The 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 24th 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 April 13–22, 2018 and took place in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 14 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.
Draw Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D JS Kinshasa Kembata Durame Phoenix Gabon Widad Smara FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Sporting Heliopolis JS Lubumbashi Kirkos Red Star Al Ahly SC Al-Ittihad AS Minuh
Preliminary rounds
Times given below are in EET (UTC+2).
Group A
13:30 Widad Smara 24 (14:09) 25 Phoenix Gabon 13:30 JS Kinshasa 67 (33:09) 19 Kembata 15:00 Kembata 27 (07:21) 52 Widad Smara 15:00 Phoenix Gabon 26 (15:15) 33 JS Kinshasa 11:00 Phoenix Gabon 53 (10:15) 12 Kembata 13:00 Widad Smara 28 (14:16) 25 JS Kinshasa
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 125 73 +52 6 Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 104 77 +27 4 Phoenix Gabon 3 2 0 1 104 69 +35 6 Kembata 3 0 0 3 58 172 -114 0 * Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th classification
Group B
15:00 Sporting 37 (17:13) 20 Inter Club 19:00 Inter Club 19 (11:14) 21 FAP Yaoundé 17:00 Sporting 25 (12:13) 27 FAP Yaoundé
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts FAP Yaoundé 2 2 0 0 48 44 +4 2 Sporting 2 1 0 1 62 47 +15 4 Inter Club 2 0 0 2 39 58 -19 0 * Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th classification
Group C
10:30 Heliopolis 34 (13:09) 24 JS Lubumbashi 13:30 Red Star 46 (24:04) 16 Kirkos 11:00 Kirkos 20 (07:24) 41 Heliopolis 13:00 JS Lubumbashi 17 (07:13) 27 Red Star 15:00 Heliopolis 26 (12:12) 24 Red Star 15:00 JS Lubumbashi 29 (15:13) 25 Kirkos
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Heliopolis 3 3 0 0 101 68 +33 6 Red Star 3 2 0 1 97 59 +38 4 JS Lubumbashi 3 2 0 1 70 86 -16 2 Kirkos 3 0 0 3 61 116 -55 0 * Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th classification
Group D
18:00 Al Ahly 28 (11:08) 15 AS Minuh 17:00 AS Minuh 26 (14:16) 31 Al-Ittihad 19:00 Al-Ittihad 20 (11:15) 28 Al Ahly
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Al Ahly 2 2 0 0 56 35 +21 4 Al-Ittihad 2 1 0 1 51 54 -3 2 AS Minuh 2 0 0 2 41 59 -18 0 * Note: Advance to quarter-finals Relegated to 9th classification
Knockout stage 13th place match 11:00 Kembata 32 (15:15) 33 Kirkos
Championship bracket
5-8th bracket
9-12th place
Final standings
Rank Team Record Al Ahly SC5–0 Al-Ittihad3–2 Widad Smara4–24 JS Kinshasa3–35 Sporting3–26 Red Star3–37 FAP Yaoundé3–28 Heliopolis3–39 AS Minuh2–210 Phoenix Gabon3–211 Inter Club1–312 JS Lubumbashi2–313 Kirkos1–314 Kembata0–4
Awards 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup WinnerAl Ahly Sport Club3rd title Best Player
See also 2018 African Handball Champions League
References
External links CAHB official website