1985 African Men's Handball Championship

1985 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	14 – 23 September
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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The 1985 African Men's Handball Championship, was 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 win their third consecutive title beating Tunisia in the final game.

Qualified teams

Other teams intended to participate :

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

... September 1985	Algeria	15 – 11	Tunisia	Luanda

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... September 1985	Algeria	25 – 15	Cameroon	Luanda

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... September 1985	Algeria	23 – 21	Nigeria	Luanda

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	September – Luanda
	Congo
					23 September – Luanda
	Tunisia
					Tunisia	17
	September – Luanda
					Algeria	23
	Algeria	24
	Egypt	17
					Third place
					September – Luanda
					Congo
					Egypt

Semifinals

... September 1985	Congo	–	Tunisia	Luanda

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... September 1985	Algeria	24 – 17	Egypt	Luanda

Third place game

... September 1985	Congo	–	Egypt	Luanda

Final

23 September 1985	Tunisia	17 – 23	Algeria	Luanda

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Algeria
	Tunisia
	Congo
4	Egypt
5	Angola
6	Ivory Coast
7	Nigeria
8	Cameroon
?	Senegal
?	Morocco
?	Guinea

References