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2002 African 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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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.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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

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

Group D

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

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

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

Bracket

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

Semifinals

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

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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