Angola Beat Cameroon To Retain African Women’s Handball Crown

Angola Beat Cameroon To Retain African Women’s Handball Crown

By Denis Turyahebwa

Angola won their third successive Handball Championship title with a 25-15 win over hosts Cameroon in Yaounde over the weekend.

The defending champions had to sweat for their win and trailed 14-7 at halftime at the Multipurpose Sports Complex.

Bernardo Natalia Maria was phenomenal for the southern Africans while Cameroon’s Ekoh Karismah gave the champions’ defense a hard time.

The win gives Angola a boost ahead of next month’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where they will be the sole African representatives in the women’s tournament.

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Hosts Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Montenegro, and South Korea are Angola’s competition in the group stage.

North Africans Tunisia took emerged third after beating Congo 22-17 to pocket bronze.

Cameroonian players blamed a lack of focus for their defeat.

“We lacked lucidity I can say, we gave many balls to the opponent and that affected us,” said Maffo Kamga, a Cameroonian middle back.

Angola, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Senegal which finished fourth will be Africa’s representatives at the World Handball Championship due in Spain in December.

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