Handball at the 1965 All-Africa Games

Handball at the 1965 All-Africa Games

Tournament details
Host country	Congo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16 – 24 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United Arab Rep. (1st title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Madagascar

The Handball events at the 1965 All-Africa Games were held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo between 16 and 24 July 1965. The competition included only men's event.^[1]

Qualified teams

Zone	Team
Hosts	Congo (withdrew)
Zone I	Tunisia
Zone II	Senegal
Zone III	Ivory Coast
Zone IV	Dahomey
Zone V	Cameroon
Zone VI	United Arab Rep.
Zone VII	Madagascar

Squads

Main article: Handball at the 1965 All-Africa Games squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Rep.	2	2	0	0	-	-	—	4
Madagascar	3	1	1	1	-	-	—	3
Dahomey	2	0	0	2	-	-	—	0
Congo (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

16 July 1965	Madagascar	–	Dahomey	Brazzaville

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16 July 1965	United Arab Rep.	–	Madagascar	Brazzaville

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... July 1965	United Arab Rep.	27–10	Dahomey	Brazzaville

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	-	-	—	5
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	-	-	—	3
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	-	-	—	2
Senegal	3	1	0	2	-	-	—	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

... July 1965	Ivory Coast	–	Tunisia	Brazzaville

... July 1965	Senegal	–	Cameroon	Brazzaville

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... July 1965	Cameroon	13–12	Tunisia	Brazzaville

... July 1965	Ivory Coast	–	Senegal	Brazzaville

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... July 1965	Tunisia	10–2	Senegal	Brazzaville

... July 1965	Ivory Coast	15–14	Cameroon	Brazzaville

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	.. July – Brazzaville
	United Arab Rep.	7
					24 July – Brazzaville
	Tunisia	6
					United Arab Rep.	22
	.. July – Brazzaville
					Ivory Coast	7
	Ivory Coast	15
	Madagascar	14
					Third place
					.. July – Brazzaville
					Tunisia	13
					Madagascar	10

Semifinals

... July 1965	United Arab Rep.	7–6	Tunisia	Brazzaville

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... July 1965	Ivory Coast	15–14	Madagascar	Brazzaville

Third place game

... July 1965	Tunisia	13–10	Madagascar	Brazzaville

Final

24 July 1965	United Arab Rep.	22–7	Ivory Coast	Brazzaville

Final standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
	United Arab Rep.	4	4	0	0	8
	Ivory Coast	5	3	1	1	7
	Tunisia	5	2	1	2	5
4	Madagascar	4	1	0	3	2
5	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2
6	Senegal	3	1	0	2	2
7	Dahomey	2	0	0	2	0
8	Congo (W)	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(W) Withdrew

References

1. "Men Handball I All Africa Games 1965 Brazzaville". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. September 21, 2017.