2017 African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League.

2017 African Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	October 20–29
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (10th title)
Runner-up	Espérance Tunis
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	AS Hammamet

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.[1]

Zamalek qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe.

Draw

[2]

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

[3][4][5]

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

[6][7][8][9]

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

See also

• 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

External links

• CAHB official website
• Tournament profile at Goalzz.com

References

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6. "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
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