1981 African Women's Handball Championship

The 1981 African Women's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Tunisia from 17 to 31 July 1981. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship.

1981 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates17–31 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Congo (2nd title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Next →

Draw

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Group A Group B

  Congo
  Egypt
  Ivory Coast

  Algeria
  Angola
  Nigeria
  Tunisia

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Congo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semifinals
2   Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
3   Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
19 July 1981 Ivory Coast   12–9   Egypt
(7–6)

25 July 1981 Congo   12–10   Egypt

28 July 1981 Congo     Ivory Coast

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia (H) 3 2 1 0 45 31 +14 5 Semifinals
2   Nigeria 3 1 2 0 49 33 +16 4
3   Algeria 3 1 1 1 39 39 0 3
4   Angola 3 0 0 3 36 66 −30 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
17 July 1981 Tunisia   17–10   Angola
(9–6)

18 July 1981 Algeria   9–9   Nigeria
(–)

21 July 1981 Algeria   20–13   Angola
(–)
21 July 1981 Tunisia   11–11   Nigeria
(4–4)

24 July 1981 Tunisia   17–10   Algeria
(–)

25 July 1981 Nigeria   29–13   Angola
(–)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Congo
 
 
 
  Nigeria
 
  Congo11
 
 
 
  Tunisia10
 
  Tunisia
 
 
  Ivory Coast
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Nigeria12
 
 
  Ivory Coast9

Fifth place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Egypt
 
 
 
  Angola
 
  Egypt16
 
 
  Algeria17
 
 
 
 

Fifth place game

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Algeria   17–16   Egypt
(–)

Third place game

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25 July 1981 Nigeria   12–9   Ivory Coast
(5–3)

Final

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30 July 1981 Congo   11–10   Tunisia

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 1982 World Championship
Rank Team
    Congo
    Tunisia
    Nigeria
4   Ivory Coast
5   Algeria
6   Egypt
7   Angola

References

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"Taça Marien Ngouabi em Andebol" [Handball Marien Ngouabi Cup]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 19 July 1981.

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