The 2016 African Women's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Luanda, Angola from 28 November to 7 December 2016.^[1] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.^[2]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

2016 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 November – 7 December
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (12th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,366 (50.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amal Hamrouni, 40
Best player	Natália Bernardo
← Previous Next →

Close

This was the first time in the history of the African championships that the male and female editions were organized in two different countries at different times. While men and women competitions were traditionally gathered in the same installations every two years in January, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) had decided to separate the two competitions after several votes at a meeting on 23 January 2015 at the Abbasside Palace hotel in Algiers.^[3]

More information Country, Previous appearances in tournament1 ...

Country	Previous appearances in tournament1
Algeria	15(1976, 1979, 1981,1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Angola	18 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Cameroon	14 (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Congo	20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
DR Congo	8 (1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Guinea	1 (2014)
Ivory Coast	19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Senegal	7 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2012, 2014)
Tunisia	17 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

Close

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

Times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola (H)	4	4	0	0	136	69	+67	8	Quarterfinals
2	Senegal	4	3	0	1	94	85	+9	6
3	Cameroon	4	2	0	2	77	95	−18	4
4	Ivory Coast	4	1	0	3	85	110	−25	2
5	DR Congo	4	0	0	4	92	125	−33	0

Close

Source: CAHB
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.
(H) Hosts

28 November 2016 13:00	DR Congo	22–28	Senegal	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Mwasesa 9	(10–15)	Diop 8
	4× 6× 1×		2× 2×

28 November 2016 19:00	Angola	37–18	Ivory Coast	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	three players 5	(21–7)	Fofana 5
	3× 1× 1×		2× 4×

---

29 November 2016 17:00	Ivory Coast	17–22	Cameroon	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD)
	Fofana 4	(6–11)	Nchouapougnigni, Touba 5
	1× 2× 1×		2× 6× 1×

29 November 2016 19:00	Senegal	18–31	Angola	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Paye 4	(9–16)	Natália 8
	2× 4×		2× 4×

---

30 November 2016 15:00	Ivory Coast	33–27	DR Congo	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Pinto, Gomes (ANG)
	Fofana 9	(14–14)	three players 4
	3× 2×		3× 4×

30 November 2016 19:00	Cameroon	14–30	Angola	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Touba 4	(5–16)	Natália 10
	2× 7×		4× 2×

---

1 December 2016 17:00	DR Congo	24–26	Cameroon	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR)
	Mwasesa 13	(9–14)	Touba 15
	1× 3×		3× 11×

1 December 2016 19:00	Senegal	24–17	Ivory Coast	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Cissé, Paye 4	(12–9)	Issifou
	4× 4×		2× 7×

---

2 December 2016 15:00	Cameroon	15-24	Senegal	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Manga 4	(6–12)	Cissé 5
	3× 6×		3× 5×

2 December 2016 19:00	Angola	38–19	DR Congo	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Viegas 10	(18–11)	Oholanga 9
	3× 4×		2× 2×

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	87	68	+19	6	Quarterfinals
2	Congo	3	2	0	1	83	63	+20	4
3	Guinea	3	1	0	2	64	84	−20	2
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	57	76	−19	0

Close

Source: CAHB
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.

28 November 2016 11:00	Tunisia	34–22	Guinea	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda
	Hamrouni 11	(15–11)	Amadi 5
	2× 3×		2× 7×

---

29 November 2016 11:00	Algeria	19–25	Congo	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Beloum, Zoehinga (BUR)
	Hadi 5	(10–13)	Okoumba, Mavoungou 5
	2× 5×		2× 5×

---

30 November 2016 17:00	Congo	25–26	Tunisia	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda
	four players 5	(13–16)	Hamrouni 5
	1× 4× 1×		3× 5×

---

1 December 2016 15:00	Guinea	24–17	Algeria	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Tshilanda, Amba (COD)
	Gomis 6	(13–7)	Haïmer, Hemissi 3
	4× 7×		2× 6×

---

2 December 2016 13:00	Congo	33–18	Guinea	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Mambou 8	(13–7)	Correa, Gomis 5
	3× 6× 1×		3× 9×

2 December 2016 17:00	Tunisia	27–21	Algeria	Arena do Kilamba, Luanda Referees: Faye, Diop (SEN)
		(14–9)

2016 African Women's Handball Championship
Angola 12th title

Angolese Natália Bernardo is the Best Player and Tunisian Amal Hamrouni is the top scorer with 40 goals.^[6]

All-Tournament Team

All-star team is^[6]

GK		Teresa Almeida
RW		Azenaide Carlos
RB		Amal Hamrouni
CB		Natália Bernardo
LB		Magda Cazanga
LW		Joelma Viegas
P		Albertina Kassoma