1979 African Men's Handball Championship

August 2017August 2017 African Men's Championship 1979 Marien N'Gouabi Cup Congo 1970 20–31 July 9 1 1 1 TUN 1959 3 EGY 1972 ALG CGO 1970 1976 African Men's Handball Championship 1981 African Men's Handball Championship The 1979 African Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo, from 20 to 31 July 1979. The competition is held every two years. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.http://www.todor66.com/handball/Africa/Men_1979.html Men Handball III Africa Championship 1979 Congo todor66.com Todor Krastev 26 November 2016 In the final, Tunisia win their third title to beat Egypt in the final game. Qualified teams ALG ANG CMR CGO 1970 (hosts) EGY 1972 CIV NGR TOG TUN 1959 MAD (withdrew) Group stage All times are local (UTC+1).     Team advance to the knockout stage Group A August 2017 main WDL Q 2 n EGY EGY 1972 ALG ALG ANG ANG CMR CMR TOG TOG 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 103 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 green1 A A complete ALG 43–15 ANG Brazzaville ALG 31–24 CMR Brazzaville ALG 29–22 TOG Brazzaville Group B August 2017 main WDL Q 2 n TUN TUN 1959 CGO CGO 1970 CIV CIV NGR NGR MAD MAD W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew green1 A A red1 E complete Knockout stage N4 yes high yes Semifinals Final Third place 29 July – Brazzaville EGY 1972 CGO 1970 29 July – Brazzaville TUN 1959 23 ALG 18 31 July – Brazzaville EGY 1972 15 TUN 1959 21 30 July – Brazzaville CGO 1970 24 ALG 26 Semifinals 29 July 1979 EGY 1972 – CGO 1970 Brazzaville 29 July 1979 TUN 1959 23–18 ALG Brazzaville Third place game 30 July 1979 #cc9966 CGO 1970 24–26 ALG Brazzaville Final 30 July 1979 gold EGY 1972 15–21 TUN 1959 8–11 Brazzaville Final ranking Tunisia qualified for Olympic tournament 1980 but refused to play, and Egypt apparently too. So Algeria took their place. Team qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics RankTeamFile:gold medal icon.svgTUN 1959File:silver medal icon.svgEGY 1972File:bronze medal icon.svgALG4CGO 19705CMR6TOG7CIV8NGR9ANG References 1979 Men African Men's Handball Championship African Men's Handball Championship African Men's Handball Championship Category:Handball in the Republic of the Congo Category:20th century in Brazzaville Category:Sports competitions in Brazzaville