1996 African Women's Handball Championship

1996 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Benin
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (2nd title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches	16
Goals scored	777 (48.56 per match)
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The 1996 African Women's Handball Championship was held in Benin. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	57	37	+20	4
Algeria	2	1	0	1	57	33	+24	2
Togo	2	0	0	2	20	64	−44	0

	Algeria	33–7	Togo
		(18–3)

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	Ivory Coast	31–13	Togo
		(15–5)

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	Ivory Coast	26–24	Algeria
		(10–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	3	3	0	0	84	63	+21	6
Angola	3	2	0	1	86	68	+18	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	68	81	−13	2
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	65	91	−26	0

	Congo	28–18	Cameroon
		(15–11)

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	Angola	34–19	Mozambique
		(15–7)

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	Congo	26–24	Angola
		(14–9)

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	Cameroon	27–25	Mozambique
		(16–15)

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	Angola	28–23	Cameroon
		(14–12)

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	Congo	30–21	Mozambique
		(15–8)

Knockout stage

Places 5–7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	61	30	+31	4
Mozambique	2	1	0	1	49	46	+3	2
Togo	2	0	0	2	30	64	−34	0

	Cameroon	33–12	Togo
		(15–5)

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	Cameroon	28–18	Mozambique
		(16–8)

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	Mozambique	31–18	Togo
		(18–7)

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Ivory Coast	29
	Angola	25
					Ivory Coast	35
					Algeria	19
	Algeria (OT)	24
	Congo	23
					Third place
					Angola	24
					Congo	21

Semifinals

	Ivory Coast	29–25	Angola
		(11–9)

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	Algeria	24–23 (ET)	Congo
		(9–9)
	FT: 20–20 ET: 4–3

Third place game

	Angola	24–21	Congo
		(10–10)

Final

	Ivory Coast	35–19	Algeria
		(18–8)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Ivory Coast
	Algeria
	Angola
4	Congo
5	Cameroon
6	Mozambique
7	Togo

External links

• Results on todor66.com