2014 African Women's Handball Championship Explained

The 2014 African Women's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.

Venues

Algiers
Salle Harcha Capacity: 6,000
Algiers		Chéraga
Salle OMS Capacity: 15,000		Salle Chéraga Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

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	14 (1976, 1979, 1981,1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012)
	17 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
	13 (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
	19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
	7 (1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
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	6 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2012)
	16 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 October 2013.^{[1] [2]}

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Squads

See main article: 2014 African Women's Handball Championship squads.

Preliminary round

Times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5–8th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2015 World Championship

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

External links

• • African Handball Federation
• Results at todor66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Press release. cahbonline.info. 8 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131030204149/http://www.cahbonline.info/index2.php?id=550. 30 October 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Results of the draw. cahbonline.info. 9 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131030204148/http://www.cahbonline.info/index2.php?id=551. 30 October 2013. dead.