1983 African Women's Handball Championship

1983 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–31 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Congo (3rd title)
Runner-up	Nigeria
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Ivory Coast

The 1983 African Women's Handball Championship was held from 23 to 30 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Angola Congo Egypt Ivory Coast	Algeria Cameroon Gabon Nigeria Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	64	47	+17	6
Congo	3	2	0	1	66	47	+19	4
Angola	3	1	0	2	45	60	-15	2
Egypt	3	0	0	3	48	69	-21	0

* Note:   Advance to semi-finals

23 July 1983	Congo	22–12	Angola

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24 July 1983	Ivory Coast	19–13	Angola

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26 July 1983	Ivory Coast	23–16	Egypt

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27 July 1983	Congo	26–13	Egypt

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28 July 1983	Ivory Coast	22–18	Congo

28 July 1983	Angola	20–19	Egypt

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Cameroon	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
Tunisia	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Algeria	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	2
Gabon	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

* Note:   Advance to semi-finals

23 July 1983	Algeria	v	Gabon

23 July 1983	Cameroon	20–19	Tunisia

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24 July 1983	Tunisia	v	Gabon

24 July 1983	Cameroon	18–18	Nigeria

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26 July 1983	Nigeria	16–11	Algeria
		(8–6)

26 July 1983	Cameroon	26–8	Gabon
		(10–5)

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27 July 1983	Nigeria	18–11	Gabon
		(10–5)

27 July 1983	Tunisia	18–13	Algeria
		(8–9)

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28 July 1983	Cameroon	23–16	Algeria
		(9–8)

28 July 1983	Nigeria	17–14	Tunisia
		(7–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Congo
	Cameroon
					Congo	27
					Nigeria	14
	Nigeria
	Ivory Coast
					Third place
					Cameroon	25
					Ivory Coast	13

Third place game

31 July 1983	Cameroon	27–14	Ivory Coast

Final

31 July 1983	Congo	25–13	Nigeria

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Congo
	Nigeria
	Cameroon
4	Ivory Coast
5	Tunisia
6	Angola
7	Algeria
8	Egypt
9	Gabon

External links

• Results on todor66.com