1985 African Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| 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) |
| Runner-up |  Tunisia |
| Third place |  Congo |
| Fourth place |  Egypt |
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 win their third consecutive title beating Tunisia in the final game.
Qualified teams
[edit]Other teams intended to participate:
Group stage
[edit]| Team advance to the knockout stage |
Group A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 6 |
| Tunisia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 4 |
 Nigeria
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 2 |
 Cameroon
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 74 | −21 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| 15 September 1985 | Algeria
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15–11 | Tunisia
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Luanda |
| 15 September 1985 | Nigeria
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19–16 | Cameroon
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Luanda |
| 16 September 1985 | Algeria
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25–15 | Cameroon
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Luanda |
| 16 September 1985 | Tunisia
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21–17 | Nigeria
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Luanda |
| 17 September 1985 | Algeria
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23–21 | Nigeria
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Luanda |
| 18 September 1985 | Tunisia
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30–22 | Cameroon
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Luanda |
Group B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 76 | +5 | 6 |
| Angola (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ivory Coast
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Senegal
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 September 1985 | Angola
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27–21 | Ivory Coast
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Luanda |
| 15 September 1985 | Egypt
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23–15 | Congo
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Luanda |
| 16 September 1985 | Congo
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28–25 | Senegal
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Luanda |
| 16 September 1985 | Egypt
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18–17 | Ivory Coast
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Luanda |
| 18 September 1985 | Egypt
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24–22 | Senegal
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Luanda |
| 19 September 1985 | Angola
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22–16 | Egypt
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Luanda |
Knockout stage
[edit]| 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 | |||||
Semifinals
[edit]| 21 September 1985 | Congo
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17–19 | Tunisia
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Luanda |
| 21 September 1985 | Algeria
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24–17 | Egypt
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Luanda |
Third place game
[edit]| 23 September 1985 | Congo
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23–20 | Egypt
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Luanda |
Final
[edit]| 23 September 1985 | Tunisia
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17–23 | Algeria
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Luanda |
Final ranking
[edit]| Team qualified for the 1986 World Championship | |
| Team qualified for the 1987 World Men's Handball Championship Group B |
| Rank | Team |
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Algeria
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Tunisia
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Congo
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| 4 | Egypt
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| 5 | Angola
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| 6 | Ivory Coast
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| 7 | Nigeria
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| 8 | Cameroon
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| 9 | Senegal
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References
[edit]- ^ "Men Handball VI Africa Championship 1985 Angola". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.