| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Nigeria |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 5 – 14 October |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (4th title) |
| Runner-up |  Algeria |
| Third place | Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Senegal |
The Handball events at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held in Abuja, Nigeria from 5 to 14 October 2003. [1]
| 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) |
All times are local (UTC+1).
| Team advance to the knockout stage |
| 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 |
| (15–6) | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| (12–8) | ||||
| 5 October 2003 20:00 | Algeria | 26–19 | Nigeria | Abuja |
| (12–10) | ||||
| 7 October 2003 16:00 | Algeria | 31–18 | DR Congo | Abuja |
| 7 October 2003 20:00 | Nigeria | 38–20 | Ghana | Abuja |
| (19–10) | ||||
| 9 October 2003 16:00 | Algeria | 29–13 | Ghana | Abuja |
| 9 October 2003 18:00 | Nigeria | 40–16 | DR Congo | Abuja |
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| 11 October 2003 16:00 | DR Congo | 24–19 | South Africa | Abuja |
| 11 October 2003 20:00 | Cameroon | 36–25 | Ghana | Abuja |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 12 October – Abuja | ||||||
| Egypt | 27 | |||||
| 13 October – Abuja | ||||||
| Nigeria | 21 | |||||
| Egypt | 31 | |||||
| 12 October – Abuja | ||||||
| Algeria | 29 | |||||
| Algeria | 27 | |||||
| Senegal | 24 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 13 October – Abuja | ||||||
| Nigeria | 35 | |||||
| Senegal | 33 | |||||
| 12 October 2003 16:00 | Egypt | 27–21 | Nigeria | Abuja |
| 12 October 2003 20:00 | Algeria | 27–24 | Senegal | Abuja |
| 13 October 2003 16:00 | Nigeria | 35–33 | Senegal | Abuja |
| 13 October 2003 20:00 | Egypt | 31–29 | Algeria | Abuja |
| 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 |
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