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

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

Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	July 1978
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Tunisia
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	736 (32 per match)

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

Squads

Main article: Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games squads

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

Source:

... July 1978	Algeria	23–15	Senegal	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

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... July 1978	Cameroon	21–16	Senegal	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

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... 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

Source:

... July 1978	Madagascar	18–16	Benin	Algiers

... July 1978	Tunisia	18–16	Egypt	Algiers

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... July 1978	Egypt	34–12	Benin	Algiers

... July 1978	Tunisia	31–18	Madagascar	Algiers

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... July 1978	Tunisia	30–15	Benin	Algiers

... July 1978	Egypt	–	Cameroon	Algiers

Knockout stage

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

Semifinals

... July 1978	Algeria	28–14	Madagascar	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers

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... 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

Source:
(W) Withdrew