Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Congo
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The 2003 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 6th, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held in Abuja, Nigeria, contested by 8 national teams and won by Cameroon.^[1]

Draw

Group A	Group B
Cameroon  Congo  Kenya  Nigeria	Angola  Algeria  DR Congo  Ivory Coast

Preliminary round

Group A

05 Oct 2003 14:00 Congo 41 : 19 Kenya 18:00 Cameroon 33 : 26 Nigeria  07 Oct 2003 14:00 Nigeria 35 : 14 Kenya 18:00 Congo 36 : 34 Cameroon  09 Oct 2003 14:00 Cameroon 39 : 16 Kenya 20:00 Congo 25 : 18 Nigeria

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts  Congo 3 3 0 0 102 71 +31 6  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 106 78 +28 4  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 79 72 +7 2  Kenya 3 0 0 3 49 115 –66 0 * Note:      Advance to semi-finals       Relegated to 5th place classification       Relegated to 7th place classification

Group B

05 Oct 2003 14:00 Ivory Coast 38 : 12 DR Congo 18:00 Angola 30 : 16 Algeria  07 Oct 2003 14:00 Angola 35 : 12 DR Congo 18:00 Ivory Coast 29 : 17 Algeria  09 Oct 2003 14:00 Algeria 38 : 21 DR Congo 20:00 Angola 33 : 23 Ivory Coast

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts  Angola 3 3 0 0 98 51 +47 6  Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 87 70 +17 4  Algeria 3 1 0 2 71 80 −9 2  DR Congo 3 0 0 3 53 108 −55 0 * Note:      Advance to semi-finals       Relegated to 5th place classification       Relegated to 7th place classification

Knockout stage

7th place match

11 Oct 2003
14:00	DR Congo	26 : 20	Kenya

5th place match

11 Oct 2003
18:00	Nigeria	25 : 21	Algeria

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 14:00
	Cameroon	28
	Angola	27
					Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00
					Cameroon	28
					Ivory Coast	27
					Third place
	Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00			Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 14:00
	Ivory Coast	23		Angola	35
	Congo	20			Congo	27

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Cameroon	4–1
	Ivory Coast	3–2
	Angola	4–1
4	Congo	4–1
5	Nigeria	2–2
6	Algeria	1–3
7	DR Congo	1–3
8	Kenya	0–4

Awards

2003 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
Cameroon First title

References

1. "Women Handball VIII All Africa Games 2003 Abuja (NGR) 06-14.10 Winner Cameroon". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.

External links

• Official website