| Tourney Name: | Handball at the 1978 All-Africa Games |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Dates: | July 1978 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | ALG |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | TUN |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1959 |
| Third: | CMR |
| Fourth: | MAD |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Goals: | 736 |
| Previous: | Handball at the 1973 All-Africa Games |
| Next: | Handball at the 1987 All-Africa Games |
The Handball events at the 1978 All-Africa Games were held in Algiers, Algeria on July 1978.[1] 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.
| Zone | width=170 | Team |
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| Hosts | ||
| Zone I | ||
| Zone II | ||
| Zone III | ||
| Zone IV | ||
| Zone V | ||
| Zone VI | ||
| Zone VII |
All times are local (UTC+1).
| Team advance to the knockout stage |
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Madagascar progressed after Egypt withdrawal.
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