1976 African Men's Handball Championship

1976 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–18 April
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Togo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	424 (35.33 per match)

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.

Qualified teams

•  Algeria (hosts)
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Ivory Coast
•  Senegal
•  Togo
•  Tunisia
•  Morocco (withdrew)

Venue

Algiers	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

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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

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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

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

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

Knockout stage

Fifth place game

18 April 1976 15:00	Senegal	19–14	Togo	Harcha Arena, Algiers

Third place game

18 April 1976 17:00	Algeria	24–17	Cameroon	Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final

18 April 1976 19:00	Tunisia	15–14	Egypt	Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final ranking

Egypt finished 2nd however it was disqualified. So Algeria third finished 2nd and Cameroon 3rd.

Team qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
-	Egypt (disqualified)
	Algeria
	Cameroon
4	Senegal
5	Togo
6	Ivory Coast

References

1. "Men Handball II Africa Championship 1976 Algeria". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.