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
Dates17–31 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Congo (2nd title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Next

Draw

Group A Group B

 Congo
 Egypt
 Ivory Coast

 Algeria
 Angola
 Nigeria
 Tunisia

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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) Host.
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

Bracket

 
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

Algeria  17–16  Egypt
(–)

Third place game

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

Final

30 July 1981 Congo  11–10  Tunisia

Final ranking

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

References

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

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