# 2012 African Handball Champions League

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.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Al Ahly Tripoli FAP Yaoundé IR Tanger JSE Skikda Police HBC Stade Mandji | Al-Nasr SC Étoile du Congo Mouloudia SOA Zamalek | Al Ahly Espérance Tunis JS Kinshasa Olympique El Oued Primeiro de Agosto |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

### Group A

| Thu, 15 Nov 2012 ||||
| IR Tanger | 51 : 20 | Police HBC |
| JSE Skikda | 24 : 24 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Al Ahly Tripoli | 19 : 26 | Stade Mandji |
| Sat, 17 Nov 2012 ||||
| JSE Skikda | 51 : 27 | Police HBC |
| Al Ahly Tripoli | 24 : 25 | FAP Yaoundé |
| IR Tanger | 25 : 23 | Stade Mandji |
| Sun, 18 Nov 2012 ||||
| Stade Mandji | 20 : 30 | FAP Yaoundé |
| IR Tanger | 23 : 28 | JSE Skikda |
| Al Ahly Tripoli | 36 : 27 | Police HBC |
| 19 November, 2012 ||||
| FAP Yaoundé | 49 : 25 | Police HBC |
| IR Tanger | 20 : 16 | Al Ahly Tripoli |
| JSE Skikda | 32 : 27 | Stade Mandji |
| Tue, 20 Nov 2012 ||||
| JSE Skikda | 31 : 16 | Al Ahly Tripoli |
| Stade Mandji | 40 : 20 | Police HBC |
| IR Tanger | 25 : 18 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| JSE Skikda | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 126 | +40 | 9 |
| IR Tanger | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 105 | +39 | 8 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 118 | +28 | 7 |
| Stade Mandji | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 126 | +10 | 4 |
| Al Ahly Tripoli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 129 | -9 | 2 |
| Police HBC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 227 | -108 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 15 Nov 2012 ||||
| Mouloudia | 20 : 0 | SOA |
| Al-Nasr SC | 30 : 28 | Étoile du Congo |
| Sat, 17 Nov 2012 ||||
| Zamalek | 34 : 23 | Al-Nasr SC |
| Mouloudia | 28 : 28 | Étoile du Congo |
| Sun, 18 Nov 2012 ||||
| SOA | 16 : 30 | Zamalek |
| Mouloudia | 29 : 31 | Al-Nasr SC |
| Mon, 19 Nov 2012 ||||
| Étoile du Congo | 31 : 27 | SOA |
| Zamalek | 26 : 18 | Mouloudia |
| Tue, 20 Nov 2012 ||||
| Al-Nasr SC | 20 : 25 | SOA |
| Étoile du Congo | 30 : 37 | Zamalek |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Zamalek | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 87 | +40 | 8 |
| Mouloudia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 85 | -7 | 5 |
| Étoile du Congo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 122 | -5 | 5 |
| SOA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 84 | -16 | 2 |
| Al-Nasr SC ** | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 116 | -12 | 0 |

### Group C

| Thu, 15 Nov 2012 ||||
| 1º de Agosto | 31 : 24 | Olympique El Oued |
| Al Ahly | 18 : 20 | Espérance Tunis |
| Sat, 17 Nov 2012 ||||
| Espérance Tunis | 29 : 19 | 1º de Agosto |
| Olympique El Oued | 37 : 25 | JS Kinshasa |
| Sun, 18 Nov 2012 ||||
| Al Ahly | 38 : 26 | JS Kinshasa |
| Espérance Tunis | 34 : 26 | Olympique El Oued |
| Mon, 19 Nov 2012 ||||
| Al Ahly | 36 : 20 | Olympique El Oued |
| 1º de Agosto | 26 : 22 | JS Kinshasa |
| Tue, 20 Nov 2012 ||||
| Al Ahly | 22 : 17 | 1º de Agosto |
| Espérance Tunis | 43 : 24 | JS Kinshasa |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Espérance Tunis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 87 | +39 | 8 |
| Al Ahly | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 83 | +31 | 6 |
| 1º de Agosto | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 97 | -4 | 4 |
| Olymp El Oued | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 126 | -19 | 2 |
| JS Kinshasa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 144 | -47 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | | | |
| HC Mouloudia | 20 | | | |
| HC Mouloudia | 20 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | | |
| Al Ahly SC | 23 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00 | |
| Al Ahly SC | 23 | Al Ahly SC | 24 | |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00 | | Al Ahly SC | 24 | |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00 | Espérance Tunis | 23 | |
| IR Tanger | 20 | Espérance Tunis | 23 | |
| IR Tanger | 20 | | | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00 |
| Espérance Tunis | 30 | | | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00 |
| Espérance Tunis | 30 | | | | Al Ahly SC | 21 |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | | | | Al Ahly SC | 21 |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | | | Zamalek | 17 |
| Zamalek | 25 | | | | Zamalek | 17 |
| Zamalek | 25 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 15 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 15 | Zamalek | 28 | | | |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | Zamalek | 28 | | | |
| Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | JSE Skikda | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| JSE Skikda | 29 | JSE Skikda | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| JSE Skikda | 29 | | | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 |
| Étoile du Congo | 27 | | | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 |
| Étoile du Congo | 27 | | | | Espérance Tunis | 32 |
| | | | | | JSE Skikda | 23 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 |
| Étoile du Congo | 23 |
| Étoile du Congo | 23 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | FAP Yaoundé | 31 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | | FAP Yaoundé | 31 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00 | IR Tanger | 30 |
| Mouloudia | 28 | IR Tanger | 30 |
| IR Tanger | 29 | | |
| IR Tanger | 29 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30 |
| | | Étoile du Congo | 31 |
| | | Mouloudia | 30 |

### 9-12th bracket

| 9–12th place | 9–12th place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 12:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 12:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 29 |
| Stade Mandji | 29 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30 |
| Olymp El Oued | 26 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30 |
| Olymp El Oued | 26 | Stade Mandji | 24 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | | Stade Mandji | 24 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00 | 1º de Agosto | 23 |
| SOA | 21 | 1º de Agosto | 23 |
| 1º de Agosto | 30 | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 30 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30 |
| | | Olymp El Oued | 33 |
| | | SOA | 24 |

### 13-16th bracket

| 13–16th place | 13–16th place | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 08:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 08:00 |
| Al-Nasr SC | 33 |
| Al-Nasr SC | 33 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 27 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 27 | Al Ahly Tripoli | 27 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 | | Al Ahly Tripoli | 27 |
| Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 | Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00 | Al-Nasr SC | 28 |
| Al Ahly Tripoli | 34 | Al-Nasr SC | 28 |
| Police HBC | 15 | | |
| Police HBC | 15 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 | Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00 |
| | | JS Kinshasa | 47 |
| | | Police HBC | 27 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Al Ahly SC | 6–1 |
| | Zamalek | 6–1 |
| | Espérance Tunis | 6–1 |
| 4 | JSE Skikda | 5–2 |
| 5 | FAP Yaoundé | 5–2 |
| 6 | IR Tanger | 5–3 |
| 7 | Étoile du Congo | 3–4 |
| 8 | Mouloudia | 2–4 |
| 9 | Stade Mandji | 4–3 |
| 10 | Primeiro de Agosto | 3–3 |
| 11 | Olympique El Oued | 2–4 |
| 12 | SOA | 2–4 |
| 13 | Al-Nasr SC | 4–2 |
| 14 | Al Ahly Tripoli | 2–5 |
| 15 | JS Kinshasa | 1–5 |
| 16 | Police HBC | 0–7 |

## Awards

* 2012 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
* Al Ahly Handball Club 4th title
* Best Player