| 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 | w | d | l | 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 | p | _w_ | _d_ | _l_ | 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 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Senegal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62: | 39 | | 2. Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66: | 45 | | 3. Madagascar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48: | 64 | | 4. Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38: | 67 |
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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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