|  Finals |  | Game | date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Final | Mon 30.07.79 |   Tunisia | 21-15 |   Egypt | 11-8 |  | 3-4 | Mon 30.07.79 |   Algeria | 26-24 |   Congo |   |  | 5-6 |   |   Cameroon | bt |   Togo |   |  | 7-8 |   |   Ivory Coast | bt |   Nigeria |   |  |  Semi-Finals (1/2)  |  | 1/2 | Sun 29.07.79 |   Tunisia | 23-18 |   Algeria |   |  | 1/2 | Sun 29.07.79 |   Egypt | bt |   Congo |   |  | 5-8 |   |   Cameroon | bt |   Nigeria |   |  | 5-8 |   |   Togo | bt |   Ivory Coast |   |   
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| Final Ranking | Pts | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44: | 33 | +11 |  | 2. Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15: | 21 | -6 |  | 3. Algeria | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147: | 108 | +39 |  | 4. Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24: | 26 | -2 |  |  eliminated in Groups Round. |  | 5. Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24: | 31 | -7 |  | 6. Togo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22: | 29 | -7 |  | 7. Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 8. Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 9. Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15: | 43 | -28 |  | -. Madagascar |  DNS |   
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| Tunisia qualified for Olympic Men 1980 |  | Refused to play and Algeria took their place. |   
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- |  | 2. Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 1. Algeria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103: | 61 | +42 |  | 3. Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24: | 31 | -7 |  | 4. Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22: | 29 | -7 |  | 5. Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15: | 43 | -28 |   
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| Team | Egyp | Alge | Came | Togo | Ango |  | Egypt | ---- | - | - | - | - |  | Algeria |   | ---- | 31:24 | 29:22 | 43:15 |  | Cameroon |   |   | ---- | - |   |  | Togo |   |   |   | ---- |   |  | Angola |   |   | - | - | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Algeria | 43-15 |   Angola |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Algeria | 31-24 |   Cameroon |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Algeria | 29-22 |   Togo |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Egypt |   |   Algeria |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Egypt |   |   Angola |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Egypt |   |   Cameroon |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Egypt |   |   Togo |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Angola |   |   Cameroon |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Angola |   |   Togo |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Cameroon |   |   Togo |   |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 2. Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 3. Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 4. Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |  | 5. Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0: | 0 | 0 |   
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| Team | Tuni | Cong | Ivor | Nige | Mada |  | Tunisia | --- | - | - | - |   |  | Congo |   | --- | - | - |   |  | Ivory Coast |   |   | --- | - |   |  | Nigeria |   |   |   | --- |   |  | Madagascar |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Tunisia |   |   Congo |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Tunisia |   |   Ivory Coast |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Tunisia |   |   Nigeria |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Congo |   |   Ivory Coast |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Congo |   |   Nigeria |   |  | Fri 20.07.79 |   Ivory Coast |   |   Nigeria |   |   
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|  1. Tunisia |  | Besbes |  | Degach |  | Bel Hassen M |  | Chéhed  |  | Achour |  | Chabchoub |  | Yagouta  |  | Amara 	 |  | Bel Hassen J |  | Naoui 	 |  | Lassoued  |  | Mechmech |  | Gholsem |  | Hafsi 	 |  | Abbassi |  | Attia  |  | Coach: H.Razgallah  |  | Coach: A.Sfar |   
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