1985 African Women's Handball Championship

1985 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Angola
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Congo (4th title)
Runner-up Ivory Coast
Third place Cameroon
Fourth place Nigeria
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
22 September 1985
9:00 		Tunisia  20–20  Egypt Pavilhão da Cidadela
22 September 1985
10:15 		Angola  30–12  Ghana Pavilhão da Cidadela
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Congo24
 
 
 
 Nigeria18
 
 Congo22
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast18
 
 Ivory Coast22
 
 
 Cameroon16
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Nigeria
 
 
 Cameroon

Semifinals

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