2015 African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see 2015 African Women's Handball Champions League.

2015 African Handball
Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	May 15–24
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (9th title)
Runner-up	Club Africain
Third place	Alexandria SC
Fourth place	Espérance Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	2,122 (53.05 per match)

The 2015 African Handball Champions League was the 37th 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 21–30, 2015 in three venues: Salle Al Aroui, Salle Omnisport and Salle Sellaouan, in Nador, Morocco, contested by 15 teams and won by Al Zamalek Cairo of Egypt.[1]

Zamalek qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Al Ahly Police HBC Stade Mandji Widad Smara	Club Africain Fanz Zamalek	Espérance Tunis FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Niger United	Alexandria SC Hilal de Nador JS Kinshasa Police HC

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Preliminary rounds

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Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A

Wed/Thu, 21/22 Oct 2015 Widad Smara 46 (19:13) 28 Police HBC Stade Mandji 22 (12:13) 31 Al Ahly Sat, 24 Oct 2015 Stade Mandji 28 (19:16) 32 Widad Smara Police HBC 18 (07:22) 54 Al Ahly Sun, 25 Oct 2015 Police HBC 20 (10:17) 37 Stade Mandji Al Ahly 26 (14:11) 19 Widad Smara

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Al Ahly 3 3 0 0 111 59 +52 6 Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 97 82 +15 4 Stade Mandji 3 1 0 2 87 83 +4 2 Police HBC 3 0 0 3 66 137 -71 0 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 5-8th classification    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group B

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 Fanz 20 (08:11) 24 Zamalek Sat, 24 Oct 2015 Fanz 21 (10:12) 25 Club Africain Sun, 25 Oct 2015 Zamalek 24 (13:14) 28 Club Africain

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Club Africain 2 2 0 0 45 21 +24 4 Zamalek 2 1 0 1 44 20 +24 2 Fanz 2 0 0 2 41 98 -57 0 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 5-8th classification    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group C

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 FAP Yaoundé 30 (13:14) 28 Inter Club Espérance Tunis 20 (:) 0 Niger United Fri, 23 Oct 2015 Niger United 33 (16:16) 36 FAP Yaoundé Inter Club 24 (15:19) 39 Espérance Tunis Sun, 25 Oct 2015 Niger United 36 (21:16) 26 Inter Club Espérance Tunis 40 (19:13) 23 FAP Yaoundé

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Espérance Tunis 3 3 0 0 120 74 +46 6 FAP Yaoundé 3 2 0 1 94 83 +11 4 Niger United 3 1 0 2 97 92 +5 2 Inter Club 3 0 0 3 62 124 -62 0 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 5-8th classification    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group D

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 Alexandria SC 26 (12:09) 21 JS Kinshasa Hilal de Nador 30 (15:03) 10 Police HC Fri, 23 Oct 2015 Alexandria SC 28 (15:04) 9 Police HC JS Kinshasa 22 (11:12) 22 Hilal de Nador Sun, 25 Oct 2015 Alexandria SC 21 (12:10) 20 Hilal de Nador Police HC 08 (07:25) 38 JS Kinshasa

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Alexandria SC 3 3 0 0 75 50 +25 6 JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 81 56 +25 4 Hilal de Nador 3 1 0 2 72 53 +19 2 Police HC 3 0 0 3 27 96 -69 0 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 5-8th classification    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 16:00
	Zamalek	26
					Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30
	Al Ahly	24
					Zamalek	34
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00
					Espérance Tunis	33
	Espérance Tunis	27
									Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30
	JS Kinshasa	22
									Zamalek	35
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00
									Club Africain	22
	Club Africain	25
					Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00
	Widad Smara	23
					Club Africain	29
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00
					Alexandria SC	23			Third place
	Alexandria SC	28
									Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00
	FAP Yaoundé	24
									Alexandria SC	24
									Espérance Tunis	23

5-8th bracket

	5th-8th place				Fifth place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00
	Al Ahly	25
					Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00
	JS Kinshasa	20
					Al Ahly	31
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00
					FAP Yaoundé	26
	FAP Yaoundé	28
	Widad Smara	23
					Seventh place
					Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 16:00
					Widad Smara	25
					JS Kinshasa	21

9-12th bracket

	9th-12th place				Ninth place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00
	Stade Mandji	30
					Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00
	Fanz	27
					Stade Mandji	20
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00
					Niger United	18
	Niger United	39
	Hilal Nador	36
					Eleventh place
					Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00
					Fanz	28
					Hilal Nador	27

13-15th place

Tue, 27 Oct 2015
Police HBC	33 (13:23) 45	Inter Club
Wed, 28 Oct 2015
Police HC	21 (13:13) 27	Inter Club
Thu, 29 Oct 2015
Police HBC	32 (14:17) 37	Police HC

Final standings

Rank Team Record Al Zamalek 4–1 Club Africain 4–1 Alexandria SC 5–1 4 Espérance Tunis 4–2 5 Al Ahly 5–1 6 FAP Yaoundé 3–3 7 Widad Smara 3–3 8 JS Kinshasa 1–3 9 Stade Mandji 3–2 10 Niger United 2–3 11 Fanz 1–3 12 Hilal de Nador 1–4 13 Inter Club 2–3 14 Police HC 1–4 15 Police HBC 0–5

Qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe

Awards

2015 African Handball Champions League Winner
Al Zamalek Handball Club 9th title

Most Valuable Player

See also

2015 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

References

1. "Handball: Egypt's Zamalek crowned African champions after win over Club Africain". ahram.org. 30 Oct 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. "Poules" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.
3. "GENERAL PROGRAM OF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Men". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

External links

• CAHB official website