# 2018 African Handball Champions League

The 2018 African Handball Champions League is the 40th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament will be held from October 19–28, 2018 at Côte d’Ivoire

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Al Ahly Phoenix Gabon FAP Yaoundé Red Star US des Forces Armées | Zamalek Raja Agadir JSK GSP |

### Group A

| Fri, 19 Oct 2018 |||
| Al Ahly | 24 (0:0) 17 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Red Star | 30 (0:0) 29 | US des Forces Armées |
| Sat, 20 Oct 2018 |||
| Phoenix Gabon | 27 (14:14) 25 | Red Star |
| FAP Yaoundé | 33 (0:0) 18 | US des Forces Armées |
| Sun, 21 Oct 2018 |||
| Al Ahly | 34 (0:0) 21 | Red Star |
| Phoenix Gabon | 29 (0:0) 19 | US des Forces Armées |
| Mon, 22 Oct 2018 |||
| Phoenix Gabon | 18 (0:0) 29 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Al Ahly | 36 (0:0) 15 | US des Forces Armées |
| Wed, 24 Oct 2018 |||
| Al Ahly | 28 (0:0) 20 | Phoenix Gabon |
| FAP Yaoundé | 32 (0:0) 20 | Red Star |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| 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 |

### Group B

| Fri, 19 Oct 2018 |||
| GSP | 21 (9:11) 18 | JSK |
| Sat, 20 Oct 2018 |||
| Zamalek | 31 (0:0) 23 | Raja Agadir |
| Mon, 22 Oct 2018 |||
| JSK | 24 (0:0) 19 | Raja Agadir |
| Zamalek | 31 (0:0) 27 | GSP |
| Wed, 24 Oct 2018 |||
| Zamalek | 28 (0:0) 24 | JSK |
| GSP | 25 (0:0) 24 | Raja Agadir |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| 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 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 12:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 12:00 | | | |
| Al Ahly | 31 | | | |
| Al Ahly | 31 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 19:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 19:00 | | |
| Raja Agadir | 20 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 19:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 19:00 | |
| Raja Agadir | 20 | Al Ahly | 27 | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | | Al Ahly | 27 | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | GSP | 20 | |
| GSP | 24 | GSP | 20 | |
| GSP | 24 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : |
| Phoenix Gabon | 20 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : |
| Phoenix Gabon | 20 | | | | Zamalek | 27 |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 16:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 16:00 | | | | | Zamalek | 27 |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 16:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 16:00 | | | | Al Ahly | 25 |
| Zamalek | 34 | | | | Al Ahly | 25 |
| Zamalek | 34 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 16:30 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 16:30 | | | |
| Red Star | 21 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 16:30 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 16:30 | | | |
| Red Star | 21 | Zamalek | 30 | | | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | | Zamalek | 30 | | | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | JSK | 25 | | Third place | Third place |
| FAP Yaoundé | 27 | JSK | 25 | | Third place | Third place |
| FAP Yaoundé | 27 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : |
| JSK | 28 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – : |
| JSK | 28 | | | | GSP | 33 |
| | | | | | JSK | 31 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 |
| Raja Agadir | 25 |
| Raja Agadir | 25 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : |
| Phoenix Gabon | 22 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : |
| Phoenix Gabon | 22 | Raja Agadir | 25 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | | Raja Agadir | 25 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 24 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | FAP Yaoundé | 24 |
| Red Star | 24 | | |
| Red Star | 24 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – : |
| | | Red Star | 27 |
| | | Phoenix Gabon | 25 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Zamalek | 6–0 |
| | Al Ahly | 6–1 |
| | GSP | 4–2 |
| 4 | JS Kinshasa | 2–4 |
| 5 | Raja Agadir | 2–4 |
| 6 | FAP Yaoundé | 4–3 |
| 7 | Red Star | 2–5 |
| 8 | Phoenix Gabon | 2–5 |
| 9 | US des Forces Armées | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 2018 African Handball Champions League winner
* Al Zamalek Sporting Club 11th title
* Best Player