2006 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2006 African Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Tunisia from 12 to 20 January 2006. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

2006 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates12–20 January
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Angola (8th title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Congo
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored731 (52.21 per match)

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)
14 January 2006
16:30		 Congo  28–23  Ivory Coast Arena Sport Center, Ariana
(16–11)
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)
11 January 2006
14:30		 Angola  55–12  Gabon Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
(28–7)
12 January 2006
16:30		 Angola  40–21  DR Congo Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
(18–11)
14 January 2006
16:30		 Tunisia  26–12  DR Congo Salle Omnisport de Rades, Radès
(16–5)
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
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Congo21
 
 
 
 Tunisia24
 
 Tunisia30
 
 
 
 Angola32
 
 Ivory Coast28
 
 
 Angola (OT)29
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Congo22
 
 
 Ivory Coast15

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