# 2009 African Handball Champions League

The 2009 African Handball Champions League was the 31st 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 at the Palais des Sports in Yaoundé, Cameroon, contested by 11 teams and won by Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers of Algeria.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| GS Pétroliers Kabuscorp SOA | HC Héritage Primeiro de Agosto Sahel de Douala Stade Mandji | CMS Minuh Yaoundé Munisport Niger United |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in WAT UTC+1.

### Group A

| Wed, 21 Oct 2009 ||||
| Kabuscorp | 24 : 16 | SOA |
| Fri, 23 Oct 2009 ||||
| SOA | 09 : 30 | GS Pétroliers |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2009 ||||
| GS Pétroliers | 21 : 20 | Kabuscorp |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| GS Pétroliers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 4 |
| Kabuscorp | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 2 |
| SOA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 54 | -29 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 22 Oct 2009 ||||
| Stade Mandji | 27 : 22 | HC Héritage |
| 1º de Agosto | 18 : 16 | Sahel de Douala |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2009 ||||
| Sahel de Douala | 24 : 24 | HC Héritage |
| 1º de Agosto | 30 : 20 | Stade Mandji |
| Mon, 26 Oct 2009 ||||
| HC Héritage | 27 : 34 | 1º de Agosto |
| Sahel de Douala | 19 : 17 | Stade Mandji |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| 1º de Agosto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 63 | +19 | 6 |
| Sahel de Douala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
| Stade Mandji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 71 | -7 | 2 |
| HC Héritage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 85 | -12 | 1 |

### Group C

| Wed, 21 Oct 2009 ||||
| Minuh Yaoundé | 33 : 30 | Munisport |
| CMS | 10 : 0 | Niger United |
| Fri, 23 Oct 2009 ||||
| Munisport | 27 : 18 | CMS |
| Niger United | 27 : 31 | Minuh Yaoundé |
| Mon, 26 Oct 2009 ||||
| Niger United | 36 : 42 | Munisport |
| Minuh Yaoundé | 26 : 22 | CMS |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Minuh Yaoundé | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 70 | +20 | 6 |
| Munisport | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 87 | +12 | 4 |
| CMS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 2 |
| Niger United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 83 | -20 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | | | |
| Minuh Yaoundé | 29 | | | |
| Minuh Yaoundé | 29 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | | |
| Stade Mandji | 28 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | |
| Stade Mandji | 28 | GS Pétroliers | 22 | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | | GS Pétroliers | 22 | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | 1º de Agosto | 17 | |
| GS Pétroliers | 33 | 1º de Agosto | 17 | |
| GS Pétroliers | 33 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – |
| CMS | 26 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – |
| CMS | 26 | | | | GS Pétroliers | 27 |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | | | | | GS Pétroliers | 27 |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | | | | Minuh Yaoundé | 22 |
| 1º de Agosto | 29 | | | | Minuh Yaoundé | 22 |
| 1º de Agosto | 29 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | | | |
| Sahel de Douala | 24 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | Wed 28 Oct 2009 – | | | |
| Sahel de Douala | 24 | Minuh Yaoundé | 27 | | | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | | Minuh Yaoundé | 27 | | | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Tue 27 Oct 2009 – | Munisport | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kabuscorp | 29 | Munisport | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kabuscorp | 29 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – |
| Munisport | 31 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – | Fri 30 Oct 2009 – |
| Munisport | 31 | | | | 1º de Agosto | 34 |
| | | | | | Munisport | 30 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Wed 28 Oct 2009 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 |
| | | Thu 29 Oct 2009 | Thu 29 Oct 2009 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2009 | Wed 28 Oct 2009 | | |
| | | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Thu 29 Oct 2009 | Thu 29 Oct 2009 |

### 9-11th classification
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | GS Pétroliers | – |
| | Minuh Yaoundé | – |
| | Primeiro de Agosto | – |
| 4 | Munisport | – |
| 5 | | – |
| 6 | | – |
| 7 | | – |
| 8 | | – |
| 9 | | – |
| 10 | | – |
| 11 | | – |

## Awards

* 2009 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
* Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers 11th title
* Best Player