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.^[1]

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1979 African Men's Championship

Marien N'Gouabi Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–31 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Egypt
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Congo
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In the final, Tunisia win their third title to beat Egypt in the final game.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	Algeria	43–15	Angola	Brazzaville

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	Algeria	31–24	Cameroon	Brazzaville

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	Algeria	29–22	Togo	Brazzaville

Group B

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More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Madagascar (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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(H) Hosts; (W) Withdrew

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

More information Rank, Team ...

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Egypt
	Algeria
4	Congo
5	Cameroon
6	Togo
7	Ivory Coast
8	Nigeria
9	Angola

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