2012 African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see 2012 African Women's Handball Champions League.

2012 African Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	November 15–24
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (4th title)
Runner-up	Zamalek
Third place	Espérance Tunis
Fourth place	JSE Skikda

The 2012 African Handball Champions League was the 34th 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 November 15–24 in Tangier, Morocco, contested by 16 teams and won by Al Ahly Cairo of Egypt.[1]

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C
Al Ahly Tripoli FAP Yaoundé IR Tanger JSE Skikda Police HBC Stade Mandji	Al-Nasr SC Étoile du Congo Mouloudia SOA Zamalek	Al Ahly Espérance Tunis JS Kinshasa Olympique El Oued Primeiro de Agosto

Preliminary round

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Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 IR Tanger 51 : 20 Police HBC JSE Skikda 24 : 24 FAP Yaoundé Al Ahly Tripoli 19 : 26 Stade Mandji Sat, 17 Nov 2012 JSE Skikda 51 : 27 Police HBC Al Ahly Tripoli 24 : 25 FAP Yaoundé IR Tanger 25 : 23 Stade Mandji Sun, 18 Nov 2012 Stade Mandji 20 : 30 FAP Yaoundé IR Tanger 23 : 28 JSE Skikda Al Ahly Tripoli 36 : 27 Police HBC 19 November, 2012 FAP Yaoundé 49 : 25 Police HBC IR Tanger 20 : 16 Al Ahly Tripoli JSE Skikda 32 : 27 Stade Mandji Tue, 20 Nov 2012 JSE Skikda 31 : 16 Al Ahly Tripoli Stade Mandji 40 : 20 Police HBC IR Tanger 25 : 18 FAP Yaoundé

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts JSE Skikda 5 4 1 0 166 126 +40 9 IR Tanger 5 4 0 1 144 105 +39 8 FAP Yaoundé 5 3 1 1 146 118 +28 7 Stade Mandji 5 2 0 3 136 126 +10 4 Al Ahly Tripoli 5 1 0 4 120 129 -9 2 Police HBC 5 0 0 5 119 227 -108 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification    Relegated to 13-16th classification

Group B

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 Mouloudia 20 : 0 SOA Al-Nasr SC 30 : 28 Étoile du Congo Sat, 17 Nov 2012 Zamalek 34 : 23 Al-Nasr SC Mouloudia 28 : 28 Étoile du Congo Sun, 18 Nov 2012 SOA 16 : 30 Zamalek Mouloudia 29 : 31 Al-Nasr SC Mon, 19 Nov 2012 Étoile du Congo 31 : 27 SOA Zamalek 26 : 18 Mouloudia Tue, 20 Nov 2012 Al-Nasr SC 20 : 25 SOA Étoile du Congo 30 : 37 Zamalek

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Zamalek 4 4 0 0 127 87 +40 8 Mouloudia 4 2 1 1 78 85 -7 5 Étoile du Congo 4 2 1 2 117 122 -5 5 SOA 4 2 0 2 68 84 -16 2 Al-Nasr SC ** 4 2 0 2 104 116 -12 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification    Relegated to 13-16th classification ** Al Nasr lost their four games for fielding an ineligible player

Group C

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 1º de Agosto 31 : 24 Olympique El Oued Al Ahly 18 : 20 Espérance Tunis Sat, 17 Nov 2012 Espérance Tunis 29 : 19 1º de Agosto Olympique El Oued 37 : 25 JS Kinshasa Sun, 18 Nov 2012 Al Ahly 38 : 26 JS Kinshasa Espérance Tunis 34 : 26 Olympique El Oued Mon, 19 Nov 2012 Al Ahly 36 : 20 Olympique El Oued 1º de Agosto 26 : 22 JS Kinshasa Tue, 20 Nov 2012 Al Ahly 22 : 17 1º de Agosto Espérance Tunis 43 : 24 JS Kinshasa

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Espérance Tunis 4 4 0 0 126 87 +39 8 Al Ahly 4 3 0 1 114 83 +31 6 1º de Agosto 4 2 0 2 93 97 -4 4 Olymp El Oued 4 1 0 3 107 126 -19 2 JS Kinshasa 4 0 0 4 97 144 -47 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification    Relegated to 13-16th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 16:00
	HC Mouloudia	20
					Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00
	Al Ahly SC	23
					Al Ahly SC	24
	Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00
					Espérance Tunis	23
	IR Tanger	20
									Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00
	Espérance Tunis	30
									Al Ahly SC	21
	Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
									Zamalek	17
	Zamalek	25
					Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
	FAP Yaoundé	15
					Zamalek	28
	Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
					JSE Skikda	23			Third place
	JSE Skikda	29
									Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
	Étoile du Congo	27
									Espérance Tunis	32
									JSE Skikda	23

5-8th bracket

	5–8th place				Fifth place
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00
	Étoile du Congo	23
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00
	FAP Yaoundé	28
					FAP Yaoundé	31
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
					IR Tanger	30
	Mouloudia	28
	IR Tanger	29
					Seventh place
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30
					Étoile du Congo	31
					Mouloudia	30

9-12th bracket

	9–12th place				Ninth place
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 12:00
	Stade Mandji	29
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30
	Olymp El Oued	26
					Stade Mandji	24
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00
					1º de Agosto	23
	SOA	21
	1º de Agosto	30
					Eleventh place
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30
					Olymp El Oued	33
					SOA	24

13-16th bracket

	13–16th place				Thirteenth place
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 08:00
	Al-Nasr SC	33
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
	JS Kinshasa	27
					Al Ahly Tripoli	27
	Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00
					Al-Nasr SC	28
	Al Ahly Tripoli	34
	Police HBC	15
					Fifteenth place
					Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
					JS Kinshasa	47
					Police HBC	27

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Al Ahly SC	6–1
	Zamalek	6–1
	Espérance Tunis	6–1
4	JSE Skikda	5–2
5	FAP Yaoundé	5–2
6	IR Tanger	5–3
7	Étoile du Congo	3–4
8	Mouloudia	2–4
9	Stade Mandji	4–3
10	Primeiro de Agosto	3–3
11	Olympique El Oued	2–4
12	SOA	2–4
13	Al-Nasr SC	4–2
14	Al Ahly Tripoli	2–5
15	JS Kinshasa	1–5
16	Police HBC	0–7

Awards

2012 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
Al Ahly Handball Club 4th title

Best Player

See also

• 2012 African Handball Championship

References

1. "Africa Clubs Championship 2013: Espérance Sportive de Tunis crowned champion". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
2. "Preliminary Round Clubs Championship 2013". CAHBonline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament profile at goalzz.com
• Tournament profile at handball123.com ^[dead link‍]