# Handball at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's tournament

The Handball events at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held in Abuja, Nigeria from 5 to 14 October 2003.

## Qualified teams

| Zone | Team |
| Hosts | Nigeria |
| Zone I | Algeria |
| Zone II | Senegal |
| Zone III | Ghana |
| Zone IV | Cameroon |
| Zone V | Egypt |
| Zone VI | South Africa |
| Zone VII | Madagascar (withdrew) DR Congo (replaces 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 66 | +33 | 6 |
| Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 87 | +13 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 90 | −6 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 93 | −40 | 0 |
| 6 October 2003 16:00 | Senegal | 37–15 | South Africa | Abuja |
| 6 October 2003 20:00 | Egypt | 35–20 | Cameroon | Abuja |
| 8 October 2003 16:00 | Cameroon | 34–20 | South Africa | Abuja |
| 8 October 2003 16:00 | | (15–6) | | Abuja |
| 8 October 2003 20:00 | Egypt | 42–28 | Senegal | Abuja |
| 10 October 2003 16:00 | Egypt | 22–18 | South Africa | Abuja |
| 10 October 2003 18:00 | Senegal | 35–30 | Cameroon | Abuja |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 62 | +35 | 4 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 86 | −29 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 93 | −40 | 0 |
| 5 October 2003 16:00 | Ghana | 24–19 | DR Congo | Abuja |
| 5 October 2003 16:00 | | (12–8) | | Abuja |
| 5 October 2003 20:00 | Algeria | 26–19 | Nigeria | Abuja |
| 5 October 2003 20:00 | | (12–10) | | Abuja |
| 7 October 2003 16:00 | Algeria | 31–18 | DR Congo | Abuja |
| 7 October 2003 20:00 | Nigeria | 38–20 | Ghana | Abuja |
| 7 October 2003 20:00 | | (19–10) | | Abuja |
| 9 October 2003 16:00 | Algeria | 29–13 | Ghana | Abuja |
| 9 October 2003 18:00 | Nigeria | 40–16 | DR Congo | Abuja |

## Classification matches
### 5–8th place bracket

| Seventh place | Seventh place |
| 11 October – Abuja | 11 October – Abuja |
| DR Congo | 24 |
| South Africa | 19 |
| Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 11 October – Abuja | 11 October – Abuja |
| Cameroon | 36 |
| Ghana | 25 |

### 7–8th place match

| 11 October 2003 16:00 | DR Congo | 24–19 | South Africa | Abuja |

### 5–6th place match

| 11 October 2003 20:00 | Cameroon | 36–25 | Ghana | Abuja |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 12 October – Abuja | 12 October – Abuja |
| Egypt | 27 |
| Egypt | 27 | 13 October – Abuja | 13 October – Abuja |
| Nigeria | 21 | 13 October – Abuja | 13 October – Abuja |
| Nigeria | 21 | Egypt | 31 |
| 12 October – Abuja | 12 October – Abuja | | Egypt | 31 |
| 12 October – Abuja | 12 October – Abuja | Algeria | 29 |
| Algeria | 27 | Algeria | 29 |
| Senegal | 24 | | |
| Senegal | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 October – Abuja | 13 October – Abuja |
| | | Nigeria | 35 |
| | | Senegal | 33 |

### Semifinals

| 12 October 2003 16:00 | Egypt | 27–21 | Nigeria | Abuja |
| 12 October 2003 20:00 | Algeria | 27–24 | Senegal | Abuja |

### Third place match

| 13 October 2003 16:00 | Nigeria | 35–33 | Senegal | Abuja |

### Final

| 13 October 2003 20:00 | Egypt | 31–29 | Algeria | Abuja |

## Final standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| | Egypt | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| | Algeria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| | Nigeria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Senegal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Ghana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | DR Congo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |