In the first round of Group A, the African team, which has as best Olympic record the seventh place in 1996, could only balance the match in the first half, which ended losing by one goal (13-12).
In the second half, Montenegro, silver medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games (losing 26-23 to Norway in the final), completely dominated and ended up winning by 11 goals difference.
Jovanka Radicevic, with 12 goals, in as many shots, stood out for the Montenegrins, while Natália Fonseca was the top scorer for the Angolans, with six.
In 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Angola had overcome Montenegro by 27-25 and ended the competition in eighth place (lost by 31-27 to Russia, in the quarterfinals), while the Europeans were in 11th place.
In the group stage, the top four classified in each of the two groups of six qualify for the quarterfinals.
