1981 African Men's Handball Championship

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1981 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Dates18 July – 1 August
Teams(from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Egypt
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The 1981 African Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 18 July to 1 August 1981. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1982 World Championship in West Germany.[1]

In the final, Algeria won their first title beating Ivory Coast in the final game.

Qualified teams[]

Venue[]

Draw[]

Group A Group B Group C

 Angola
 Congo
 Libya
 Tunisia

 Egypt
 Guinea
 Nigeria

 Algeria
 Central African Republic
 Ivory Coast

Group stage[]

     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A[]

Group B[]

Knockout stage[]

Semifinals[]

Third place game[]

31 July 1981 Tunisia   Egypt Tunis

Final[]

1 August 1981 Algeria  30–25  Ivory Coast Tunis

Final ranking[]

Team qualified for the 1982 World Championship
Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  Algeria
Silver medal icon.svg  Ivory Coast
Bronze medal icon.svg  Tunisia
4  Egypt
5  Angola
6  Nigeria
7  Congo
8  Guinea

References[]

  1. ^ "Men Handball IV Africa Championship 1981 Tunisia". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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