Handball at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the 2023 African Games

Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–22 March 2024
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (8th title)
Runner-up	DR Congo
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Benin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,072 (59.56 per match)

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
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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

13 March 2024 12:00	Egypt	49–16	Mali	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(23–7)

13 March 2024 16:00	Nigeria	38–19	Togo	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(20–7)

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15 March 2024 12:00	Togo	22–54	Egypt	Borteyman Sports Complex

15 March 2024 18:00	Mali	18–30	Nigeria	Borteyman Sports Complex

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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
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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

13 March 2024 14:00	DR Congo	37–31	Benin	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(17–15)

13 March 2024 18:00	Kenya	27–22	Ghana	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(12–11)

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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

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

Semifinals

20 March 2024 14:00	Egypt	38–27	Benin	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(21–16)

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20 March 2024 18:00	DR Congo	29–20	Nigeria	Borteyman Sports Complex
		(15–8)

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
		(15–15)

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final standing

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