Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games

The Handball events at the 1978 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria on July 1978.[1] The competition included for the first time the women's event.

Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
DatesJuly 1978
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches23
Goals scored736 (32 per match)
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Egypt delegation protest and withdraw from the tournament and all the games due to the incident football match between Libya and Egypt in the football tournament.

Qualified teams
ZoneTeam
Hosts Algeria
Zone I Tunisia
Zone II Senegal
Zone III Ivory Coast (withdraw)
Zone IV Benin
Zone V Egypt
Zone VI Cameroon
Zone VII Madagascar

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 2 2 0 0 48 31 +17 4
 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 37 41 −4 2
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 31 44 −13 0
 Ivory Coast (withdraw) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
... July 1978 Algeria  23–15  Senegal Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
... July 1978 Cameroon  21–16  Senegal Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
... July 1978 Algeria  25–16  Cameroon Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Group B

Madagascar progressed after Egypt withdrawal.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 3 0 0 79 49 +30 6
 Egypt (withdraw) 3 2 0 1 46 30 +16 4
 Madagascar 3 1 0 2 36 43 −7 2
 Benin 3 0 0 3 43 82 −39 0
Source:
... July 1978 Madagascar  18–16  Benin Algiers
... July 1978 Tunisia  18–16  Egypt Algiers
... July 1978 Egypt  34–12  Benin Algiers
... July 1978 Tunisia  31–18  Madagascar Algiers
... July 1978 Tunisia  30–15  Benin Algiers
... July 1978 Egypt  –  Cameroon Algiers

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
.. July – Algiers
 
 
 Algeria28
 
.. July – Algiers
 
 Madagascar14
 
 Algeria20
 
.. July – Algiers
 
 Tunisia13
 
 Tunisia21
 
 
 Cameroon18
 
Third place
 
 
.. July – Algiers
 
 
 Madagascar20
 
 
 Cameroon36

Semifinals
... July 1978 Algeria  28–14  Madagascar Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
... July 1978 Tunisia  21–18  Cameroon Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Third place match
... July 1978 Madagascar  20–36  Cameroon Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final
... July 1978 Algeria  20–13  Tunisia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

Final standing
Pos Team Pld W D L Pts
 Algeria 4 4 0 0 8
 Tunisia 5 4 0 1 8
 Cameroon 4 2 0 2 4
4  Madagascar 5 1 0 4 2
5  Senegal 2 0 0 2 0
6  Benin 3 0 0 3 0
7  Egypt (W) 3 2 0 1 4
Source:
(W) Withdrew.

References
  1. "Men Handball III All Africa Games - 1978 Algiers". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. September 21, 2017.
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