1989 African Women's Handball Championship

The 1989 African Women's Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algeria from 17 to 27 July 1989. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1990 World Women's Handball Championship.

1989 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–27 July
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (1st title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Congo
Fourth place	Algeria

Preliminary round

Group A

19 July 1989 15:30	Tunisia	15–22	Ivory Coast	Harcha

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20 July 1989 15:30	Angola	20–20	Ivory Coast	Harcha Referees: Yakoubou, Simeon (NGR)
	Palmira; Fábia 3	(10–11)	Desire 4

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22 July 1989 17:00	Angola	21–16	Tunisia	Harcha Referees: K.Mouma, A.Hassan (EGY)
	Bininha; Fábia 4	(10–6)	Benghrifa 4

Group B

19 July 1989 17:00	Algeria	21–20	Congo	Harcha Referees: J.Venâncio, G.Sousa (ANG)
	Silmani 3		Mkada 9

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21 July 1989 17:00	Egypt	11–19	Congo	Harcha

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23 July 1989 18:30	Algeria	21–15	Egypt	Boufarik

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Angola	19
	Algeria	9
					Angola	22
					Ivory Coast	18
	Ivory Coast	19
	Congo	16
					Third place
					Algeria	17
					Congo	19

Semifinals

25 July 1989	Angola	19–9	Algeria	Boumèrdes Referees: Yakoubou, Simeon (NGR)
	Palmira 9	(11–5)	Slimani 3

25 July 1989	Ivory Coast	19–16	Congo	Harcha
		(10–6)

Third place game

27 July 1989	Congo	19–17	Algeria

Final

27 July 1989 16:00	Angola	22–18	Ivory Coast	Harcha Referees: El Kouch, Kezzouli (MAR)
	Fábia Raposo 6	(11–6)	Ndri Paulette 6

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1990 World Championship qualifying tournament

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Ivory Coast
	Congo
4	Algeria
5	Egypt
6	Tunisia

External links

• Results on todor66.com