1985 African Women's Handball Championship

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

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

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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