Handball at the 1973 All-Africa Games
# Handball at the 1973 All-Africa Games

The Handball events at the 1973 All-Africa Games were held in Lagos, Nigeria in January 1973. The competition included only men's event.

## Qualified teams

| Zone | Team |
| - | - |
| Hosts | Nigeria |
| Zone I | Algeria |
| Zone II | Senegal |
| Zone III | Ivory Coast |
| Zone IV | Togo |
| Zone V | Cameroon |
| Zone VI | Egypt |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 4 |
| Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 2 |
| Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 2 |
| ... January 1973 | Cameroon | 23–13 | Egypt | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Algeria | 17–14 | Togo | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Egypt | 22–11 | Togo | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Algeria | 16–12 | Cameroon | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Togo | 16–15 | Cameroon | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Egypt | 15–12 | Algeria | Lagos |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 4 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 0 |
| ... January 1973 | Senegal | 18–13 | Ivory Coast | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Madagascar | 17–16 | Nigeria | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Senegal | 21–15 | Madagascar | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Ivory Coast | 27–11 | Nigeria | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Senegal | 23–11 | Nigeria | Lagos |
| ... January 1973 | Ivory Coast | 26–16 | Madagascar | Lagos |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| .. January – Lagos | .. January – Lagos |
| Egypt | 15 |
| Egypt | 15 | 14 January – Lagos | 14 January – Lagos |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 14 January – Lagos | 14 January – Lagos |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | Egypt | 12 |
| .. January – Lagos | .. January – Lagos | | Egypt | 12 |
| .. January – Lagos | .. January – Lagos | Algeria | 14 |
| Senegal | 14 | Algeria | 14 |
| Algeria | 17 | | |
| Algeria | 17 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 January – Lagos | 14 January – Lagos |
| | | Ivory Coast | 7 |
| | | Senegal | 17 |

### Semifinals

| ... January 1973 | Egypt | 15–13 | Ivory Coast | Lagos |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ... January 1973 | Senegal | 14–17 | Algeria | Lagos |

### Third place match

| 14 January 1973 | Ivory Coast | 7–17 | Senegal | Lagos |
| - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

| 14 January 1973 | Egypt | 12–14 | Algeria | Lagos |
| - | - | - | - | - |

## Final standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Algeria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| | Senegal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
