Handball: Congo-B and Cameroon in the semi-finals of the women's CAN and at the World Cup
During Senegal-Congo-B, at the 2021 handball CAN.
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Text by: David Kalfa Follow
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Tunisia - Angola and Congo-Brazzaville - Cameroon will be the posters for the semi-finals of the African Nations Women's Handball Cup on June 16, 2021 in Yaoundé.
The Congolese surprised the Senegalese 21-20 while the Cameroonians crushed the Nigerians 44-14.
The semi-finalists have in the process won their qualification for the 2021 World Championship scheduled for December in Spain.
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We know the four representatives of Africa at the next Women's World Handball Championship, scheduled for December 2 to 19, 2021 in Spain.
These are Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Tunisia and Cameroon.
These are the four semi-finalists of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations organized in Yaoundé from June 8 to 18, 2021. The posters scheduled for June 16 are Tunisia - Angola and Congo-Brazzaville - Cameroon.
The presence of Congo-Brazzaville in the last four of this CAN and at the 2021 World Cup is the main surprise, this selection having hardly shone during the years 2010. The Congolese dismissed the Senegalese 21-20 at the end of a quarter panting finale.
Senegal had yet reached the final of the previous edition.
A Tunisia-Angola shock
There was no suspense, however, between Cameroonians and Nigerians.
The Lionesses pulverized the West African women 44-14.
The other semi-final of this CAN 2021 looks like a final before its time.
The Angolans have won 13 of the 23 previous editions.
And they have lost their title only once since 1998. It was in 2014 against the Tunisians.
Tunisians who had to work to remove the Guineans (27-20), in the quarterfinals.
As for the Angolans, they controlled their meeting against the DR Congo (29-20).
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