2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Algeria |
| City | Oran |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 14–21 September |
| Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Tunisia |
| Third place |  Guinea |
| Fourth place |  Angola |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 1,452 (45.38 per match) |
The 2025 African Women's Youth Handball Championship is held in Oran, Algeria from 14 to 21 September 2025[1][2]. It also acted as qualification tournament for the 2026 IHF Women's U18 Handball World Championship.
Draw
The draw was held on 31 July 2025 at the CAHB headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast[3].
Venues
| Oran | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bir El Djir | Medina Jedida (Oran Center) | ||
| Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena | Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace | ||
| Main Hall | Second Hall | ||
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | ||
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Preliminary round
Classification stage
Ninth place game
| 20 September 2025 14:00 |
Benin  |
44–12 |  Zambia |
Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran |
| (17–6) | ||||
Seventh place game
| 20 September 2025 16:00 |
Kenya  |
29–20 |  Burkina Faso |
Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran |
| (13–12) | ||||
Fifth place game
| 20 September 2025 18:00 |
Nigeria  |
29–28 | Algeria |
Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace, Oran |
| (13–11) | ||||
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 20 September | ||||||
| Tunisia | 25 | |||||
| 21 September | ||||||
| Guinea | 23 | |||||
| Tunisia | 21 | |||||
| 20 September | ||||||
| Egypt | 33 | |||||
| Egypt | 19 | |||||
| Angola | 16 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 September | ||||||
| Guinea | 18 | |||||
| Angola | 11 | |||||
Semifinals
| 20 September 2025 15:30 |
Tunisia |
25–23 | Guinea |
Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir |
| (10–8) | ||||
| 20 September 2025 18:00 |
Egypt |
19–16 | Angola |
Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir |
| (13–7) | ||||
Third place game
| 21 September 2025 15:30 |
Guinea |
18–11 | Angola |
Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir |
| (8–1) | ||||
Final
| 21 September 2025 18:00 |
Tunisia |
21–33 | Egypt |
Miloud Hadefi Complex Arena, Bir El Djir |
| (9–16) | ||||
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Egypt |
 | Tunisia |
 | Guinea |
| 4 | Angola |
| 5 | Nigeria |
| 6 | Algeria |
| 7 | Kenya |
| 8 | Burkina Faso |
| 9 | Benin |
| 10 | Zambia |
| 11 |  Madagascar |
| Team qualified for the 2026 U18 World Championship |