1985 African Men's Handball Championship

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]

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)
Runner-up Tunisia
Third place Congo
Fourth place Egypt
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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 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 edit

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 edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September – Luanda
 
 
  Congo
 
23 September – Luanda
 
  Tunisia
 
  Tunisia17
 
September – Luanda
 
  Algeria23
 
  Algeria24
 
 
  Egypt17
 
Third place
 
 
September – Luanda
 
 
  Congo23
 
 
  Egypt20

Semifinals edit

21 September 1985 Congo   17–19   Tunisia Luanda

21 September 1985 Algeria   24–17   Egypt Luanda

Third place game edit

23 September 1985 Congo   23–20   Egypt Luanda

Final edit

23 September 1985 Tunisia   17–23   Algeria 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
    Algeria
    Tunisia
    Congo
4   Egypt
5   Angola
6   Ivory Coast
7   Nigeria
8   Cameroon
9   Senegal

References edit

  1. ^ "Men Handball VI Africa Championship 1985 Angola". todor66.com. Todor Krastev. 26 November 2016.