# 2008 African Handball Champions League

The 2008 African Handball Champions League was the 30th 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 November 27 to December 6, 2008, at the Complexe sportif Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, contested by 13 teams and won by Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers of Algeria.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| FAP Yaoundé HC Héritage Niger United Primeiro de Agosto Talae El Djeich | CMS Kabuscorp Minuh Yaoundé SOA | Étoile du Congo GS Pétroliers KACM Rabita de Casablanca |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

### Group A

| 27 November 2008 ||||
| FAP Yaoundé | 22 : 26 | Talae El Djeich |
| Niger United | 30 : 23 | 1º de Agosto |
| 28 November 2008 ||||
| 1º de Agosto | 25 : 22 | FAP Yaoundé |
| HC Héritage | 22 : 27 | Niger United |
| 29 November 2008 ||||
| FAP Yaoundé | 26 : 29 | Niger United |
| Talae El Djeich | 38 : 27 | HC Héritage |
| 30 November 2008 ||||
| Talae El Djeich | 23 : 23 | 1º de Agosto |
| FAP Yaoundé | 31 : 27 | HC Héritage |
| 1 December 2008 ||||
| 1º de Agosto | 37 : 18 | HC Héritage |
| Talae El Djeich | : | Niger United |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |

### Group B

| 28 November 2008 ||||
| Minuh Yaoundé | 26 : 27 | Kabuscorp |
| SOA | 21 : 24 | CMS |
| 29 November 2008 ||||
| Kabuscorp | 23 : 12 | SOA |
| CMS | 25 : 25 | Minuh Yaoundé |
| 1 December 2008 ||||
| Minuh Yaoundé | : | SOA |
| CMS | 24 : 24 | Kabuscorp |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |

### Group C

| 27/28 November 2008 ||||
| Rabita | 34 : 27 | Étoile du Congo |
| GS Pétroliers | 28 : 27 | KACM |
| 29 November 2008 ||||
| KACM | 27 : 24 | Étoile du Congo |
| Rabita | 12 : 27 | GS Pétroliers |
| 30 November 2008 ||||
| Étoile du Congo | 22 : 30 | GS Pétroliers |
| KACM | 30 : 32 | Rabita |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| GS Pétroliers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 6 |
| Rabita | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 84 | -6 | 4 |
| KACM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 84 | 0 | 2 |
| Étoile du Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 91 | -18 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | | |
| Kabuscorp | 16 | | | |
| Kabuscorp | 16 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 21 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | |
| 1º de Agosto | 21 | GS Pétroliers | 27 | |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | GS Pétroliers | 27 | |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | 1º de Agosto | 14 | |
| GS Pétroliers | 24 | 1º de Agosto | 14 | |
| GS Pétroliers | 24 | | | | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – |
| Talae El Djeich | 22 | | | | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – |
| Talae El Djeich | 22 | | | | GS Pétroliers | 22 |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | | | | GS Pétroliers | 22 |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | | | Rabita | 20 |
| Niger United | | | | | Rabita | 20 |
| Niger United | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | | | |
| Minuh Yaoundé | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | | | |
| Minuh Yaoundé | | Rabita | 26 | | | |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | Rabita | 26 | | | |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Minuh Yaoundé | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Rabita | 33 | Minuh Yaoundé | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Rabita | 33 | | | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 – | Fri 05 Dec 2008 – |
| CMS | 32 | | | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 – | Fri 05 Dec 2008 – |
| CMS | 32 | | | | 1º de Agosto | 25 |
| | | | | | Minuh Yaoundé | 24 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 |
| Talae El Djeich | |
| Talae El Djeich | | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – |
| | | Talae El Djeich | |
| Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | | Talae El Djeich |
| Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Niger United | |
| Kabuscorp | | Niger United | |
| | | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – | Sat 06 Dec 2008 – |
| | | Kabuscorp | |
| | | CMS | |

### 9-12th bracket

| 9–12th place | 9–12th place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – |
| FAP Yaoundé | |
| FAP Yaoundé | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 |
| | | FAP Yaoundé | |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | | FAP Yaoundé |
| Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | Thu 04 Dec 2008 – | KACM | |
| KACM | | KACM | |
| | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Fri 05 Dec 2008 | Fri 05 Dec 2008 |
| | | SOA | |
| | | Étoile du Congo | |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | GS Pétroliers | – |
| | Rabita de Casablanca | – |
| | 1º de Agosto | – |
| 4 | Minuh Yaoundé | – |
| 5 | Talae El Djeich | – |
| 6 | Niger United | – |
| 7 | Kabuscorp | – |
| 8 | CMS | – |
| 9 | FAP Yaoundé | – |
| 10 | KACM | – |
| 11 | SOA | – |
| 12 | Étoile du Congo | – |
| 13 | HC Héritage | – |

## Awards

* 2008 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
* Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers 10th title
* Best Player