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

For the men's tournament, see Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men'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.

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

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runner-up	Cameroon
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	277 (25.18 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Algeria Ivory Coast Nigeria	Cameroon Egypt Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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Group B

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

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Knockout stage

Fifth place

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Nigeria	21 : 14	Egypt

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Algeria	9
	Tunisia	8
					Algeria	17
					Cameroon	12
	Cameroon	14
	Ivory Coast	12
					Third place
					Tunisia	19
					Ivory Coast	6

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Algeria	4–0
	Cameroon	2–1
	Tunisia	2–1
4	Ivory Coast	1–3
5	Nigeria	1–2
6	Egypt	0–3

Awards

1978 All-Africa Games Women's Handball winner
Algeria 1st title

External links

• Official website