Handball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament explained
| Tourney Name: | Handball at the 2015 African Games
Women's tournament |
| Country: | Congo |
| Dates: | 10–19 September 2015 |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 Palais des Sports (Kintélé) |
| Cities: | 1 Brazzaville |
| Count: | 6 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Previous: | Handball at the 2011 African Games – Women's tournament |
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The 2015 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 9th, 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 from 10 to 19 September 2015 at the Palais des Sports Kintélé in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, contested by 11 national teams and won by Angola.[1] [2]
Format
- The 11 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A+B+C+D) for the preliminary round.
- Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
- From there on a knockout system was used until the final.
Draw
| width=25% | Group A | width=25% | Group B | width=25% | Group C | width=25% | Group D |
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Group stage [3]
Times given below are in UTC+1.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
All matches were played in: Palais des Sports Kintélé, Brazzaville
Gold medal match
Final standings [4]
| Rank | width=150px | Team | Record |
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| | 5–0–0 |
| | 3–1–1 |
| | 3–1–1 |
| 4 | | 2–0–3 |
| 5 | | 2–0–1 |
| 6 | | 2–0–1 |
| 7 | | 1–0–2 |
| 8 | | 0–0–3 |
| 9 | | 0–0–2 |
| 10 | | 0–0–2 |
| 11 | | 0–0–2 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: AllAFricaGames: Angola's female handball team conquer gold . ANGOP-Angolan News Agency . 20 Sep 2015. 22 Sep 2015.
- Web site: 11th African Games : Finals, Angola and Egypt won the gold medal . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924222532/http://www.cahbonline.info/index2_eng.php?id=1001 . dead . 24 September 2015 . CAHB-com . 22 Sep 2015.
- Web site: Schedule . https://web.archive.org/web/20150911233958/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/calendrier-sport/?sport=5 . dead . 11 September 2015 . cojabrazzaville2015.com . 22 Sep 2015 .
- Web site: Handball, end of the suspense! . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923000034/http://www.cojabrazzaville2015.com/en/handball-fin-du-suspense/ . dead . 23 September 2015 . cojabrazzaville2015.com . 22 Sep 2015 .
