| Finals | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | Sun 14.01.73 |  Algeria | 14-12 |  Egypt | | | 3-4 | Sun 14.01.73 |  Senegal | 17-7 |  Ivory Coast | | | Semi-Finals (1/2) | | 1/2 | Sat 13.01.73 | Egypt | 15-13 | Ivory Coast | | | 1/2 | Sat 13.01.73 | Algeria | 17-14 | Senegal | & |
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| Final Ranking | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Algeria | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 76: | 67 | +9 | | 2. | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 77: | 73 | +4 | | 3. | Senegal | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93: | 63 | +30 | | 4. | Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 86: | 77 | +9 | | eliminated in Groups Round. | | 5. |  Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50: | 45 | +5 | | 6. |  Madagascar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48: | 63 | -15 | | 6. |  Togo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41: | 54 | -13 | | 8. |  Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38: | 67 | -29 |
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| Nigeria - Host | | Algeria - Zone I | | Senegal - Zone II | | Ivory Coast - III | | Togo - Zone IV | | Cameroon - Zone V | | Egypt - Zone VI | | Madagascar - Zone VII |
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| | | First 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Group A | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50: | 46 | +4 | | 2. | Algeria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45: | 41 | +4 | | 3. | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50: | 45 | +5 | | 4. | Togo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41: | 54 | -13 |
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| Team | Egyp | Alge | Came | Togo | | Egypt | ---- | 15:12 | | 22:11 | | Algeria | | ---- | 16:12 | 17:14 | | Cameroon | 23:13 | | ---- | | | Togo | | | 16:15 | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Wed 10.01.73 | Cameroon | 23-13 | Egypt | | | Wed 10.01.73 | Algeria | 17-14 | Togo | | | Thu 11.01.73 | Egypt | 22-11 | Togo | | | Thu 11.01.73 | Algeria | 16-12 | Cameroon | | | Fri 12.01.73 | Togo | 16-15 | Cameroon | & | | Fri 12.01.73 | Egypt | 15-12 | Algeria | |
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| Group B | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. | Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62: | 39 | +23 | | 2. | Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66: | 45 | +21 | | 3. | Madagascar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48: | 63 | -15 | | 4. | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38: | 67 | -29 |
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| Team | Sene | IvCo | Mada | Nige | | Senegal | ---- | 18:13 | 21:15 | 23:11 | | Ivory Coast | | ---- | 26:16 | 27:11 | | Madagascar | | | ---- | 17:16 | | Nigeria | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Wed 10.01.73 | Senegal | 18-13 | Ivory Coast | | | Wed 10.01.73 | Madagascar | 17-16 | Nigeria | | | Thu 11.01.73 | Senegal | 21-15 | Madagacar | | | Thu 11.01.73 | Ivory Coast | 27-11 | Nigeria | | | Fri 12.01.73 | Senegal | 23-11 | Nigeria | | | Fri 12.01.73 | Ivory Coast | 26-16 | Madagascar | |
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| 1. Algeria | | Zoheir Negli GB | | Fayçal Hachemi | | Boukhoubza | | Galeze | | Driss Lamdjadani | | Amara | | Larbaoui | | Bouzerar | | Bouras | | Moumène. | | Coach: Mircea Costache II | | Coach: Djoudi |
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| date | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 __________ | HT | | Sat 18.11.72 |  Tunisia | 15-15 | Algeria | | | Demenzah, Tunis | | Sat 09.12.72 | Algeria | 13-8 | Tunisia | | | Oran |
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