Misplaced Pages

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

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
International handball competition
Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 1978
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored736 (32 per match)
← PreviousNext →

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

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

Zone Team
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

Main article: Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games 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.
Handball at the African Games
Main
Men
Women
List of medalists
Categories:
Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament Add topic