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.

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 ZoneTeamHostsZone IZone IIZone III Zone IVZone VZone VIZone VII

Group stage All times are local (UTC+1).

    Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Group B Madagascar progressed after Egypt withdrawal.

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Final standing

References