2015 African Handball Champions League

2015 African Handball
Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	May 15–24
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (9th title)
Runner-up	Club Africain
Third place
Fourth place	Espérance Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches	40
Goals scored	2122 (53.05 per match)
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The 2015 African Handball Champions League was the 37th 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, 2015 in three venues: , and , in Nador, Morocco, contested by 15 teams and won by Al Zamalek Cairo of Egypt.^[1]

Zamalek qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe.

Draw[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Al Ahly	Club Africain Zamalek	Espérance Tunis

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Preliminary rounds[]

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Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A[]


Wed/Thu, 21/22 Oct 2015
	46 (19:13) 28
	22 (12:13) 31	Al Ahly
Sat, 24 Oct 2015
	28 (19:16) 32
	18 (07:22) 54	Al Ahly
Sun, 25 Oct 2015
	20 (10:17) 37
Al Ahly	26 (14:11) 19

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Al Ahly	3	3	0	111	59	+52	6
	3	2	1	97	82	+15	4
	3	1	2	87	83	+4	2
	3	0	3	66	137	-71	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 5-8th classification
Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group B[]


Wed, 21 Oct 2015
	20 (08:11) 24	Zamalek
Sat, 24 Oct 2015
	21 (10:12) 25	Club Africain
Sun, 25 Oct 2015
Zamalek	24 (13:14) 28	Club Africain

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Club Africain	2	2	0	45	21	+24	4
Zamalek	2	1	1	44	20	+24	2
	2	0	2	41	98	-57	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 5-8th classification
Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group C[]


Thu, 22 Oct 2015
	30 (13:14) 28
Espérance Tunis	20 (:) 0
Fri, 23 Oct 2015
	33 (16:16) 36
	24 (15:19) 39	Espérance Tunis
Sun, 25 Oct 2015
	36 (21:16) 26
Espérance Tunis	40 (19:13) 23

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Espérance Tunis	3	3	0	120	74	+46	6
	3	2	1	94	83	+11	4
	3	1	2	97	92	+5	2
	3	0	3	62	124	-62	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 5-8th classification
Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group D[]


Wed, 21 Oct 2015
	26 (12:09) 21
	30 (15:03) 10
Fri, 23 Oct 2015
	28 (15:04) 9
	22 (11:12) 22
Sun, 25 Oct 2015
	21 (12:10) 20
	08 (07:25) 38

Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
3	3	0	75	50	+25	6
3	2	1	81	56	+25	4
3	1	2	72	53	+19	2
3	0	3	27	96	-69	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 5-8th classification
Relegated to 9-12th classification

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 16:00

Zamalek	26
		Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30
Al Ahly	24
		Zamalek	34
Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00
		Espérance Tunis	33
Espérance Tunis	27
				Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30
	22
				Zamalek	35
Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00
				Club Africain	22
Club Africain	25
		Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00
	23
		Club Africain	29
Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00
			23	Third place
	28
				Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00
	24
					24

				Espérance Tunis	23

5-8th bracket

5th-8th place		Fifth place

Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00

Al Ahly	25
		Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00
	20
		Al Ahly	31
Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00
			26
	28

	23
		Seventh place

		Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 16:00

			25

			21

9-12th bracket

9th-12th place		Ninth place

Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00

	30
		Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00
	27
			20
Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00
			18
	39

	36
		Eleventh place

		Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00

			28

			27

13-15th place


Tue, 27 Oct 2015
	33 (13:23) 45
Wed, 28 Oct 2015
	21 (13:13) 27
Thu, 29 Oct 2015
	32 (14:17) 37

Final standings[]

Rank	Team	Record
	Al Zamalek	4–1
	Club Africain	4–1
		5–1
4	Espérance Tunis	4–2
5	Al Ahly	5–1
6		3–3
7		3–3
8		1–3
9		3–2
10		2–3
11		1–3
12		1–4
13		2–3
14		1–4
15		0–5

	Qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe

Awards[]

2015 African Handball Champions League Winner
Al Zamalek Handball Club 9th title

Most Valuable Player

References[]

^ "Handball: Egypt's Zamalek crowned African champions after win over Club Africain". ahram.org. 30 Oct 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ "Poules" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.
^ "GENERAL PROGRAM OF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Men". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

External links[]

CAHB official website

[1] "Handball: Egypt's Zamalek crowned African champions after win over Club Africain". ahram.org. 30 Oct 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

[2] "Poules" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.

[3] "GENERAL PROGRAM OF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Men". cahbonline.info. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

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