IHF Trophy Africa - Continental Phase

Youth Competition

Guinea, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Democratic Republic Congo and Cameroon.

Junior Competition

Senegal, Nigeria, Madagascar, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon.

Twelve countries in Youth and Junior categories have been confirmed will participate in the 2018 IHF Africa Challenge Trophy tournament – scheduled for August 7-12, 2018 in Kigali.

Following the conclusion of all the Confederation of African Handball (CAHB) regional IHF Trophy events of 2018, the venue, dates and teams have been announced for the IHF Trophy Africa - Continental Phase.

From 7-12 August, Kigali, Rwanda will host the junior (players born in 1998 and younger) and Youth (players born in 2000 and younger) competitions which feature six nations in each.

The winners of each competition in Rwanda will qualify through to the IHF Trophy Intercontinental Phase to be held later this year.

How the teams qualified

In the CAHB Africa - Zone II competition, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania (MTN) from 24-29 March, Senegal won the junior competition, beating Guinea 35:24 in the final, while the result was reversed in the youth competition, with Guinea beating Senegal 26:22.

Nigeria made it a double win in the CAHB Africa - Zone III tournament, held in Niamey, Niger (NIG) from 9-14 April, with the youth team beating Niger 27:25 in the final and the juniors beating Burkina Faso 39:24 in the final.

The IHF Trophy Africa Zone VI and VII combined tournament in Lusaka, Zambia took place from 24-28 April and saw hosts Zambia come from being three goals down at half-time to beat Madagascar 26:23 (12:15) to win the youth final, while Madagascar got revenge in the junior final, beating Zambia 34:21 (17:8).

Kenya won the youth tournament in the CAHB Africa - Zone V competition held in Kampala, Uganda from 14-20 May, beating Ethiopia 22:17 in the final, while Rwanda beat Uganda 32:27 in the junior tournament.

The IHF Trophy Africa - Zone IV tournament, which was supposed to be held in Kinshasa, DR Congo from 6-10 June, was cancelled in May as only the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon registered national teams for the competition. Subsequently, both the junior and youth teams of each nation qualified directly through to the Continental Phase.

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