# 2017 African Handball Champions League

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.
Zamalek qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| APR Rwanda AS Caïman FAP Yaoundé Espérance de Tunis JS Kinshasa | Al-Ittihad Phoenix Gabon Red Star Widad Smara Zamalek | Al Ahly AS Hammamet Fanz HC Oka |

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

### Group A

| Fri, 20 Oct 2017 |||
| Espérance | 58 (30:10) 20 | APR Rwanda |
| FAP Yaoundé | 26 (15:15) 28 | JS Kinshasa |
| Sat, 21 Oct 2017 |||
| APR Rwanda | 19 (12:18) 42 | AS Caïman |
| JS Kinshasa | 25 (09:16) 32 | Espérance |
| Sun, 22 Oct 2017 |||
| AS Caïman | 21 (12:10) 24 | FAP Yaoundé |
| APR Rwanda | 15 (04:20) 43 | JS Kinshasa |
| Tue, 24 Oct 2017 |||
| AS Caïman | 32 (-:-) 36 | JS Kinshasa |
| FAP Yaoundé | 22 (11:11) 29 | Espérance |
| Wed, 25 Oct 2017 |||
| Espérance | 33 (14:16) 32 | AS Caïman |
| FAP Yaoundé | 41 (18:14) 27 | APR Rwanda |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Espérance | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 99 | +53 | 8 |
| JS Kinshasa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 105 | +27 | 6 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 105 | +8 | 4 |
| AS Caïman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 112 | +15 | 2 |
| APR Rwanda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 184 | -103 | 0 |

### Group B

| Fri, 20 Oct 2017 |||
| Widad Smara | 25 (13:10) 24 | Al-Ittihad |
| Zamalek | 38 (-:-) 24 | Red Star |
| Sat, 21 Oct 2017 |||
| Al-Ittihad | 19 (08:19) 39 | Zamalek |
| Phoenix Gabon | 24 (11:13) 25 | Widad Smara |
| Sun, 22 Oct 2017 |||
| Widad Smara | 29 (15:13) 29 | Red Star |
| Phoenix Gabon | 26 (12:03) 15 | Al-Ittihad |
| Tue, 24 Oct 2017 |||
| Zamalek | 33 (17:13) 22 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Red Star | 22 (-:-) 26 | Al-Ittihad |
| Wed, 25 Oct 2017 |||
| Zamalek | 40 (20:12) 28 | Widad Smara |
| Red Star | 21 (10:13) 23 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Zamalek | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 93 | +57 | 8 |
| Widad Smara | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 117 | -10 | 5 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 94 | +1 | 4 |
| Al-Ittihad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 112 | -28 | 2 |
| Red Star | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 116 | -20 | 1 |

### Group C

| Fri, 20 Oct 2017 |||
| Hammamet | 36 (21:13) 20 | HC Oka |
| Sat, 21 Oct 2017 |||
| Al Ahly | 33 (17:05) 12 | HC Oka |
| Sun, 22 Oct 2017 |||
| Hammamet | 31 (16:11) 22 | Fanz |
| Tue, 24 Oct 2017 |||
| Al Ahly | 34 (-:-) 19 | Fanz |
| Wed, 25 Oct 2017 |||
| Al Ahly | 26 (10:15) 26 | Hammamet |
| Fanz | 30 (18:09) 22 | HC Oka |
| 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 |
| Fanz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 87 | -16 | 2 |
| HC Oka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 99 | -45 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | | | |
| Zamalek | 26 | | | |
| Zamalek | 26 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15 | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 21 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:15 | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 21 | Zamalek | 26 | |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | | Zamalek | 26 | |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | Al Ahly | 21 | |
| Al Ahly | 30 | Al Ahly | 21 | |
| Al Ahly | 30 | | | | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 15 | | | | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00 | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 18:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 15 | | | | Zamalek | 31 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | | | | | Zamalek | 31 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | | | | Espérance Tunis | 29 |
| Espérance Tunis | 38 | | | | Espérance Tunis | 29 |
| Espérance Tunis | 38 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30 | | | |
| Phoenix Gabon | 24 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:30 | | | |
| Phoenix Gabon | 24 | Espérance Tunis | 30 | | | |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | | Espérance Tunis | 30 | | | |
| Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Hammamet | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Hammamet | 31 | Hammamet | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| Hammamet | 31 | | | | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00 |
| Widad Smara | 26 | | | | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Sun 30 Oct 2017 – 14:00 |
| Widad Smara | 26 | | | | Al Ahly | 23 |
| | | | | | Hammamet | 21 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 16:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 22 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 22 | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45 | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45 |
| JS Kinshasa | 21 | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45 | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 14:45 |
| JS Kinshasa | 21 | Phoenix Gabon | 19 |
| Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | | Phoenix Gabon | 19 |
| Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 18 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 33 | FAP Yaoundé | 18 |
| Widad Smara | 31 | | |
| Widad Smara | 31 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 11:15 | Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 11:15 |
| | | JS Kinshasa | 31 |
| | | Widad Smara | 22 |

### 9th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00 | Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00 |
| AS Caïman | 29 |
| AS Caïman | 29 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00 |
| Fanz | 27 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00 |
| Fanz | 27 | AS Caïman | 29 |
| Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | | AS Caïman | 29 |
| Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 16:00 | Al-Ittihad | 28 |
| Al-Ittihad | 28 | Al-Ittihad | 28 |
| HC Oka | 24 | | |
| HC Oka | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 08:00 | Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 08:00 |
| | | Fanz | 34 |
| | | HC Oka | 32 |

### 9-12th classification

| Thu, 26 Oct 2017 |||
| AS Caïman | 29 (12:14) 27 | Fanz |
| Al-Ittihad | 28 (12:11) 24 | HC Oka |

### Quarter-finals

| Thu, 26 Oct 2017 |||
| Zamalek | 26 (14:13) 21 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Widad Smara | 26 (12:16) 31 | Hammamet |
| Espérance | 38 (16:10) 24 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Al Ahly | 30 (15:06) 15 | JS Kinshasa |

### 13th place

| Sat, 28 Oct 2017 |||
| APR Rwanda | 27 (-:-) 35 | Red Star |

### 9th place classification

| Sat, 28 Oct 2017 |||
| Al-Ittihad | 28 (13:13) 29 | AS Caïman |
| Sun, 29 Oct 2017 |||
| Fanz | 30 (17:10) 20 | Al-Ittihad |
| AS Caïman | 27 (12:11) 26 | HC Oka |

### 5-8th classification

| Sat, 28 Oct 2017 |||
| JS Kinshasa | 21 (10:13) 22 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Phoenix Gabon | 33 (15:14) 31 | Widad Smara |

### 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 |||
| Widad Smara | 22 (11:15) 31 | JS Kinshasa |

### 5th place

| Sun, 29 Oct 2017 |||
| Phoenix Gabon | 19 (10:13) 18 | FAP Yaoundé |

### 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 | Phoenix Gabon | 4–3 |
| 6 | FAP Yaoundé | 3–4 |
| 7 | JS Kinshasa | 4–3 |
| 8 | Widad Smara | 2–4 |
| 9 | AS Caïman | 4–3 |
| 10 | Fanz | 2–3 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 2–5 |
| 12 | HC Oka | 0–5 |
| 13 | Red Star | 1–3 |
| 14 | APR Rwanda | 0–5 |
* Qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe

## Awards

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