The 1979 African Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the

African Men's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournam ...

, held in

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, from 20 to 31 July 1979. The competition is held every two years. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the

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. In the final,

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win their third title to beat

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in the final game.

Qualified teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Tunisia qualified for Olympic tournament 1980 but refused to play, and Egypt apparently too. So Algeria took their place.

References

{{African Handball Championship 1979 Men

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