Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament
# Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

The Handball events at the 1978 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria on July 1978. The competition included for the first time the women's event.

Egypt delegation protest and withdraw from the tournament and all the games due to the incident football match between Libya and Egypt in the football tournament.

## Qualified teams

| Zone | Team |
| - | - |
| Hosts | Algeria |
| Zone I | Tunisia |
| Zone II | Senegal |
| Zone III | Ivory Coast (withdraw) |
| Zone IV | Benin |
| Zone V | Egypt |
| Zone VI | Cameroon |
| Zone VII | Madagascar |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 2 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast (withdraw) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ... July 1978 | Algeria | 23–15 | Senegal | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Cameroon | 21–16 | Senegal | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Algeria | 25–16 | Cameroon | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |

### Group B

Madagascar progressed after Egypt withdrawal.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 6 |
| Egypt (withdraw) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 4 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 2 |
| Benin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 82 | −39 | 0 |
| ... July 1978 | Madagascar | 18–16 | Benin | Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Tunisia | 18–16 | Egypt | Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Egypt | 34–12 | Benin | Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Tunisia | 31–18 | Madagascar | Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Tunisia | 30–15 | Benin | Algiers |
| ... July 1978 | Egypt | – | Cameroon | Algiers |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers |
| Algeria | 28 |
| Algeria | 28 | .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers |
| Madagascar | 14 | .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers |
| Madagascar | 14 | Algeria | 20 |
| .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers | | Algeria | 20 |
| .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers | Tunisia | 13 |
| Tunisia | 21 | Tunisia | 13 |
| Cameroon | 18 | | |
| Cameroon | 18 | Third place | Third place |
| | | .. July – Algiers | .. July – Algiers |
| | | Madagascar | 20 |
| | | Cameroon | 36 |

### Semifinals

| ... July 1978 | Algeria | 28–14 | Madagascar | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ... July 1978 | Tunisia | 21–18 | Cameroon | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |

### Third place match

| ... July 1978 | Madagascar | 20–36 | Cameroon | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

| ... July 1978 | Algeria | 20–13 | Tunisia | Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers |
| - | - | - | - | - |

## Final standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Algeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| | Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Egypt (W) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
