2006 African Women's Handball Championship

2006 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	12–20 January
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Angola (8th title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	731 (52.21 per match)

The 2006 African Women's Handball Championship was held in Tunisia from 12 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	2	2	0	0	59	41	+18	4
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	50	55	−5	1
Cameroon	2	0	1	1	45	58	−13	1

Source:

12 January 2006 16:30	Congo	31–18	Cameroon	Arena Sport Center, Ariana
		(11–9)

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14 January 2006 16:30	Congo	28–23	Ivory Coast	Arena Sport Center, Ariana
		(16–11)

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16 January 2006 16:30	Ivory Coast	27–27	Cameroon	Arena Sport Center, Ariana
		(15–14)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	3	2	1	0	116	54	+62	5
Tunisia (H)	3	2	1	0	86	50	+36	5
DR Congo	3	1	0	2	64	89	−25	2
Gabon	3	0	0	3	52	125	−73	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 January 2006 16:30	Tunisia	39–17	Gabon	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(19–7)

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11 January 2006 14:30	Angola	55–12	Gabon	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(28–7)

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12 January 2006 16:30	Angola	40–21	DR Congo	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(18–11)

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14 January 2006 16:30	Tunisia	26–12	DR Congo	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(16–5)

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16 January 2006 16:30	Angola	21–21	Tunisia	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(10–8)

16 January 2006 20:30	DR Congo	31–23	Gabon	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(12–10)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Congo	21
	Tunisia	24
					Tunisia	30
					Angola	32
	Ivory Coast	28
	Angola (OT)	29
					Third place
					Congo	22
					Ivory Coast	15

Semifinals

18 January 2006 16:30	Tunisia	24–21	Congo	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(11–11)

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18 January 2006 16:30	Angola	29–28 (ET)	Ivory Coast	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
	FT: 20–20 ET: 5–5, 4–3

Fifth place game

19 January 2006 14:30	Cameroon	31–27	DR Congo	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(12–13)

Third place game

19 January 2006 16:30	Congo	22–15	Ivory Coast	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
		(11–6)

Final

20 January 2006 18:30	Angola	32–30	Tunisia	Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
		(18–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2007 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Tunisia
	Congo
4	Ivory Coast
5	Cameroon
6	DR Congo
7	Gabon

External links

• Results on todor66.com