2002 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2002 African Women's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Morocco from 19 to 28 April 2002. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

2002 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–28 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (6th title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Algeria
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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 65 32 +33 4
  Cameroon 2 1 0 1 45 38 +7 2
  Morocco (H) 2 0 0 2 22 62 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
19 April 2002 Tunisia   38–11   Morocco
(15–4)

20 April 2002 Cameroon   24–11   Morocco
(6–2)

21 April 2002 Tunisia   27–21   Cameroon
(15–12)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Angola 2 2 0 0 62 32 +30 4
  Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 48 38 +10 2
  Gabon 2 0 0 2 28 68 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
19 April 2002 Angola   36–16   Gabon
(17–7)

20 April 2002 Ivory Coast   32–12   Gabon
(14–4)

21 April 2002 Angola   26–16   Ivory Coast
(13–7)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Algeria 2 2 0 0 62 43 +19 4
  Congo 2 1 0 1 64 48 +16 2
  DR Congo 2 0 0 2 35 70 −35 0
Source: [citation needed]
19 April 2002 Congo   41–15   DR Congo
(19–8)

20 April 2002 Algeria   29–20   DR Congo
(12–11)

21 April 2002 Algeria   33–23   Congo
(15–11)

Second round

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Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Angola 2 2 0 0 58 41 +17 4
  Tunisia 1 0 0 1 21 27 −6 0
  Congo 1 0 0 1 20 31 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 April 2002 Angola   27–21   Tunisia
(14–7)

24 April 2002 Angola   31–20   Congo
(18–5)

25 April 2002 Tunisia   v   Congo

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 46 41 +5 4
  Algeria 1 0 0 1 19 20 −1 0
  Cameroon 1 0 0 1 22 26 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 April 2002 Ivory Coast   26–22   Cameroon
(12–9)

24 April 2002 Ivory Coast   20–19   Algeria
(12–12)

25 April 2002 Algeria   v   Cameroon

7–9 placement group

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Gabon 2 2 0 0 40 29 +11 4
  DR Congo 1 0 0 1 16 18 −2 0
  Morocco (H) 1 0 0 1 13 22 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
23 April 2002 Gabon   22–13   Morocco
(10–5)

24 April 2002 Gabon   18–16   DR Congo
(5–6)

25 April 2002 DR Congo   v   Morocco

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Angola33
 
 
 
  Algeria21
 
  Angola30
 
 
 
  Ivory Coast21
 
  Tunisia20
 
 
  Ivory Coast24
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Algeria20
 
 
  Tunisia31

Semifinals

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26 April 2002 Angola   33–21   Algeria
(17–9)

26 April 2002 Ivory Coast   24–20   Tunisia
(13–12)

Fifth place game

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26 April 2002 Cameroon   29–23   Congo
(9–8)

Third place game

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27 April 2002 Tunisia   31–20   Algeria
(19–13)

Final

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28 April 2002 Angola   30–21   Ivory Coast
(13–7)

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2003 World Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament
Rank Team
    Angola
    Ivory Coast
    Tunisia
4   Algeria
5   Cameroon
6   Congo
7   Gabon
8   DR Congo
9   Morocco
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