The 2016 African Handball Champions League was the 38th 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, 2016 at the Palais de Sports de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly of Egypt.

Al Ahly qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe.

Draw

Group AGroup B Al Ahly AS Caïman Espérance de Tunis Minuh Yaoundé Police HBC AS Douane FAP Yaoundé JS Kinshasa Red Star Widad Smara Zamalek

Preliminary rounds

Times given below are in GMT UTC+0.

Group A

Al Ahly 43 (20:10) 20 Police HBCEspérance 37 (17:11) 21 AS CaïmanPolice HBC 33 (18:18) 36 AS CaïmanMinuh Yaoundé 32 (13:23) 47 EspéranceAS Caïman 23 (11:20) 34 Al AhlyMinuh Yaoundé 44 (24:09) 24 Police HBCPolice HBC 20 (07:18) 43 EspéranceAl Ahly 34 (15:12) 23 Minuh YaoundéAS Caïman 27 (14:10) 21 Minuh YaoundéEspérance 24 (08:14) 29 Al Ahly

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Al Ahly 4 4 0 0 140 90 +50 8 Espérance 4 3 0 1 151 102 +49 6 AS Caïman 4 2 0 2 107 125 -18 4 Minuh Yaoundé 4 1 0 3 120 132 -12 2 Police HBC 4 0 0 4 97 166 -69 0 Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th place classification

Group B

Widad Smara 20 (-:-) 0 Red StarZamalek 30 (16:09) 23 FAP YaoundéAS Douane 21 (10:13) 35 JS KinshasaWidad Smara 26 (-:-) 25 JS KinshasaFAP Yaoundé 30 (13:13) 21 AS DouaneZamalek 38 (18:12) 24 Red StarRed Star 21 (11:10) 24 FAP YaoundéWidad Smara 33 (-:-) 24 AS DouaneJS Kinshasa 24 (-:-) 35 ZamalekJS Kinshasa 25 (10:19) 20 Red StarFAP Yaoundé 23 (10:15) 24 Widad SmaraAS Douane 21 (08:19) 34 ZamalekZamalek 35 (18:14) 26 Widad SmaraRed Star 37 (18:09) 18 AS DouaneFAP Yaoundé 22 (14:08) 19 JS Kinshasa

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Zamalek 5 5 0 0 172 118 +54 10 Widad Smara 5 4 0 1 129 107 +22 8 FAP Yaoundé 5 3 0 2 122 115 +7 6 JS Kinshasa 5 2 0 3 128 124 +4 4 Red Star 5 1 0 4 102 125 -23 2 AS Douane 5 0 0 5 105 169 -64 2 Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th place classification

Knockout stage Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

9th place

Final standings

Rank Team Record Al Ahly7–0 Espérance Tunis5–2 Zamalek7–14 Widad Smara5–35 FAP Yaoundé5–36 AS Caïman3–47 JS Kinshasa3–58 Minuh Yaoundé1–69 Red Star2–410 AS Douane1–511 Police HBC0–6

Qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe

Awards 2016 African Handball Champions League WinnerAl Ahly Sport Club5th title Best Player

See also 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

External links

Tournament profile at Goalzz.com

References