1979 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1979 African Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo, from 20 to 31 July 1979. The competition is held every two years. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1]

1979 African Men's Championship
Marien N'Gouabi Cup
Tournament details
Host country Congo
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–31 July
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (3rd title)
Runner-up Egypt
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Congo
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In the final, Tunisia win their third title to beat Egypt in the final game.

Qualified teams edit

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Algeria   43–15   Angola Brazzaville

Algeria   31–24   Cameroon Brazzaville

Algeria   29–22   Togo Brazzaville

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Congo (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Madagascar (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdrew

Knockout stage edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 July – Brazzaville
 
 
  Egypt
 
31 July – Brazzaville
 
  Congo
 
  Egypt15
 
29 July – Brazzaville
 
  Tunisia21
 
  Tunisia23
 
 
  Algeria18
 
Third place
 
 
30 July – Brazzaville
 
 
  Congo24
 
 
  Algeria26

Semifinals edit

29 July 1979 Egypt     Congo Brazzaville

29 July 1979 Tunisia   23–18   Algeria Brazzaville

Third place game edit

30 July 1979 Congo   24–26   Algeria Brazzaville

Final edit

30 July 1979 Egypt   15–21   Tunisia Brazzaville
(8–11)

Final ranking edit

Tunisia qualified for Olympic tournament 1980 but refused to play, Egypt apparently too. So Algeria took their place.

Team qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rank Team
    Tunisia
    Egypt
    Algeria
4   Congo
5   Cameroon
6   Togo
7   Ivory Coast
8   Nigeria
9   Angola

References edit

  1. ^ "Men Handball III Africa Championship 1979 Congo". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.