1998 African Women's Handball Championship

The 1998 African Women's Handball Championship was the 13th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in South Africa from 18 to 28 October 1998. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship.

1998 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–28 October
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Angola (4th title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	544 (49.45 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	2	1	1	0	70	36	+34	3
Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	54	31	+23	3
Mozambique	2	0	0	2	33	90	−57	0

Source:

19 October 1998	Angola	53–19	Mozambique

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	Ivory Coast	37–14	Mozambique

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	Angola	17–17	Ivory Coast

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	2	2	0	0	68	23	+45	4
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	63	33	+30	2
South Africa (H)	2	0	0	2	16	91	−75	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

	Congo	46–5	South Africa

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	Cameroon	45–11	South Africa

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	Congo	22–18	Cameroon

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Mon, 26 Oct 1998
	Angola	26
					Wed, 28 Oct 1998
	Cameroon	21
					Angola	31
	Mon, 26 Oct 1998
					Congo	23
	Ivory Coast	14
	Congo	18
					Third place
					Wed, 28 Oct 1998
					Cameroon	30
					Ivory Coast	28

Semifinals

26 October 1998	Angola	26–21	Cameroon

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	Congo	18–14	Ivory Coast

Fifth place game

	Mozambique	32–17	South Africa

Third place game

28 October 1998	Ivory Coast	30–28	Cameroon

Final

28 October 1998	Angola	31–23	Congo
		(19–15)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1999 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Angola
	Congo
	Ivory Coast
4	Cameroon
5	Mozambique
6	South Africa

External links

• Results on todor66.com