1985 African Women's Handball Championship

1985 African Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Congo (4th title)
Runner-up	Ivory Coast
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Nigeria

The 1985 African Women's Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Angola.

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	68	46	+22	5	Semi finals
2	Congo	3	2	1	0	63	45	+18	5
3	Angola	3	1	0	2	50	59	−9	2	Fifth place game
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	31	62	−31	0

Source: Jornal de Angola
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 September 1985	Angola	18–14	Egypt	Pavilhão da Cidadela
	R.Serqueira 5	(9–5)	Four players 3

15 September 1985 14:30	Congo	21–21	Ivory Coast	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(10–9)

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17 September 1985 9:00	Congo	21–9	Egypt	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(12–4)

17 September 1985 14:00	Angola	17–24	Ivory Coast	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(10–12)

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19 September 1985 9:00	Ivory Coast	23–8	Egypt	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(12–6)

19 September 1985 14:00	Angola	15–21	Congo	Pavilhão da Cidadela
	Chinha 4	(7–9)	Constantine 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	4	3	0	1	103	52	+51	6	Semi finals
2	Cameroon	4	3	0	1	103	57	+46	6
3	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	95	60	+35	6	Fifth place game
4	Senegal	4	1	0	3	54	94	−40	2
5	Ghana	4	0	0	4	33	125	−92	0

Source: Jornal de Angola
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

15 September 1985 9:00	Ghana	11–16	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(3–6)

15 September 1985 14:30	Nigeria	19–16	Cameroon	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(7–9)

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16 September 1985 09:00	Tunisia	20–16	Nigeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(9–6)

16 September 1985 09:00	Senegal	14–27	Cameroon	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(6–13)

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17 September 1985 9:00	Nigeria	26–9	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(12–6)

17 September 1985 9:00	Tunisia	28–8	Ghana	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(17–5)

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18 September 1985 9:00	Ghana	7–42	Nigeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(4–23)

18 September 1985 15:00	Tunisia	17–21	Cameroon	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(8–10)

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19 September 1985 9:00	Tunisia	30–15	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(11–9)

19 September 1985 9:00	Ghana	7–39	Cameroon	Pavilhão da Cidadela

Final round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Consolation matches

21 September 1985 9:00	Egypt	30–15	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela

21 September 1985 11:30	Angola	16–13	Tunisia	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(10–8)

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22 September 1985 9:00	Tunisia	20–20	Egypt	Pavilhão da Cidadela

22 September 1985 10:15	Angola	30–12	Ghana	Pavilhão da Cidadela

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23 September 1985 9:00	Angola	22–10	Senegal	Pavilhão da Cidadela

23 September 1985 10:15	Egypt	20–18	Ghana	Pavilhão da Cidadela

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Congo	24
	Nigeria	18
					Congo	22
					Ivory Coast	18
	Ivory Coast	22
	Cameroon	16
					Third place
					Nigeria
					Cameroon

Semifinals

21 September 1985 15:45	Ivory Coast	22–16	Cameroon	Pavilhão da Cidadela

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21 September 1985 18:15	Congo	24–18	Nigeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela

3rd place

22 September 1985 15:00	Cameroon	24–14	Nigeria	Pavilhão da Cidadela
		(10–7)

Final

23 September 1985 17:00	Congo	22–18	Ivory Coast	Pavilhão da Cidadela

Final ranking

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

External links

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