# Handball at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2023 African Games was held from 13 to 22 March 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra.

## Draw

The draw was held on 24 February 2024 at the Borteyman Sports Complex in Accra.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Egypt DR Congo | Nigeria Kenya | Benin Mali | Togo Ghana |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC±0).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 62 | +68 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 64 | +28 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 104 | −39 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 123 | −57 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 13 March 2024 12:00 | Egypt | 49–16 | Mali | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 12:00 | | (23–7) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 16:00 | Nigeria | 38–19 | Togo | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 16:00 | | (20–7) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 15 March 2024 12:00 | Togo | 22–54 | Egypt | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 15 March 2024 18:00 | Mali | 18–30 | Nigeria | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 17 March 2024 14:00 | Mali | 31–25 | Togo | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 17 March 2024 16:00 | Egypt | 27–24 | Nigeria | Borteyman Sports Complex |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DR Congo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 83 | +32 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Benin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 94 | −11 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Ghana (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 89 | −21 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 13 March 2024 14:00 | DR Congo | 37–31 | Benin | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 14:00 | | (17–15) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 18:00 | Kenya | 27–22 | Ghana | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2024 18:00 | | (12–11) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 15 March 2024 14:00 | Ghana | 21–33 | DR Congo | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 15 March 2024 16:00 | Benin | 27–25 | Kenya | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 17 March 2024 12:00 | Benin | 29–25 | Ghana | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 17 March 2024 18:00 | DR Congo | 45–31 | Kenya | Borteyman Sports Complex |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 20 March | 20 March |
| Egypt | 38 |
| Egypt | 38 | 22 March | 22 March |
| Benin | 27 | 22 March | 22 March |
| Benin | 27 | Egypt | 33 |
| 20 March | 20 March | | Egypt | 33 |
| 20 March | 20 March | DR Congo | 32 |
| DR Congo | 29 | DR Congo | 32 |
| Nigeria | 20 | | |
| Nigeria | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 22 March | 22 March |
| | | Benin | 20 |
| | | Nigeria | 38 |

### Semifinals

| 20 March 2024 14:00 | Egypt | 38–27 | Benin | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 20 March 2024 14:00 | | (21–16) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 20 March 2024 18:00 | DR Congo | 29–20 | Nigeria | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 20 March 2024 18:00 | | (15–8) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |

### Seventh place game

| 21 March 2024 12:00 | Togo | 27–34 | Ghana | Borteyman Sports Complex |

### Fifth place game

| 21 March 2024 16:00 | Mali | 33–35 | Kenya | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 21 March 2024 16:00 | | (15–15) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |

### Third place game

| 22 March 2024 14:00 | Benin | 20–38 | Nigeria | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 22 March 2024 14:00 | | (7–17) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |

### Final

| 22 March 2024 18:30 | Egypt | 33–32 | DR Congo | Borteyman Sports Complex |
| 22 March 2024 18:30 | | (19–14) | | Borteyman Sports Complex |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Egypt |
| | DR Congo |
| | Nigeria |
| 4 | Benin |
| 5 | Kenya |
| 6 | Mali |
| 7 | Ghana |
| 8 | Togo |