1985 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1985 African Men's Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship,held in Luanda, Angola, from 14 to 23 September 1985. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1986 World Championship in Switzerland.[1]

1985 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Angola
Dates14–23 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (3rd title)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Congo
Fourth place Egypt
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In the final, Algeria win their third consecutive title beating Tunisia in the final game.

Qualified teams

Other teams intended to participate:

Group stage
     Team advance to the knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 3 0 0 63 47 +16 6
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 62 54 +8 4
 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 57 60 −3 2
 Cameroon 3 0 0 3 53 74 −21 0
Source:
15 September 1985 Algeria  15–11  Tunisia Luanda
15 September 1985 Nigeria  19–16  Cameroon Luanda
16 September 1985 Algeria  25–15  Cameroon Luanda
16 September 1985 Tunisia  21–17  Nigeria Luanda
17 September 1985 Algeria  23–21  Nigeria Luanda
18 September 1985 Tunisia  30–22  Cameroon Luanda

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 81 76 +5 6
 Angola (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(H) Host.
14 September 1985 Angola  27–21  Ivory Coast Luanda
15 September 1985 Egypt  23–15  Congo Luanda
16 September 1985 Congo  28–25  Senegal Luanda
16 September 1985 Egypt  18–17  Ivory Coast Luanda
18 September 1985 Egypt  24–22  Senegal Luanda
19 September 1985 Angola  22–16  Egypt Luanda

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 September – Luanda
 
 
 Congo
 
 23 September – Luanda
 
 Tunisia
 
 Tunisia17
 
 September – Luanda
 
 Algeria23
 
 Algeria24
 
 
 Egypt17
 
Third place
 
 
 September – Luanda
 
 
 Congo
 
 
 Egypt

Semifinals
21 September 1985 Congo  17–19  Tunisia Luanda
21 September 1985 Algeria  24–17  Egypt Luanda

Third place game
23 September 1985 Congo  –  Egypt Luanda

Final
23 September 1985 Tunisia  17–23  Algeria Luanda

Final ranking
Team qualified for the 1986 World Championship
Team qualified for the 1987 World Men's Handball Championship Group B
RankTeam
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Congo
4 Egypt
5 Angola
6 Ivory Coast
7 Nigeria
8 Cameroon
9 Senegal

References
  1. "Men Handball VI Africa Championship 1985 Angola". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.
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