Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
The qualification for the 1976 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to six teams: the host, four teams from the world championships and one team from the qualification tournament respectively. Qualification
ModusThe IHF proposed that the host and the top five from the last world championships (WC) would qualify. The USA proposed that besides the host only the top four from the WC would qualify. The last spot would be given to the winner of an additional tournament. At this tournament, the champions from Africa, America, and Asia would attend. Finland proposed that the sixth place would be given to the winner of a game between the 5th place team at the WC and the winner of a tournament between the champions from Africa, America, and Asia. France presented the following arguments for the American proposal:
The proposal from the USA received 25 votes, from Finland 12 votes, and the proposal from the IHF 10 votes.[1] Legend for qualification type
World Championship
Qualification tournament
The 1976 IHF Olympic qualification tournament was held in the United States. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Japan represented Asia, Tunisia represented Africa and the United States represented America.[2][3] Qualification
Standings
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw. (H) Hosts MatchesAll times are local (UTC-5).
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