title: 1976 African Women's Handball Championship
text: # 1976 African Women's Handball Championship
  
  The 1976 African Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algeria. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament.
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13 | +25 | 6 |
  | Algeria (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 4 |
  | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 2 |
  | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 0 |
  | Tunisia | 10–8 | Ivory Coast |
  | Algeria | 11–6 | Ivory Coast |
  | Nigeria | 12–11 | Ivory Coast |
  | Tunisia | 8–1 | Algeria |
  | Tunisia | 20–4 | Nigeria |
  | Algeria | 19–11 | Nigeria |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 4 |
  | Uganda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 2 |
  | Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 0 |
  | Congo | 16–13 | Senegal |
  | Congo | 26–14 | Uganda |
  | Uganda | 13–4 | Senegal |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Fifth place game
  
  | Senegal | 14–10 | Nigeria |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ### Third place game
  
  | Algeria | 10–8 | Uganda |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Tunisia | 10–5 | Congo |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  * Qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Tunisia |
  | | Congo |
  | | Algeria |
  | 4 | Uganda |
  | 5 | Senegal |
  | 6 | Nigeria |
  | 7 | Ivory Coast |
  