2012 African Handball Champions League

2012 African Handball Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	November 15–24
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (4th title)
Runner-up	Zamalek
Third place	Espérance Tunis
Fourth place
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The 2012 African Handball Champions League was the 34th 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 November 15–24 in Tangier, Morocco, contested by 16 teams and won by Al Ahly Cairo of Egypt.^[1]

Draw[]

Group A	Group B	Group C
	Zamalek	Al Ahly Espérance Tunis Primeiro de Agosto

Preliminary round[]

^[2]

Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A[]


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
	51 : 20
	24 : 24
	19 : 26
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
	51 : 27
	24 : 25
	25 : 23
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
	20 : 30
	23 : 28
	36 : 27
19 November, 2012
	49 : 25
	20 : 16
	32 : 27
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
	31 : 16
	40 : 20
	25 : 18

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
5	4	1	0	166	126	+40	9
5	4	0	1	144	105	+39	8
5	3	1	1	146	118	+28	7
5	2	0	3	136	126	+10	4
5	1	0	4	120	129	-9	2
5	0	0	5	119	227	-108	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification

Group B[]


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
	20 : 0
	30 : 28
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
Zamalek	34 : 23
	28 : 28
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
	16 : 30	Zamalek
	29 : 31
Mon, 19 Nov 2012
	31 : 27
Zamalek	26 : 18
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
	20 : 25
	30 : 37	Zamalek

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Zamalek	4	4	0	0	127	87	+40	8
	4	2	1	1	78	85	-7	5
	4	2	1	2	117	122	-5	5
	4	2	0	2	68	84	-16	2
**	4	2	0	2	104	116	-12	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification
** Al Nasr lost their four games for fielding an ineligible player

Group C[]


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
1º de Agosto	31 : 24
Al Ahly	18 : 20	Espérance Tunis
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
Espérance Tunis	29 : 19	1º de Agosto
	37 : 25
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	38 : 26
Espérance Tunis	34 : 26
Mon, 19 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	36 : 20
1º de Agosto	26 : 22
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	22 : 17	1º de Agosto
Espérance Tunis	43 : 24

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Espérance Tunis	4	4	0	126	87	+39	8
Al Ahly	4	3	1	114	83	+31	6
1º de Agosto	4	2	2	93	97	-4	4
	4	1	3	107	126	-19	2
	4	0	4	97	144	-47	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 16:00

	20
		Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00
Al Ahly SC	23
		Al Ahly SC	24
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00
		Espérance Tunis	23
	20
				Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00
Espérance Tunis	30
				Al Ahly SC	21
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
				Zamalek	17
Zamalek	25
		Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
	15
		Zamalek	28
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
			23	Third place
	29
				Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
	27
				Espérance Tunis	32

					23

5-8th bracket

5–8th place		Fifth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00

	23
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00
	28
			31
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
			30
	28

	29
		Seventh place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30

			31

			30

9-12th bracket

9–12th place		Ninth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 12:00

	29
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30
	26
			24
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00
		1º de Agosto	23
	21

1º de Agosto	30
		Eleventh place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30

			33

			24

13-16th bracket

13–16th place		Thirteenth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 08:00

	33
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
	27
			27
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00
			28
	34

	15
		Fifteenth place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00

			47

			27

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team	Record
	Al Ahly SC	6–1
	Zamalek	6–1
	Espérance Tunis	6–1
4		5–2
5		5–2
6		5–3
7		3–4
8		2–4
9		4–3
10	Primeiro de Agosto	3–3
11		2–4
12		2–4
13		4–2
14		2–5
15		1–5
16		0–7