2018 African Handball Champions League

The 2018 African Handball Champions League was the 40th edition of the tournament. It is organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation. The tournament was held from October 19–28 at Ivory Coast.

The Zamalek Handball Club won the championship for the eleventh time. They defeated another Egyptian team, Al Ahly, with a score of 27-25 in the final.

Draw Group AGroup B Al Ahly Phoenix Gabon FAP Yaoundé Red Star US des Forces Armées Zamalek<br/ > Raja Agadir <br/ > JSK GSP Group A

Al Ahly 24 (0:0) 17 FAP YaoundéRed Star 30 (0:0) 29 US des Forces Armées Phoenix Gabon 27 (14:14) 25 Red StarFAP Yaoundé 33 (0:0) 18 US des Forces Armées Al Ahly 34 (0:0) 21 Red StarPhoenix Gabon 29 (0:0) 19 US des Forces Armées Phoenix Gabon 18 (0:0) 29 FAP YaoundéAl Ahly 36 (0:0) 15 US des Forces Armées Al Ahly 28 (0:0) 20 Phoenix GabonFAP Yaoundé 32 (0:0) 20 Red Star

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Al Ahly 4 4 0 0 122 73 +49 8 FAP Yaoundé 4 3 0 1 111 80 +31 6 Phoenix Gabon 4 2 0 2 94 101 -7 4 Red Star 4 1 0 3 96 122 -26 2 US des Forces Armées 4 0 0 4 81 128 -47 0 Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Group B

GSP 21 (9:11) 18 JSK Zamalek 31 (0:0) 23 Raja Agadir JSK 24 (0:0) 19 Raja AgadirZamalek 31 (0:0) 27 GSP Zamalek 28 (0:0) 24 JSKGSP 25 (0:0) 24 Raja Agadir

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDIFPts Zamalek 3 3 0 0 90 74 +16 6 GSP 3 2 0 1 73 73 0 4 JSK 3 1 0 2 66 68 -2 2 Raja Agadir 3 0 0 3 66 80 -14 0 Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Knockout stage Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

Final standings

Rank Team Record Zamalek6–0 Al Ahly6–1 GSP4–24 JS Kinshasa2–45 Raja Agadir2–46 FAP Yaoundé4–37 Red Star2–58 Phoenix Gabon2–59 US des Forces Armées0–4

Awards 2018 African Handball Champions League winnerAl Zamalek Sporting Club11th title Best Player

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