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

For the men's tournament, see Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament.

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

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Congo

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.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Cameroon Congo Kenya Nigeria	Angola Algeria DR Congo Ivory Coast

Preliminary round

Group A

05 Oct 2003
14:00	Congo	41 : 19	Kenya
18:00	Cameroon	33 : 26	Nigeria
07 Oct 2003
14:00	Nigeria	35 : 14	Kenya
18:00	Congo	36 : 34	Cameroon
09 Oct 2003
14:00	Cameroon	39 : 16	Kenya
20:00	Congo	25 : 18	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

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Group B

05 Oct 2003
14:00	Ivory Coast	38 : 12	DR Congo
18:00	Angola	30 : 16	Algeria
07 Oct 2003
14:00	Angola	35 : 12	DR Congo
18:00	Ivory Coast	29 : 17	Algeria
09 Oct 2003
14:00	Algeria	38 : 21	DR Congo
20:00	Angola	33 : 23	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

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Knockout stage

7th place match

11 Oct 2003
14:00	DR Congo	26 : 20	Kenya

5th place match

11 Oct 2003
18:00	Nigeria	25 : 21	Algeria

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 14:00
	Cameroon	28
					Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 18:00
	Angola	27
					Cameroon	28
	Sun 12 Oct 2003 − 18:00
					Ivory Coast	27
	Ivory Coast	23
	Congo	20
					Third place
					Mon 13 Oct 2003 − 14:00
					Angola	35
					Congo	27

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Cameroon	4–1
	Ivory Coast	3–2
	Angola	4–1
4	Congo	3-2
5	Nigeria	2–2
6	Algeria	1–3
7	DR Congo	1–3
8	Kenya	0–4

Awards

2003 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
Cameroon 1st title

External links

• Official website