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

For the men's tournament, see Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament.

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

Tournament details
Host country	Kenya
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runner-up	Congo
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Senegal

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.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Congo Kenya Madagascar Tanzania	Algeria Ivory Coast Mozambique Senegal

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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:

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

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	8 Aug 1987
	Ivory Coast	20
					11 Aug 1987
	Senegal	12
					Ivory Coast	22
	8 Aug 1987
					Congo	11
	Congo	16
	Cameroon	14
					Third place
					11 Aug 1987
					Cameroon	20
					Senegal	12

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

Final ranking

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

Awards

1987 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
Ivory Coast 1st title