2019 IHF Trophy Africa - Zone II tournament underway

The women’s competition of the IHF Trophy Africa - Zone II is well underway in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Following the non-arrival of Guinea-Bissau, and Gambia failing to present their passports and thus ineligible to be ranked, a number of changes have been made to the programme of the tournament.

Mauritania (MTN), Cape Verde (CPV), Gambia (GAM), Guinea (GUI), Mali (MLI) and Senegal (SEN) have teams competing in both the junior and youth competitions, with Gambia receiving an automatic ranking of sixth and bottom spot at the end.

Guinea won all their preliminary round matches in group B of the youth competition, while Senegal – as the only team that is ranked in their group – topped group A. In the semi-final, Senegal will therefore meet Cape Verde as second-ranked in Group B and Guinea face Mali.

In the junior competition, Guinea and Senegal, as well, topped their respective groups and play their semi-finals against Cape Verde and Mauritania, respectively.

All games are being played at the Terrain Nouvelle Maison des Jeunes and Institut de la Jeunesse.

MATCH SCHEDULE

Wednesday 3 April

Youth Competition

15:00 – 5/6 Placement Match: GAM vs MTN

15:00 – Semi-Final: SEN vs CPV

16:30 – Semi-Final: GUI vs MLI

Junior Competition

16:30 – 5/6 Placement Match: GAM vs MLI

18:00 – Semi-Final: CPV vs GUI

19:30 – Semi-Final: SEN vs MTN

RESULTS

Sunday 31 March

Youth Competition

GAM vs SEN 10:43 (5:22)

MLI vs MTN 17:16 (7:7)

CPV vs GUI 20:33 (7:17)

Junior Competition

CPV vs SEN 28:37 (10:16)

GAM vs GUI 25:30 (8:12)

Monday 1 April

Youth Competition

MTN vs CPV 11:29 (3:10)

GUI vs MLI 42:12 (22:6)

Junior Competition

SEN vs MLI 35:12 (15:6)

MTN vs GAM 21:41 (10:22)

Tuesday 2 April

Youth Competition

CPV vs MLI 24:19 (13:10)

MTN vs GUI 9:39 (5:20)

Junior Competition

CPV vs MLI 43:32 (22:16)

MTN vs GUI 5:27 (3:12)