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1976 African Women's Handball Championship

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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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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.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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

Fifth place game

Senegal  14–10  Nigeria

Third place game

Algeria  10–8  Uganda

Final

Tunisia  10–5  Congo

Final ranking

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