2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship

The 2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the championship organised by the Ivory Coast Handball Federation under the auspices of the African Handball Confederation. It was held in Palais des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan (Ivory Coast) from 4 to 10 September 2017. It was played in under-19 years category. It was the fifth time that Ivory Coast staged the competition. It also acts as qualification tournament for the IHF Women's Junior World Handball Championship. Top three teams i.e. Angola, Egypt and the hosts Ivory Coast qualified for the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship to be held in Hungary.[1][2]

2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Ivory Coast
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–10 September
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (9th title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored1,088 (51.81 per match)
Next →

Participating teams edit

Round-robin edit

All teams played in a round robin system.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    Angola 6 6 0 0 211 117 +94 12 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
    Egypt 6 5 0 1 170 146 +24 10
    Ivory Coast (H) 6 2 0 4 159 168 −9 4[a]
4   Cape Verde 6 2 0 4 140 165 −25 4[a]
5   DR Congo 6 2 0 4 142 154 −12 4[a]
6   Algeria 6 2 0 4 131 151 −20 4[a]
7   Mali 6 2 0 4 135 187 −52 4[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e Ivory Coast 4 Pts, +5 GD; Cape Verde 4 Pts, +3 GD; DR Congo 4 Pts, +1 GD; Algeria 4 Pts, –1 GD; Mali 4 Pts, –8 GD.

Match results edit

All times are local (UTC+0).

Day 1 [3]
4 September 2017
14:00
Cape Verde   21–23   DR Congo Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(13–10)
4 September 2017
16:00
Mali   17–50   Angola Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(9–24)
4 September 2017
18:00
Ivory Coast   33–35   Egypt Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(12–19)

Day 2 [4]
5 September 2017
14:00
Cape Verde   20–37   Angola Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(10–18)
5 September 2017
16:00
DR Congo   23–27   Mali Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(12–13)
5 September 2017
18:00
Algeria   24–25   Ivory Coast Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(13–11)

Day 3 [5]
6 September 2017
14:00
Mali   21–28   Cape Verde Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(9–16)
6 September 2017
16:00
Egypt   28–20   Algeria Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(13–9)
6 September 2017
18:00
DR Congo   30–26   Ivory Coast Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(13–11)

Day 4 [6]
7 September 2017
14:00
Algeria   25–29   Mali Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(16–16)
7 September 2017
16:00
Egypt   33–22   Cape Verde Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(21–8)
7 September 2017
18:00
Angola   29–17   Ivory Coast Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(15–11)

Day 5 [7]
8 September 2017
14:00
Egypt   22–20   DR Congo Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(7–8)
8 September 2017
16:00
Ivory Coast   30–31   Cape Verde Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(16–12)
8 September 2017
18:00
Angola   30–19   Algeria Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(17–6)

Day 6
9 September 2017
14:00
Mali   22–33   Egypt Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(11–13)
9 September 2017
16:00
DR Congo   25–36   Angola Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(11–16)
9 September 2017
18:00
Cape Verde   18–21   Algeria Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(–)

Day 7[8]
10 September 2017
14:00
Ivory Coast   28–19   Mali Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(15–11)
10 September 2017
16:00
Algeria   22–21   DR Congo Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(8–10)
10 September 2017
18:00
Angola   29–19   Egypt Palais des Sports, Abidjan
(16–8)

Awards edit

 2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship winner 
 
Angola
9th title
Best Player

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "24th WOMEN'S JUNIORS AFRICA NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP IN ABIDJAN (IVORY COAST)". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Angola make it three-in-a-row". IHF. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ "CAN Juniors Filles 2017-résultats première journée" (in French). cahbonline.info. 4 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ "CAN Juniors Filles: Résultats 2ème journée" (in French). cahbonline.info. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ "CAN Juniors Filles: Résultats 3ème journée" (in French). cahbonline.info. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. ^ "CAN Juniors Filles: Résultats 4ème journée" (in French). cahbonline.info. 7 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "CAN Juniors Filles: Résultats 5ème journée" (in French). cahbonline.info. 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. ^ "CAN Juniors filles 2017-Classement final" (in French). cahbonline.info. 10 September 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

External links edit