1979 African Men's Handball Championship

1979 African Men's Championship

Marien N'Gouabi Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20 – 31 July
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Congo

The 1979 African Men's Handball Championship, named Marien N'Gouabi Cup was held in Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo, from 20 to 31 July 1979. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

In the final, Tunisia win their third title to beat Egypt in the final game.

Qualified teams

• Algeria
• Angola
• Cameroon
• Congo (hosts)
• Egypt

• Ivory Coast
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Madagascar (withdrew)

Squads

Main article: 1979 African Men's Handball Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

... July 1979	Algeria	43 – 15	Angola	Brazzaville

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... July 1979	Algeria	31 – 24	Cameroon	Brazzaville

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... July 1979	Algeria	29 – 22	Togo	Brazzaville

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	29 July – Brazzaville
	Egypt
					31 July – Brazzaville
	Congo
					Egypt	15
	29 July – Brazzaville
					Tunisia	21
	Tunisia	23
	Algeria	18
					Third place
					30 July – Brazzaville
					Congo	24
					Algeria	26

Semifinals

29 July 1979	Egypt	–	Congo	Brazzaville

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29 July 1979	Tunisia	23 – 18	Algeria	Brazzaville

Third place game

30 July 1979	Congo	24 – 26	Algeria	Brazzaville

Final

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

Final ranking

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