1976 African Women's Handball Championship

{{Infobox international handball competition

| tourney_name = African Women's Championship

| year = 1976

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Algeria

| dates =

| num_teams = 7

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{hbw|TUN}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{hbw|CGO}}

| third_other = {{hbw|ALG}}

| fourth_other = {{hbw|UGA}}

| matches = 12

| goals = 264

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| previous = 1974 African Women's Handball Championship

| next = 1979 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=

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|team4=CIV|name_CIV={{hbw|CIV}}

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|win_ALG=2|draw_ALG=0|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=31|ga_ALG=25|status_ALG=H

|win_NGA=1|draw_NGA=0|loss_NGA=2|gf_NGA=27|ga_NGA=50

|win_CIV=0|draw_CIV=0|loss_CIV=3|gf_CIV=25|ga_CIV=33

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|TUN}}

|score= 10–8

|team2= {{hbw|CIV}}

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|ALG}}

|score= 11–6

|team2= {{hbw|CIV}}

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|NGA}}

|score= 12–11

|team2= {{hbw|CIV}}

|HT=

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|TUN}}

|score= 8–1

|team2= {{hbw|ALG}}

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|TUN}}

|score= 20–4

|team2= {{hbw|NGA}}

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|ALG}}

|score= 19–11

|team2= {{hbw|NGA}}

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=Group B=

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|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=CGO|name_CGO={{hbw|CGO}}

|team2=UGA|name_UGA={{hbw|UGA}}

|team3=SEN|name_SEN={{hbw|SEN}}

|win_CGO=2|draw_CGO=0|loss_CGO=0|gf_CGO=42|ga_CGO=27

|win_UGA=1|draw_UGA=0|loss_UGA=1|gf_UGA=27|ga_UGA=30

|win_SEN=0|draw_SEN=0|loss_SEN=2|gf_SEN=17|ga_SEN=29

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|CGO}}

|score= 16–13

|team2= {{hbw|SEN}}

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|CGO}}

|score= 26–14

|team2= {{hbw|UGA}}

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|date=

|time=

|team1= {{hbw-rt|UGA}}

|score= 13–4

|team2= {{hbw|SEN}}

|HT=

|stadium=

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Knockout stage

=Fifth place game=

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|date=

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|team1= {{hbw-rt|SEN}}

|score= 14–10

|team2= {{hbw|NGA}}

|HT=

|stadium=Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

}}

=Third place game=

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|date=

|time=

|team1= {{hbw-rt|ALG}}

|score= 10–8

|team2= {{hbw|UGA}}

|HT=

|stadium=Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

}}

=Final=

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|date=

|time=

|team1= {{hbw-rt|TUN}}

|score= 10–5

|team2= {{hbw|CGO}}

|HT=

|stadium=Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

}}

Final ranking

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Team

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|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{hbw|TUN}}
align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg{{hbw|CGO}}
align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg{{hbw|ALG}}
align=center|4{{hbw|UGA}}
align=center|5{{hbw|SEN}}
align=center|6{{hbw|NGA}}
align=center|7{{hbw|CIV}}