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 AGroup BGroup 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
Espérance 58 (30:10) 20 APR RwandaFAP Yaoundé 26 (15:15) 28 JS Kinshasa APR Rwanda 19 (12:18) 42 AS CaïmanJS Kinshasa 25 (09:16) 32 Espérance AS Caïman 21 (12:10) 24 FAP YaoundéAPR Rwanda 15 (04:20) 43 JS Kinshasa AS Caïman 32 (-:-) 36 JS KinshasaFAP Yaoundé 22 (11:11) 29 Espérance Espérance 33 (14:16) 32 AS CaïmanFAP Yaoundé 41 (18:14) 27 APR Rwanda
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts 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
Widad Smara 25 (13:10) 24 Al-IttihadZamalek 38 (-:-) 24 Red Star Al-Ittihad 19 (08:19) 39 ZamalekPhoenix Gabon 24 (11:13) 25 Widad Smara Widad Smara 29 (15:13) 29 Red StarPhoenix Gabon 26 (12:03) 15 Al-Ittihad Zamalek 33 (17:13) 22 Phoenix GabonRed Star 22 (-:-) 26 Al-Ittihad Zamalek 40 (20:12) 28 Widad SmaraRed Star 21 (10:13) 23 Phoenix Gabon
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts 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
Hammamet 36 (21:13) 20 HC Oka Al Ahly 33 (17:05) 12 HC Oka Hammamet 31 (16:11) 22 Fanz Al Ahly 34 (-:-) 19 Fanz Al Ahly 26 (10:15) 26 HammametFanz 30 (18:09) 22 HC Oka
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts 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
5-8th bracket
9th place
9-12th classification AS Caïman 29 (12:14) 27 FanzAl-Ittihad 28 (12:11) 24 HC Oka
Quarter-finals Zamalek 26 (14:13) 21 FAP YaoundéWidad Smara 26 (12:16) 31 HammametEspérance 38 (16:10) 24 Phoenix GabonAl Ahly 30 (15:06) 15 JS Kinshasa
13th place APR Rwanda 27 (-:-) 35 Red Star
9th place classification Al-Ittihad 28 (13:13) 29 AS Caïman Fanz 30 (17:10) 20 Al-IttihadAS Caïman 27 (12:11) 26 HC Oka
5-8th classification JS Kinshasa 21 (10:13) 22 FAP YaoundéPhoenix Gabon 33 (15:14) 31 Widad Smara
Semi-finals Al Ahly 21 (12:12) 26 ZamalekEspérance 30 (15:12) 24 Hammamet
7th place Widad Smara 22 (11:15) 31 JS Kinshasa
5th place Phoenix Gabon 19 (10:13) 18 FAP Yaoundé
3rd place Al Ahly 23 (11:09) 21 Hammamet
Final Zamalek 31 (12:13) 29 Espérance
Final standings
Rank Team Record Zamalek7–0 Espérance Tunis6–1 Al Ahly4–14 AS Hammamet3–25 Phoenix Gabon4–36 FAP Yaoundé3–47 JS Kinshasa4–38 Widad Smara2–49 AS Caïman4–310 Fanz2–311 Al-Ittihad2–512 HC Oka0–513 Red Star1–314 APR Rwanda0–5
Qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe
Awards 2017 African Handball Champions League winnerAl Zamalek Sporting Club10th title Best Player
See also 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
External links
Tournament profile at Goalzz.com
References