| Tourney Name: | African Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Angola |
| Dates: | 28 November – 7 December |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 12 |
| Matches: | 27 |
| Goals: | 1366 |
| Top Scorer: |  Amal Hamrouni, 40 |
| Player: | Natália Bernardo |
| Previous: | 2014 African Women's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2018 African Women's Handball Championship |
The 2016 African Women's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Luanda, Angola from 28 November to 7 December 2016.[1] It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.[2]
This was the first time in the history of the African championships that the male and female editions were organized in two different countries at different times. While men and women competitions were traditionally gathered in the same installations every two years in January, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) had decided to separate the two competitions after several votes at a meeting on 23 January 2015 at the Abbasside Palace hotel in Algiers.[3]
| width=20% | Country ! | width=80% | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15(1976, 1979, 1981,1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 18 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 14 (1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 20 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 8 (1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 1 (2014) | |||
| 19 (1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | |||
| 7 (1974, 1976, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2012, 2014) | |||
| 17 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
| width=195px | Group A | width=195px | Group B | |
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See main article: 2016 African Women's Handball Championship squads.
Times are local (UTC+1).
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After the semifinals, Senegal was disqualified from the tournament for using ineligible player Doungou Camara, since she has already played for the French national team. Tunisia faced Angola in the final and Cameroon automatically occupied the third place.[4] [5]
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| width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc | Qualified for the 2017 World Championship |
| Rank | width=170 | Team |
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| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| DSQ |
Angolese Natália Bernardo is the Best Player and Tunisian Amal Hamrouni is the top scorer with 40 goals.[6]
All-star team is
| GK | Teresa Almeida | ||
| RW | Azenaide Carlos | ||
| RB | | Amal Hamrouni | |
| CB | Natália Bernardo | ||
| LB | Magda Cazanga | ||
| LW | Joelma Viegas | ||
| P | Albertina Kassoma |