2017 African Handball Champions League

2017 African Handball Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	October 20–29
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (10th title)
Runner-up	Espérance Tunis
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	AS Hammamet
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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.^[1]

Zamalek qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe.

Draw[]

^[2]

Group A	Group B	Group C
Espérance de Tunis	Zamalek	Al Ahly AS Hammamet

Preliminary rounds[]

^[3]^[4]^[5]

Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

Group A[]


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
Espérance	58 (30:10) 20
	26 (15:15) 28
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
	19 (12:18) 42
	25 (09:16) 32	Espérance
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
	21 (12:10) 24
	15 (04:20) 43
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
	32 (-:-) 36
	22 (11:11) 29	Espérance
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Espérance	33 (14:16) 32
	41 (18:14) 27

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Espérance	4	4	0	152	99	+53	8
	4	3	1	132	105	+27	6
	4	2	2	113	105	+8	4
	4	1	3	127	112	+15	2
	4	0	4	81	184	-103	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9th place classification
Relegated to 13th place classification

Group B[]


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
	25 (13:10) 24
Zamalek	38 (-:-) 24
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
	19 (08:19) 39	Zamalek
	24 (11:13) 25
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
	29 (15:13) 29
	26 (12:03) 15
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Zamalek	33 (17:13) 22
	22 (-:-) 26
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Zamalek	40 (20:12) 28
	21 (10:13) 23

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Zamalek	4	4	0	0	150	93	+57	8
	4	2	1	1	107	117	-10	5
	4	2	0	2	95	94	+1	4
	4	1	0	3	84	112	-28	2
	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[]


Fri, 20 Oct 2017
Hammamet	36 (21:13) 20
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	33 (17:05) 12
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
Hammamet	31 (16:11) 22
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	34 (-:-) 19
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	26 (10:15) 26	Hammamet
	30 (18:09) 22

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Al Ahly	3	2	1	0	93	57	+36	5
AS Hammamet	3	2	1	0	93	68	+25	5
	3	1	0	2	71	87	-16	2
	3	0	0	3	54	99	-45	0

Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9th place classification

Knockout stage[]

^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00

Zamalek	26
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15
	21
		Zamalek	26
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00
		Al Ahly	21
Al Ahly	30
				Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00
	15
				Zamalek	31
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
				Espérance Tunis	29
Espérance Tunis	38
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30
	24
		Espérance Tunis	30
Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
		Hammamet	24	Third place
Hammamet	31
				Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00
	26
				Al Ahly	23

				Hammamet	21

5-8th bracket

5–8th place		Fifth place

Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:00

	22
		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45
	21
			19
Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00
			18
	33

	31
		Seventh place

		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 11:15

			31

			22

9th place

Semi-finals		Ninth place

Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00

	29
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00
	27
			29
Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00
			28
	28

	24
		Third place

		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 08:00

			34

			32

9-12th classification[]


Thu, 26 Oct 2017
	29 (12:14) 27
	28 (12:11) 24

Quarter-finals[]


Thu, 26 Oct 2017
Zamalek	26 (14:13) 21
	26 (12:16) 31	Hammamet
Espérance	38 (16:10) 24
Al Ahly	30 (15:06) 15

13th place[]


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
	27 (-:-) 35

9th place classification[]


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
	28 (13:13) 29
Sun, 29 Oct 2017
	30 (17:10) 20
	27 (12:11) 26

5-8th classification[]


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
	21 (10:13) 22
	33 (15:14) 31

Semi-finals[]


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	21 (12:12) 26	Zamalek
Espérance	30 (15:12) 24	Hammamet

7th place[]


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
	22 (11:15) 31

5th place[]


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
	19 (10:13) 18

3rd place[]


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Al Ahly	23 (11:09) 21	Hammamet

Final[]


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Zamalek	31 (12:13) 29	Espérance

Final standings[]

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

	Qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe

Awards[]

2017 African Handball Champions League winner
Al Zamalek Sporting Club 10th title

Best Player

External links[]

References[]

^ "Handball: Zamalek crowned African Champions". Kingfut.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
^ "CLUB CHAMPION 2016 : Résultat du tirage au sort" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 28 Sep 2016.
^ "39th Africa Clubs Championship 2017-Results on 22/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results on 24/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "Results of matches on 25/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39ème CACC 2017: Résultats 1/4 de finales du 26/10/2017" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results of the Semi finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results on 29/10/2017 and Men final's ranking". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

[1] "Handball: Zamalek crowned African Champions". Kingfut.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

[2] "CLUB CHAMPION 2016 : Résultat du tirage au sort" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 28 Sep 2016.

[3] "39th Africa Clubs Championship 2017-Results on 22/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[4] "39th CACC 2017: Results on 24/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[5] "Results of matches on 25/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[6] "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[7] "39ème CACC 2017: Résultats 1/4 de finales du 26/10/2017" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Oct 2017.

[8] "39th CACC 2017: Results of the Semi finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.

[9] "39th CACC 2017: Results on 29/10/2017 and Men final's ranking". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

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