Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification


The qualification for the 1976 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to six teams: the host, four teams from the world championships and one team from the qualification tournament respectively.

Qualification

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 12 May 1970   Amsterdam 1   Canada
1975 World Championship 2–13 December 1975   Soviet Union 4   East Germany
  Soviet Union
  Hungary
  Romania
Intercontinental qualification 28 June – 3 July 1976   Milwaukee 1   Japan
Total 6


Modus

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The IHF proposed that the host and the top five from the last world championships (WC) would qualify. The USA proposed that besides the host only the top four from the WC would qualify. The last spot would be given to the winner of an additional tournament. At this tournament, the champions from Africa, America, and Asia would attend. Finland proposed that the sixth place would be given to the winner of a game between the 5th place team at the WC and the winner of a tournament between the champions from Africa, America, and Asia.

France presented the following arguments for the American proposal:

  • The Olympic thought is that all continents are represented
  • It would be great propaganda for handball on these continents
  • It's not technical risk. Because the level of Japan is good enough and they would most likely win the qualification tournament.

The proposal from the USA received 25 votes, from Finland 12 votes, and the proposal from the IHF 10 votes.[1]

Legend for qualification type

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Qualified
Key From To
World Championship Olympic Tournament
World Championship Qualification Tournament

World Championship

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Rank Team
    East Germany
    Soviet Union
    Hungary
4   Romania
5   Yugoslavia
6   Czechoslovakia
7   Poland
8   Norway
9   Denmark
10   Japan
11   United States
12   Tunisia

Qualification tournament

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Qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates28 June – 3 July 1976
Teams3 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored182 (30.33 per match)

The 1976 IHF Olympic qualification tournament was held in the United States. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Japan represented Asia, Tunisia represented Africa and the United States represented America.[2][3]

Qualification

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
1975 World Championship – Asian qualification 1   Japan
1976 African Championship 18. April 1976   Algeria 1   Tunisia
American representative 1   United States
Total 3

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 4 4 0 0 80 46 +34 8 1976 Summer Olympics
2   United States (H) 4 2 0 2 64 63 +1 4
3   Tunisia 4 0 0 4 38 73 −35 0
Source: www.todor66.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

Matches

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All times are local (UTC-5).

28 June 1976 United States   13–8   Tunisia Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(6–6)
[4]
29 June 1976 Japan   20–9   Tunisia Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(11–3)
[5]
30 June 1976
21:00
United States   17–23   Japan Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(7–12) Kurata & Shimada 6
[6][7]
1 July 1976 Tunisia   13–22   United States Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(8–10) Lillis 8
[8]
2 July 1976 Tunisia   8–18   Japan Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(7–9)
[9]
3 July 1976
19:00
Japan   19–12   United States Whitefish Bay Field House, Milwaukee
(11-6)
[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Les Jeux Olympiques Feminins de Montréal". Handball. 109: 17. December 1974.
  2. ^ "Olympic Handball Squad Readies For Montreal". Messenger-Press: 17. 1 July 1976.
  3. ^ "Die Letzte Meldung". IHF Informationsdienst. 19 (113). Basel: International Handball Federation: 16. July 1976.
  4. ^ "Leigh's Idle As U.S. Wins In Handball". Pensacola News Journal: 19. 30 June 1976.
  5. ^ "Japanese win at Handball". The South Bend Tribune: 47. 30 June 1976.
  6. ^ "Japan Trips U.S. In Handball, 23-17". Pensacola News Journal: 49. 1 July 1976.
  7. ^ "U.S. Loses in Handball". Lancaster New Era: 40. 1 July 1976.
  8. ^ "U.S. wins in handball". The Minneapolis Star: 28. 2 July 1976.
  9. ^ "Japanese Leads In Tourney". Ironwood Daily Globe: 11. 3 July 1976.
  10. ^ "U.S. Women Ousted in Team Handball". Los Angeles Times. 4 July 1976. p. 46.
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