Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament

The 1978 edition of the Women's Handball Tournament of the African Games was the 1st, organized by the African Handball Confederation and played under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria, contested by 6 national teams and won by Algeria.[1]

For the men's tournament, see Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament.
Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runner-up Cameroon
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches11
Goals scored277 (25 per match)
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Draw
Group A Group B

 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria

 Cameroon
 Egypt
 Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A
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Algeria Algeria14 : 08Nigeria Nigeria
Algeria Algeria17 : 13Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast15 : 13Nigeria Nigeria
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Algeria 2 2 0 0 31 21 +10 4 Advance to semi-finals
 Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 28 30 −2 2
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 21 29 −8 0 Relegated to 5th place classification
Source:

Group B
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Tunisia Tunisia12 : 04Egypt Egypt
Cameroon Cameroon13 : 10Egypt Egypt
Tunisia Tunisia13 : 13Cameroon Cameroon
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Tunisia 2 1 1 0 25 17 +8 3 Advance to semi-finals
 Cameroon 2 1 1 0 26 23 +3 3
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 14 25 −11 0 Relegated to 5th place classification
Source:

Knockout stage
Fifth place
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Nigeria Nigeria21 : 14Egypt Egypt
Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Algeria Algeria9
 
 
 
Tunisia Tunisia 8
 
Algeria Algeria17
 
 
 
Cameroon Cameroon12
 
Cameroon Cameroon14
 
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast12
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Tunisia Tunisia19
 
 
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast6

Final ranking
RankTeamRecord
Algeria Algeria4–0
 Cameroon2–1
 Tunisia2–1
4  Ivory Coast1–3
5  Nigeria1–2
6  Egypt0–3

Awards
 1978 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner 

Algeria
1st title

References
  1. "Women Handball III All Africa Games 1978 Alger (ALG) - 07 Winner Algeria". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.
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