| Tourney Name: | African Men's Championship |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Country: | Angola |
| Dates: | 14–23 September |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | ALG |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | TUN |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1959 |
| Third: | CGO |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1970 |
| Fourth: | EGY |
| Previous: | 1983 African Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 1987 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]
In the final, Algeria win their third consecutive title beating Tunisia in the final game.
Other teams intended to participate:
| Team advance to the knockout stage |
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team qualified for the 1986 World Championship | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc | Team qualified for the 1987 World Men's Handball Championship Group B |
| Rank | width=170 | Team |
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| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 |