's Handball Champions League
• 2011 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
• 2011 African Women's Youth Handball Championship