2017 African Handball Champions League

2017 African Handball Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venues	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	October 20–29
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (10th title)
Runners-up	Espérance Tunis
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	AS Hammamet
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The 2017 African Handball Champions League was the 39th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 20–29, 2017 at the salles Hammamet and Nabeul in Hammamet, Tunisia, contested by 14 teams and won by Zamalek of Egypt.

Zamalek qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C
APR Rwanda AS Caïman FAP Yaoundé Espérance de Tunis JS Kinshasa	Al-Ittihad Phoenix Gabon Red Star Widad Smara Zamalek	Al Ahly AS Hammamet Fanz HC Oka

Preliminary rounds

Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

Group A


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
Espérance	58 (30:10) 20	APR Rwanda
FAP Yaoundé	26 (15:15) 28	JS Kinshasa
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
APR Rwanda	19 (12:18) 42	AS Caïman
JS Kinshasa	25 (09:16) 32	Espérance
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
AS Caïman	21 (12:10) 24	FAP Yaoundé
APR Rwanda	15 (04:20) 43	JS Kinshasa
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
AS Caïman	32 (-:-) 36	JS Kinshasa
FAP Yaoundé	22 (11:11) 29	Espérance
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Espérance	33 (14:16) 32	AS Caïman
FAP Yaoundé	41 (18:14) 27	APR Rwanda

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Espérance	4	4	0	152	99	+53	8
JS Kinshasa	4	3	1	132	105	+27	6
FAP Yaoundé	4	2	2	113	105	+8	4
AS Caïman	4	1	3	127	112	+15	2
APR Rwanda	4	0	4	81	184	-103	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9th place classification
Relegated to 13th place classification

Group B


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
Widad Smara	25 (13:10) 24	Al-Ittihad
Zamalek	38 (-:-) 24	Red Star
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
Al-Ittihad	19 (08:19) 39	Zamalek
Phoenix Gabon	24 (11:13) 25	Widad Smara
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
Widad Smara	29 (15:13) 29	Red Star
Phoenix Gabon	26 (12:03) 15	Al-Ittihad
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Zamalek	33 (17:13) 22	Phoenix Gabon
Red Star	22 (-:-) 26	Al-Ittihad
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Zamalek	40 (20:12) 28	Widad Smara
Red Star	21 (10:13) 23	Phoenix Gabon

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Zamalek	4	4	0	0	150	93	+57	8
Widad Smara	4	2	1	1	107	117	-10	5
Phoenix Gabon	4	2	0	2	95	94	+1	4
Al-Ittihad	4	1	0	3	84	112	-28	2
Red Star	4	0	1	3	96	116	-20	1

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9th place classification
Relegated to 13th place classification

Group C


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
Hammamet	36 (21:13) 20	HC Oka
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	33 (17:05) 12	HC Oka
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
Hammamet	31 (16:11) 22	Fanz
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	34 (-:-) 19	Fanz
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	26 (10:15) 26	Hammamet
Fanz	30 (18:09) 22	HC Oka

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Al Ahly	3	2	1	0	93	57	+36	5
AS Hammamet	3	2	1	0	93	68	+25	5
Fanz	3	1	0	2	71	87	-16	2
HC Oka	3	0	0	3	54	99	-45	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9th place classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00

Zamalek	26
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15
FAP Yaoundé	21
		Zamalek	26
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00
		Al Ahly	21
Al Ahly	30
				Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00
JS Kinshasa	15
				Zamalek	31
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
				Espérance Tunis	29
Espérance Tunis	38
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30
Phoenix Gabon	24
		Espérance Tunis	30
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
		Hammamet	24	Third place
Hammamet	31
				Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00
Widad Smara	26
				Al Ahly	23

				Hammamet	21

5-8th bracket

5–8th place		Fifth place

Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:00

FAP Yaoundé	22
		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45
JS Kinshasa	21
		Phoenix Gabon	19
Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00
		FAP Yaoundé	18
Phoenix Gabon	33

Widad Smara	31
		Seventh place

		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 11:15

		JS Kinshasa	31

		Widad Smara	22

9th place

Semi-finals		Ninth place

Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00

AS Caïman	29
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00
Fanz	27
		AS Caïman	29
Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
		Al-Ittihad	28
Al-Ittihad	28

HC Oka	24
		Third place

		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 08:00

		Fanz	34

		HC Oka	32

9-12th classification


Thu, 26 Oct 2017
AS Caïman	29 (12:14) 27	Fanz
Al-Ittihad	28 (12:11) 24	HC Oka

Quarter-finals


Thu, 26 Oct 2017
Zamalek	26 (14:13) 21	FAP Yaoundé
Widad Smara	26 (12:16) 31	Hammamet
Espérance	38 (16:10) 24	Phoenix Gabon
Al Ahly	30 (15:06) 15	JS Kinshasa

13th place


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
APR Rwanda	27 (-:-) 35	Red Star

9th place classification


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Al-Ittihad	28 (13:13) 29	AS Caïman
Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Fanz	30 (17:10) 20	Al-Ittihad
AS Caïman	27 (12:11) 26	HC Oka

5-8th classification


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
JS Kinshasa	21 (10:13) 22	FAP Yaoundé
Phoenix Gabon	33 (15:14) 31	Widad Smara

Semi-finals


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	21 (12:12) 26	Zamalek
Espérance	30 (15:12) 24	Hammamet

7th place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Widad Smara	22 (11:15) 31	JS Kinshasa

5th place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Phoenix Gabon	19 (10:13) 18	FAP Yaoundé

3rd place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	23 (11:09) 21	Hammamet

Final


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Zamalek	31 (12:13) 29	Espérance

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Zamalek	7–0
	Espérance Tunis	6–1
	Al Ahly	4–1
4	AS Hammamet	3–2
5	Phoenix Gabon	4–3
6	FAP Yaoundé	3–4
7	JS Kinshasa	4–3
8	Widad Smara	2–4
9	AS Caïman	4–3
10	Fanz	2–3
11	Al-Ittihad	2–5
12	HC Oka	0–5
13	Red Star	1–3
14	APR Rwanda	0–5

	Qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe

Awards

2017 African Handball Champions League winner
Al Zamalek Sporting Club 10th title

Best Player

External links

References

↑ "Handball: Zamalek crowned African Champions". Kingfut.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
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[1] "Handball: Zamalek crowned African Champions". Kingfut.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

[2] "CLUB CHAMPION 2016 : Résultat du tirage au sort" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 28 Sep 2016.

[3] "39th Africa Clubs Championship 2017-Results on 22/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[4] "39th CACC 2017: Results on 24/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[5] "Results of matches on 25/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[6] "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter finals". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[7] "39ème CACC 2017: Résultats 1/4 de finales du 26/10/2017" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 27 Oct 2017.

[8] "39th CACC 2017: Results of the Semi finals". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.

[9] "39th CACC 2017: Results on 29/10/2017 and Men final's ranking". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.