# 2018 African Women's Handball Champions League

The 2018 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 40th 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 19–28, 2018 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, contested by 9 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| ABO Sport Bandama Dynamique HC Héritage Petro Atlético | Africa Sports FAP Yaoundé HC Vainqueur Primeiro de Agosto |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

### Group A

| Fri, 19 Oct 2018 |||
| Bandama | 19 (08:13) 27 | Dynamique |
| HC Héritage | 23 (09:13) 25 | ABO Sport |
| Sat, 20 Oct 2018 |||
| Petro Atlético | 31 (16:11) 22 | HC Héritage |
| ABO Sport | 24 (12:13) 21 | Dynamique |
| Sun, 21 Oct 2018 |||
| Dynamique | 16 (09:10) 27 | Petro Atlético |
| Bandama | 20 (10:09) 21 | ABO Sport |
| Mon, 22 Oct 2018 |||
| HC Héritage | 21 (11:14) 26 | Dynamique |
| Petro Atlético | 29 (15:09) 23 | Bandama |
| Wed, 24 Oct 2018 |||
| Bandama | 25 (11:11) 26 | HC Héritage |
| ABO Sport | 15 (09:14) 29 | Petro Atlético |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Petro Atlético | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 76 | +40 | 8 |
| ABO Sport | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 93 | −8 | 6 |
| Dynamique | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 91 | −1 | 4 |
| HC Héritage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 107 | −15 | 2 |
| Bandama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 103 | −16 | 0 |

### Group B

| Sat, 20 Oct 2018 |||
| 1º de Agosto | 27 (14:08) 16 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Africa Sports | 29 (14:11) 22 | HC Vainqueur |
| Mon, 22 Oct 2018 |||
| HC Vainqueur | 12 (05:21) 33 | 1º de Agosto |
| FAP Yaoundé | 30 (16:09) 20 | Africa Sports |
| Wed, 24 Oct 2018 |||
| 1º de Agosto | 34 (16:07) 16 | Africa Sports |
| FAP Yaoundé | 35 (16:09) 19 | HC Vainqueur |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| 1º de Agosto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 44 | +50 | 6 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 4 |
| Africa Sports | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 2 |
| HC Vainqueur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 97 | −44 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 15:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 15:00 | | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 35 | | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 35 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | | |
| HC Héritage | 17 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 18:00 | |
| HC Héritage | 17 | 1º de Agosto | 22 | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | | 1º de Agosto | 22 | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | ABO Sport | 13 | |
| ABO Sport | 24 | ABO Sport | 13 | |
| ABO Sport | 24 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 14:00 |
| Africa Sports | 21 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 14:00 | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 14:00 |
| Africa Sports | 21 | | | | 1º de Agosto | 25 |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 11:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 11:00 | | | | | 1º de Agosto | 25 |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 11:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 11:00 | | | | Petro Atlético | 21 |
| Petro Atlético | 33 | | | | Petro Atlético | 21 |
| Petro Atlético | 33 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 15:30 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 15:30 | | | |
| HC Vainqueur | 16 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 15:30 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 15:30 | | | |
| HC Vainqueur | 16 | Petro Atlético | 24 | | | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | | Petro Atlético | 24 | | | |
| Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 16 | | Third place | Third place |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | FAP Yaoundé | 16 | | Third place | Third place |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 10:00 |
| Dynamique | 25 | | | | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 10:00 | Sun 28 Oct 2018 – 10:00 |
| Dynamique | 25 | | | | ABO Sport | 27 |
| | | | | | FAP Yaoundé | 22 |

### 5-8th bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 |
| HC Vainqueur | 20 |
| HC Vainqueur | 20 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 17:00 |
| Dynamique | 28 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 17:00 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 17:00 |
| Dynamique | 28 | Africa Sports | 24 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | | Africa Sports | 24 |
| Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 13:00 | Dynamique | 23 |
| Africa Sports | 24 | Dynamique | 23 |
| HC Héritage | 21 | | |
| HC Héritage | 21 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 15:30 | Sat 27 Oct 2018 – 15:30 |
| | | HC Vainqueur | 31 |
| | | HC Héritage | 24 |

### Quarter-finals

| Thu, 25 Oct 2018 |||
| Petro Atlético | 33 (15:05) 16 | HC Vainqueur |
| 1º de Agosto | 35 (18:10) 17 | HC Héritage |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 (17:09) 25 | Dynamique |
| ABO Sport | 24 (15:11) 21 | Africa Sports |

### 5–8th classification

| Fri, 26 Oct 2018 |||
| HC Vainqueur | 20 (08:13) 28 | Dynamique |
| Africa Sports | 24 (13:10) 21 | HC Héritage |

### Semi-finals

| Fri, 26 Oct 2018 |||
| Petro Atlético | 24 (14:06) 16 | FAP Yaoundé |
| ABO Sport | 13 (10:11) 22 | 1º de Agosto |

### 7th place

| Sat, 27 Oct 2018 |||
| HC Héritage | 24 (–:–) 31 | HC Vainqueur |

### 5th place

| Sat, 27 Oct 2018 |||
| Africa Sports | 24 (–:–) 23 | Dynamique |

### 3rd place

| Sun, 28 Oct 2018 |||
| FAP Yaoundé | 22 (13:14) 27 | ABO Sport |

### Final

| Sun, 28 Oct 2018 |||
| 1º de Agosto | 25 (17:12) 21 | Petro Atlético |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Primeiro de Agosto | 6–0 |
| | Petro Atlético | 6–1 |
| | ABO Sport | 5–2 |
| 4 | FAP Yaoundé | 3–3 |
| 5 | Africa Sports | 3–3 |
| 6 | Dynamique | 3–4 |
| 7 | HC Vainqueur | 1–5 |
| 8 | HC Héritage | 1–6 |
| 9 | Bandama | 0–4 |
* 2018 Africa Women's Handball Champions Cup winner
* Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 5th title
* Squad: Cristina Branco, Helena Sousa, Swelly Simão (GK) Christianne Mwasesa, Dalva Peres, Juliana Machado, Lurdes Monteiro, Teresa Leite (B) Carolina Morais, Elizabeth Cailo, Iracelma Silva, Joelma Viegas (W) Albertina Kassoma, Elizabeth Viegas, Liliana Venâncio (P) Morten Soubak (Head Coach)