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

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

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

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

World Championship

Main article: 1975 World Women's Handball Championship

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

Qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 June – 3 July 1976
Teams	3 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	182 (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

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

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

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

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.

External links

• Women Handball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification 1976 Milwaukee (USA)