2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
Year:	2016
Country:	Western Sahara
Dates:	May 5–20
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion Other:	1º de Agosto
Count:	2
Second Other:	TKC
Third Other:	Progresso
Fourth Other:	FAP Yaoundé
Previous:	2015 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
Next:	2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup

The 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 32nd edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from May 5–20, 2016 in one venue: the Salle Al Jadida, in Laayoune, Western Sahara, contested by 8 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola thus successfully defending its tile.^{[1] [2]}

Draw

width=195px	Group A	width=195px	Group B
valign=top	ASCUM ASEL FAP Yaoundé Primeiro de Agosto	valign=top	Africa Sports Mikishi Progresso TKC

Preliminary rounds

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Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A

width=3%		width=25%		width=15%		width=25%		width=3%
10:00	FAP Yaoundé	35 (12:12) 26
12:00	1º de Agosto	41 (20:05) 10
15:00		17 (08:10) 24	1º de Agosto
15:00	ASCUM	11 (06:13) 32	FAP Yaoundé
15:00	ASEL	37 (25:06) 16
15:00	1º de Agosto	30 (17:12) 21

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GDIF	width=5%	Pts
	3	3	0	0	95	48	+47	6
	3	2	0	1	88	67	+21	4
	3	1	0	2	80	75	+5	2
	3	0	0	3	37	110	-73	0

• Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Group B

width=3%		width=25%		width=15%		width=25%		width=3%
12:00	Africa Sports	34 (16:12) 24
17:00		16 (08:10) 23	TKC
15:00	Africa Sports	15 (07:11) 17	TKC
19:00	Mikishi	18 (07:16) 32	Progresso
15:00	TKC	24 (14:12) 23
17:00	Africa Sports	18 (06:20) 36	Progresso

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GDIF	width=5%	Pts
	3	3	0	0	64	54	+10	6
	3	2	0	1	84	59	+25	4
	3	2	0	1	67	77	-10	2
	3	0	0	3	65	90	-25	0

• Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

Final standings

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	6–0
	TKC	5–1
	Progresso	4–2
4	FAP Yaoundé	3–3
5	ASEL	3–3
6	Africa Sports	3–3
7	ASCUM	1–5
8	Mikishi	0–6

See also

2016 African Women's Handball Champions League

External links

• Tournament profile at goalzz.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Handball: 1º de Agosto win Cup of African cups . ANGOP.com . 15 May 2016 . 17 May 2016.
2. Web site: Championnat d’Afrique des Vainqueurs de Coupe de handball, Laâyoune 2016 – Primero de Agosto d’Angola Champion !!! . CAHB.com . 15 May 2016 . 15 May 2016 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20160706232607/http://www.cahbonline.info/championnat-dafrique-des-vainqueurs-de-coupe-de-handball-laayoune-2016-primero-de-agosto-dangola-champion/ . 6 July 2016 . live . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Vainqueurs de Coupe: Tour Preliminaire Dames . cahbonline.info . 5 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160507025540/http://www.cahbonline.info/competitions/vainqueurs-de-coupe/ . 7 May 2016 . live . dmy-all .