1981 African Men's Handball Championship

1981 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Tunisia
Dates 18 July – 1 August
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Algeria (1st title)
Runner-up  Ivory Coast
Third place  Tunisia
Fourth place  Egypt
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The 1981 African Men's Handball Championship, was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 18 July to 1 August 1981. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1982 World Championship in West Germany.[1]

In the final, Algeria win their first title beating Ivory Coast in the final game.

Qualified teams

Venue

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the knockout stage

Knockout stage

Third place game

31 July 1981 Tunisia   Egypt Tunis

Final

1 August 1981 Algeria  30 – 25  Ivory Coast Tunis

Final ranking

Team qualified for the 1982 World Championship
RankTeam
 Algeria
 Ivory Coast
 Tunisia
4 Egypt
5 Angola
6 Nigeria
7 Congo
8 Guinea

References

  1. "Men Handball IV Africa Championship 1981 Tunisia". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. November 26, 2016.
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