Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

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Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runner-up Congo
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Senegal
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The women's handball tournament of the 1987 All-Africa Games were held in August 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya, contested by 8 national teams and won by Ivory Coast.[1]

Draw[edit]

Group A Group B

 Congo
 Kenya
 Madagascar
 Tanzania

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Mozambique
 Senegal

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Poule A
  1.  Congo, qualified for semi-finals
  2.  Senegal, qualified for semi-finals
  3.  Kenya
  4. ?

Amongst the results, Congo won 16–4 over Senegal

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 49 29 +20 3
 Cameroon 2 1 1 0 32 27 +5 3
 Algeria 2 0 0 2 24 49 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2 August 1987 Cameroon  16 – 11  Algeria
4 August 1987 Cameroon  16 – 16  Ivory Coast
6 August 1987 Ivory Coast  33 - 13  Algeria

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 Aug 1987
 
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast20
 
11 Aug 1987
 
Senegal Senegal 12
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast22
 
8 Aug 1987
 
Republic of the Congo Congo11
 
Republic of the Congo Congo16
 
 
Cameroon Cameroon14
 
Third place
 
 
11 Aug 1987
 
 
Cameroon Cameroon20
 
 
Senegal Senegal12

For the 5th rank, Algeria won 18-13 over Kenya.

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
 Congo
 Cameroon
4  Senegal
5  Algeria
6  Kenya
7

Awards[edit]

 1987 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner 

Ivory Coast
1st title

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women Handball IV All Africa Games 1987 Nairobi (KEN) -13.08 Winner Ivory Coast". todor66.com. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.