Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Algeria
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Algeria (1st title)
Runner-up  Cameroon
Third place  Tunisia
Fourth place  Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches 11
Goals scored 277 (25.18 per match)
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The 1978 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 1st, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria, contested by 6 national teams and won by Algeria.[1]

Draw

Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria

 Cameroon
 Egypt
 Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A

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Algeria Algeria 14 : 08 Nigeria Nigeria
Algeria Algeria 17 : 13 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 15 : 13 Nigeria Nigeria
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
 Algeria 2 2 0 0 31 21 +10 4
 Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 28 30 –2 2
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 21 29 –8 0

* Note:      Advance to semi-finals
      Relegated to 5th place classification

Group B

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Tunisia Tunisia 12 : 04 Egypt Egypt
Cameroon Cameroon 13 : 10 Egypt Egypt
Tunisia Tunisia 13 : 13 Cameroon Cameroon
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
 Tunisia 2 1 1 0 25 17 +8 3
 Cameroon 2 1 1 0 26 23 +3 3
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 14 25 –11 0

* Note:      Advance to semi-finals
      Relegated to 5th place classification

Knockout stage

Fifth place

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Nigeria Nigeria 21 : 14 Egypt Egypt
Championship bracket
Semifinals Final
 Algeria Algeria  9  
 Tunisia Tunisia  8  
 
     Algeria Algeria  17
   Cameroon Cameroon  12
Third place
 Cameroon Cameroon  14  Tunisia Tunisia  19
 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast  12    Ivory Coast Ivory Coast  6

Final ranking

Rank Team Record
Algeria Algeria 4–0
 Cameroon 2–1
 Tunisia 2–1
4  Ivory Coast 1–3
5  Nigeria 1–2
6  Egypt 0–3

Awards

1978 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
Algeria
Algeria
First title

References

  1. ↑ "Women Handball III All Africa Games 1978 Alger (ALG) - 07 Winner Algeria". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.

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