1985 African Men's Handball Championship

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1985 African Men's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–23 September
Teams	9 (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 beating Tunisia in the final game.

Other teams intended to participate:

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

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

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

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

	Semifinals				Final
	September – Luanda
	Congo
					23 September – Luanda
	Tunisia
					Tunisia	17
	September – Luanda
					Algeria	23
	Algeria	24
	Egypt	17
					Third place
					September – Luanda
					Congo	23
					Egypt	20

21 September 1985	Congo	17–19	Tunisia	Luanda

21 September 1985	Algeria	24–17	Egypt	Luanda

23 September 1985	Congo	23–20	Egypt	Luanda

23 September 1985	Tunisia	17–23	Algeria	Luanda

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