1985 African Men's Handball Championship

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Host country Angola
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–23 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
1985 African Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Angola
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–23 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (3rd title)
Runners-up Tunisia
Third place Congo
Fourth place Egypt
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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]

In the final, Algeria won their third consecutive title [citation needed] beating Tunisia in the final game.

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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
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

Final ranking

References

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