title: 1981 African Women's Handball Championship
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
  | 19 July 1981 | Ivory Coast | 12–9 | Egypt |
  | 19 July 1981 | | (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 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 0 | |
  | 17 July 1981 | Tunisia | 17–10 | Angola |
  | 17 July 1981 | | (9–6) | |
  | 18 July 1981 | Algeria | 9–9 | Nigeria |
  | 18 July 1981 | | (–) | |
  | 21 July 1981 | Algeria | 20–13 | Angola |
  | 21 July 1981 | | (–) | |
  | 21 July 1981 | Tunisia | 11–11 | Nigeria |
  | 21 July 1981 | | (4–4) | |
  | 24 July 1981 | Tunisia | 17–10 | Algeria |
  | 24 July 1981 | | (–) | |
  | 25 July 1981 | Nigeria | 29–13 | Angola |
  | 25 July 1981 | | (–) | |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - |
  | Congo |
  | Nigeria | | |
  | Nigeria | Congo | 11 |
  | | Tunisia | 10 |
  | Tunisia | Tunisia | 10 |
  | Ivory Coast | | |
  | Ivory Coast | Third place | Third place |
  | | Nigeria | 12 |
  | | Ivory Coast | 9 |
  
  Fifth place bracket
  
  | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - |
  | Egypt |
  | Angola | | |
  | Angola | Egypt | 16 |
  | | Algeria | 17 |
  
  ### Fifth place game
  
  | Algeria | 17–16 | Egypt |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ### Third place game
  
  | 25 July 1981 | Nigeria | 12–9 | Ivory Coast |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 July 1981 | | (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 |
  