title: Handball at the 1973 All-Africa Games
text: # 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 |
  