1976 African Men's Handball Championship

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Host country Algeria
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–18 April
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
1976 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–18 April
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (2nd title)
Runners-up Egypt
Third place Algeria
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored424 (35.33 per match)
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The 1976 African Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Algiers, Algeria, from 10 to 18 April 1976. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1]

In the final, Tunisia won their second title to beat Egypt, however Egypt was disqualified and the hosts Algeria took second place.

Venue

Algiers
Harcha Arena
Capacity: 5,000

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the final
     Team advance to the third place game

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 3 0 0 47 34 +13 6
 Algeria (H) 3 2 0 1 72 56 +16 4
 Togo 3 1 0 2 51 57 6 2
 Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 42 65 23 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
10 April 1976
17:00
Togo  16–13  Ivory Coast Harcha Arena, Algiers
10 April 1976
19:30
Algeria  12–14  Tunisia Harcha Arena, Algiers

12 April 1976
18:00
Togo  11–13  Tunisia Harcha Arena, Algiers
12 April 1976
20:30
Algeria  29–18  Ivory Coast Harcha Arena, Algiers

14 April 1976
18:00
Tunisia  20–11  Ivory Coast Harcha Arena, Algiers
14 April 1976
20:30
Algeria  31–24  Togo Harcha Arena, Algiers

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 41 29 +12 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 35 34 +1 2
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 33 46 13 0
 Morocco (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
11 April 1976
18:00
Egypt  18–12  Cameroon Harcha Arena, Algiers

13 April 1976
19:00
Egypt  23–17  Senegal Harcha Arena, Algiers

15 April 1976
19:00
Senegal  16–23  Cameroon Harcha Arena, Algiers

Knockout stage

Final ranking

References

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