2024 Women's African Handball Championship: top performers from the group stage
The group stage of the 26th Women's African Handball Championship wrapped up on Tuesday in Kinshasa with a dominant display from Angola
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The knockout stages get under way on Wednesday at the 26th Women's African Handball Championship, with the quarter-finals. The group stage of this edition was one of the highest-scoring in the history of the competition, with a total of 1534 goals scored across the 30 matches of this first round.
Angola, the only unbeaten team
As expected, Angola, four-time defending champions, dominated this opening phase of the competition. The Angolans finished top of Group B by winning all 5 of their group-stage matches. The African champions are the only side to have achieved that feat.
Among the other strong performers were Senegal, Congo, Egypt and Cameroon, who each won 4 matches out of 5. The host nation, DR Congo, managed to win only 3 matches.
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Best attack: Angola
On their way to a perfect record, Angola had the best attack of the group stage at this Women's African Handball Championship, with 188 goals scored, including 36 against Tunisia, 46 against Uganda, 35 against Guinea, 31 against Cameroon and 40 against DR Congo. Angola are followed by Egypt, who scored 143 goals, and Tunisia, who complete the podium with 141 goals scored.
Best defence: Angola again
The Angolans were strong in every department in this group stage. The African champions also had the best defence, conceding only 85 goals in 5 matches played. The Palancas Negras are followed by the Senegalese, who conceded 88 goals. Congo complete the podium with 102 goals conceded.
Eteba top scorer
Angola have the best attack of this Women's African Handball Championship so far, but they do not have the top scorer. The leading scorer of the group stage is Cameroonian. It is Eteba Engadi, who scored 35 goals. She is followed by Tunisia's Belhadj Soumaya with 27 goals. The podium is completed by Angola's Fonseca Natalia, Egypt's Mariam Omar and Senegal's Soukeina Sagna, who each scored 25 goals.
Marta best goalkeeper
Marta Alberto was the best goalkeeper of the group stage. The Angolan made 50 saves from 110 shots faced, a save rate of 45.4%. She is followed by Congo's Cecilia Errin, who made 41 saves from 108 shots faced, a save rate of 39.7%. Senegal's Justicia Elbelco completes the podium with 33 shots saved out of 95 faced, a save rate of 34.7%.