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

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]

Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Teams8 (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
Next

Draw

Group A Group B

 Cameroon
 Congo
 Kenya
 Nigeria

 Angola
 Algeria
 DR Congo
 Ivory Coast

Preliminary round

Group A

 05 Oct 2003
14:00Congo Republic of the Congo41 : 19Kenya Kenya
18:00Cameroon Cameroon33 : 26Nigeria Nigeria
 07 Oct 2003
14:00Nigeria Nigeria35 : 14Kenya Kenya
18:00Congo Republic of the Congo36 : 34Cameroon Cameroon
 09 Oct 2003
14:00Cameroon Cameroon39 : 16Kenya Kenya
20:00Congo Republic of the Congo25 : 18Nigeria Nigeria
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Congo 3 3 0 0 102 71 +31 6 Advance to semi-finals
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 106 78 +28 4
 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 79 72 +7 2 Relegated to 5th place classification
 Kenya 3 0 0 3 49 115 66 0 Relegated to 7th place classification
Source:

Group B

 05 Oct 2003
14:00Ivory Coast Ivory Coast38 : 12Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
18:00Angola Angola30 : 16Algeria Algeria
 07 Oct 2003
14:00Angola Angola35 : 12Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
18:00Ivory Coast Ivory Coast29 : 17Algeria Algeria
 09 Oct 2003
14:00Algeria Algeria38 : 21Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
20:00Angola Angola33 : 23Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Angola 3 3 0 0 98 51 +47 6 Advance to semi-finals
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 87 70 +17 4
 Algeria 3 1 0 2 71 80 9 2 Relegated to 5th place classification
 DR Congo 3 0 0 3 53 108 55 0 Relegated to 7th place classification
Source:

Knockout stage

7th place match
11 Oct 2003
14:00DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo26 : 20Kenya Kenya
5th place match
11 Oct 2003
18:00Nigeria Nigeria25 : 21Algeria Algeria
Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 14:00
 
 
Cameroon Cameroon28
 
Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00
 
Angola Angola 27
 
Cameroon Cameroon28
 
Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast27
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast23
 
 
Republic of the Congo Congo20
 
Third place
 
 
Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 14:00
 
 
Angola Angola35
 
 
Republic of the Congo Congo27

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
Cameroon Cameroon4–1
 Ivory Coast3–2
 Angola4–1
4  Congo3-2
5  Nigeria2–2
6  Algeria1–3
7  DR Congo1–3
8  Kenya0–4

Awards

 2003 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner 

Cameroon
1st title

References

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