# 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

The 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 23rd 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 April 13–22, 2017 and took place at the Salle Omnisport Al Inbiâat, in Agadir, Morocco, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| AS Hammamet FAP Yaoundé Phoenix Gabon Red Star Widad Smara | Al Ahly SC JS Kinshasa Kano Pillars Patronage Raja d'Agadir |

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in WEST UTC+1.

### Group A

| Thu, 13 Apr 2017 ||||
| 15:00 | AS Hammamet | 0 (:) 10 | FAP Yaoundé |
| 17:00 | Widad Smara | 23 (12:09) 20 | Red Star |
| Fri, 14 Apr 2017 ||||
| 16:00 | Phoenix Gabon | 29 (13:18) 31 | AS Hammamet |
| 18:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 19 (09:13) 28 | Widad Smara |
| Sat, 15 Apr 2017 ||||
| 16:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 17 (10:15) 26 | Phoenix Gabon |
| 18:00 | AS Hammamet | 33 (15:10) 21 | Red Star |
| Sun, 16 Apr 2017 ||||
| 16:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 17 (08:09) 19 | Red Star |
| 20:00 | Widad Smara | 30 (:) 21 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Tue, 18 Apr 2017 ||||
| 16:00 | Red Star | 23 (13:11) 20 | Phoenix Gabon |
| 18:00 | AS Hammamet | 35 (18:13) 28 | Widad Smara |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| AS Hammamet | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 88 | +11 | 6 |
| Widad Smara | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 95 | +14 | 6 |
| Red Star | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 93 | -10 | 4 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 101 | -5 | 2 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 73 | -10 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 13 Apr 2017 ||||
| 20:00 | Raja d'Agadir | 30 (14:10) 22 | Patronage |
| 20:00 | Al Ahly SC | 37 (:) 24 | JS Kinshasa |
| Fri, 14 Apr 2017 ||||
| 20:00 | Kano Pillars | 15 (13:14) 23 | Raja d'Agadir |
| 22:00 | Patronage | 24 (13:14) 31 | Al Ahly SC |
| Sat, 15 Apr 2017 ||||
| 14:00 | Patronage | 25 (13:12) 24 | Kano Pillars |
| 20:00 | Raja d'Agadir | 32 (19:07) 18 | JS Kinshasa |
| Sun, 16 Apr 2017 ||||
| 14:00 | Al Ahly SC | 31 (15:08) 24 | Kano Pillars |
| 18:00 | JS Kinshasa | 28 (14:11) 19 | Patronage |
| Tue, 18 Apr 2017 ||||
| 16:00 | Kano Pillars | 21 (09:09) 27 | JS Kinshasa |
| 20:00 | Raja d'Agadir | 27 (14:17) 28 | Al Ahly SC |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly SC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 99 | +28 | 8 |
| Raja d'Agadir | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 83 | +29 | 6 |
| JS Kinshasa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 109 | -12 | 4 |
| Patronage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 113 | -23 | 2 |
| Kano Pillars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 106 | -22 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 16:00 | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 16:00 | | | |
| Al Ahly SC | 25 | | | |
| Al Ahly SC | 25 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 18:00 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 18:00 | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 19 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 18:00 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 18:00 | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 19 | Widad Smara | 18 | |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | | Widad Smara | 18 | |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Al Ahly SC | 33 | |
| Widad Smara | 32 | Al Ahly SC | 33 | |
| Widad Smara | 32 | | | | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 18:30 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 18:30 |
| JS Kinshasa | 25 | | | | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 18:30 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 18:30 |
| JS Kinshasa | 25 | | | | Al Ahly SC | 31 |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 14:00 | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 14:00 | | | | | Al Ahly SC | 31 |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 14:00 | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 14:00 | | | | AS Hammamet | 22 |
| AS Hammamet | 37 | | | | AS Hammamet | 22 |
| AS Hammamet | 37 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | | | |
| Patronage | 25 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | | | |
| Patronage | 25 | AS Hammamet | 26 | | | |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | | AS Hammamet | 26 | | | |
| Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Wed 19 Apr 2017 – | Raja d'Agadir | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Raja d'Agadir | 24 | Raja d'Agadir | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Raja d'Agadir | 24 | | | | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 16:30 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 16:30 |
| Red Star | 18 | | | | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 16:30 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 16:30 |
| Red Star | 18 | | | | Widad Smara | 26 |
| | | | | | Raja d'Agadir | 20 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 14:00 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 14:00 |
| Red Star | 27 |
| Red Star | 27 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 10:00 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 10:00 |
| Patronage | 23 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 10:00 | Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 10:00 |
| Patronage | 23 | Red Star | 24 |
| Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | | Red Star | 24 |
| Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – | JS Kinshasa | 27 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 19 | JS Kinshasa | 27 |
| JS Kinshasa | 29 | | |
| JS Kinshasa | 29 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Fri 13 May 2016 – 14:00 | Fri 13 May 2016 – 14:00 |
| | | FAP Yaoundé | 0 |
| | | Patronage | 20 |

### 9th place

| Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 10:00 | Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 10:00 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 20 |
| Kano Pillars | 15 |
| Third place | Third place |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Al Ahly SC | 7–0 |
| | AS Hammamet | 5–2 |
| | Widad Smara | 5–2 |
| 4 | Raja d'Agadir | 4–3 |
| 5 | JS Kinshasa | 4–3 |
| 6 | Red Star | 3–4 |
| 7 | Patronage | 2–5 |
| 8 | FAP Yaoundé | 0–7 |
| 9 | Phoenix Gabon | 2–3 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Winner
* Al Ahly Sport Club 2nd title
* Best Player