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

Tourney Name:	Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament
Country:	Algeria
Num Teams:	6
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	11
Goals:	277
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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]

Draw

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Preliminary round

Group A

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Algeria	14 : 08	Nigeria
Algeria	17 : 13
Ivory Coast	15 : 13	Nigeria

Group B

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Tunisia	12 : 04	Egypt
Cameroon	13 : 10
Tunisia	13 : 13	Cameroon

Knockout stage

Fifth place

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Nigeria	21 : 14	Egypt

Championship bracket

Final ranking

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
	Algeria	4–0
		2–1
		2–1
4		1–3
5		1–2
6		0–3

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women Handball III All Africa Games 1978 Alger (ALG) - 07 Winner Algeria . todor66.com . 13 Jul 2016.