{"id":13960,"date":"2025-09-19T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13960"},"modified":"2026-09-04T06:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:39:49","slug":"africa-u17-womens-handball-championship-algeria-beats-zambia-keeps-hopes-alive-for-semi-final-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13960","title":{"rendered":"Africa U17 Women&#8217;s Handball Championship: Algeria beats Zambia, keeps hopes alive for semi-final qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oran \u2013 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search?search=The%20Algerian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Algerian<\/a> national U17 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=49\">women<\/a>&#8216;s handball team defeated Zambia 39-16 (first half 25-10) on Thursday evening at the Miloud Hadefi <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">Sports<\/a> Complex in Oran, in the fourth round of Group B in the 21st edition of the African Nations Championship for this age category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Algerian players imposed their rhythm from the start of the match, finishing the first half with a 15-goal lead (25-10). In the second half, Maria Ben Fleis\u2019s teammates maintained the same pace and strengthened their offensive performance to widen the gap and win 39-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant national coach Souhail Belbchir told the press after the match: &#8220;We succeeded in winning this relatively easy game to stay in the competition. We will do our best to win tomorrow\u2019s match against Guinea to qualify for the semi-finals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Algerian national team player Leletsa Lahleh said: &#8220;I am completely satisfied with this victory, especially as it keeps our hopes alive in the tournament. We will strive to win on Friday to reach the semi-finals.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another Group B match in the same round, Egypt, already qualified, defeated Guinea 24-20, while Burkina Faso was exempted from playing this round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this first stage of the African tournament, which runs until September 21, the top two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals, while the other teams play classification matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group B standings after the fourth round:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Rank<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>Points<\/th><th>Matches Played<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Egypt<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Guinea<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a><\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Burkina Faso<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Zambia<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oran \u2013 The Algerian national U17 women&#8216;s handball team defeated Zambia 39-16 (first half 25-10) on Thursday evening at the Miloud Hadefi Sports Complex in Oran, in the fourth round of Group B in the 21st edition of the African Nations Championship for this age category. The Algerian players imposed their rhythm from the start &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73884,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960\/revisions\/73884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}