1996 African Women's Handball Championship

1996 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Benin
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–29 October
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (2nd title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	777 (48.56 per match)
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The 1996 African Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Benin from 16 to 29 October 1996. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	57	37	+20	4
Algeria	2	1	0	1	57	33	+24	2
Togo	2	0	0	2	20	64	−44	0

	Algeria	33–7	Togo
		(18–3)

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	Ivory Coast	31–13	Togo
		(15–5)

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	Ivory Coast	26–24	Algeria
		(10–11)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	3	3	0	0	84	63	+21	6
Angola	3	2	0	1	86	68	+18	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	68	81	−13	2
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	65	91	−26	0

	Congo	28–18	Cameroon
		(15–11)

	Angola	34–19	Mozambique
		(15–7)

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	Congo	26–24	Angola
		(14–9)

	Cameroon	27–25	Mozambique
		(16–15)

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	Angola	28–23	Cameroon
		(14–12)

	Congo	30–21	Mozambique
		(15–8)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	61	30	+31	4
Mozambique	2	1	0	1	49	46	+3	2
Togo	2	0	0	2	30	64	−34	0

	Cameroon	33–12	Togo
		(15–5)

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	Cameroon	28–18	Mozambique
		(16–8)

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	Mozambique	31–18	Togo
		(18–7)

	Semifinals				Final
	Ivory Coast	29
	Angola	25
					Ivory Coast	35
					Algeria	19
	Algeria (OT)	24
	Congo	23
					Third place
					Angola	24
					Congo	21

	Ivory Coast	29–25	Angola
		(11–9)

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	Algeria	24–23 (ET)	Congo
		(9–9)
	FT: 20–20 ET: 4–3

	Angola	24–21	Congo
		(10–10)

	Ivory Coast	35–19	Algeria
		(18–8)

Qualified for the 1997 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Ivory Coast
	Algeria
	Angola
4	Congo
5	Cameroon
6	Mozambique
7	Togo

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