1976 African Women's Handball Championship

The 1976 African Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algeria. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament.

1976 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (2nd title)
Runner-up Congo
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored264 (22 per match)
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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 3 3 0 0 38 13 +25 6
  Algeria (H) 3 2 0 1 31 25 +6 4
  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 27 50 −23 2
  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 25 33 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Tunisia   10–8   Ivory Coast

Algeria   11–6   Ivory Coast

Nigeria   12–11   Ivory Coast

Tunisia   8–1   Algeria

Tunisia   20–4   Nigeria

Algeria   19–11   Nigeria

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Congo 2 2 0 0 42 27 +15 4
  Uganda 2 1 0 1 27 30 −3 2
  Senegal 2 0 0 2 17 29 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Congo   16–13   Senegal

Congo   26–14   Uganda

Uganda   13–4   Senegal

Knockout stage

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Fifth place game

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Senegal   14–10   Nigeria Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Third place game

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Algeria   10–8   Uganda Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final

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Tunisia   10–5   Congo Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament
Rank Team
    Tunisia
    Congo
    Algeria
4   Uganda
5   Senegal
6   Nigeria
7   Ivory Coast
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