# 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

The 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 24th 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, 2018 and took place in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 14 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| JS Kinshasa Kembata Durame Phoenix Gabon Widad Smara | FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Sporting | Heliopolis JS Lubumbashi Kirkos Red Star | Al Ahly SC Al-Ittihad AS Minuh |

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in EET (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Fri, 13 Apr 2018 ||||
| 13:30 | Widad Smara | 24 (14:09) 25 | Phoenix Gabon |
| 13:30 | JS Kinshasa | 67 (33:09) 19 | Kembata |
| Sun, 15 Apr 2018 ||||
| 15:00 | Kembata | 27 (07:21) 52 | Widad Smara |
| 15:00 | Phoenix Gabon | 26 (15:15) 33 | JS Kinshasa |
| Tue, 17 Apr 2018 ||||
| 11:00 | Phoenix Gabon | 53 (10:15) 12 | Kembata |
| 13:00 | Widad Smara | 28 (14:16) 25 | JS Kinshasa |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| JS Kinshasa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 73 | +52 | 6 |
| Widad Smara | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 77 | +27 | 4 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 69 | +35 | 6 |
| Kembata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 172 | -114 | 0 |

### Group B

| Sat, 14 Apr 2018 ||||
| 15:00 | Sporting | 37 (17:13) 20 | Inter Club |
| Sun, 15 Apr 2018 ||||
| 19:00 | Inter Club | 19 (11:14) 21 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Tue, 17 Apr 2018 ||||
| 17:00 | Sporting | 25 (12:13) 27 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| FAP Yaoundé | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 2 |
| Sporting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 4 |
| Inter Club | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 58 | -19 | 0 |

### Group C

| Fri, 13 Apr 2018 ||||
| 10:30 | Heliopolis | 34 (13:09) 24 | JS Lubumbashi |
| 13:30 | Red Star | 46 (24:04) 16 | Kirkos |
| Sun, 15 Apr 2018 ||||
| 11:00 | Kirkos | 20 (07:24) 41 | Heliopolis |
| 13:00 | JS Lubumbashi | 17 (07:13) 27 | Red Star |
| Tue, 17 Apr 2018 ||||
| 15:00 | Heliopolis | 26 (12:12) 24 | Red Star |
| 15:00 | JS Lubumbashi | 29 (15:13) 25 | Kirkos |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Heliopolis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 68 | +33 | 6 |
| Red Star | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 59 | +38 | 4 |
| JS Lubumbashi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 86 | -16 | 2 |
| Kirkos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 116 | -55 | 0 |

### Group D

| Fri, 13 Apr 2018 ||||
| 18:00 | Al Ahly | 28 (11:08) 15 | AS Minuh |
| Sun, 15 Apr 2018 ||||
| 17:00 | AS Minuh | 26 (14:16) 31 | Al-Ittihad |
| Tue, 17 Apr 2018 ||||
| 19:00 | Al-Ittihad | 20 (11:15) 28 | Al Ahly |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 4 |
| Al-Ittihad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 54 | -3 | 2 |
| AS Minuh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### 13th place match

| Thu, 19 Apr 2018 ||||
| 11:00 | Kembata | 32 (15:15) 33 | Kirkos |

### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 13:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 13:00 | | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 27 | | | |
| FAP Yaoundé | 27 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | | |
| Widad Smara | 31 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | |
| Widad Smara | 31 | JS Kinshasa | 22 | |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | | JS Kinshasa | 22 | |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | |
| Heliopolis | 24 | Al-Ittihad | 23 | |
| Heliopolis | 24 | | | | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30 |
| Al-Ittihad | 25 | | | | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30 |
| Al-Ittihad | 25 | | | | Al Ahly | 25 |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | | | | | Al Ahly | 25 |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00 | | | | Al-Ittihad | 12 |
| JS Kinshasa | 35 | | | | Al-Ittihad | 12 |
| JS Kinshasa | 35 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | | | |
| Sporting | 29 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | | | |
| Sporting | 29 | Widad Smara | 19 | | | |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | | Widad Smara | 19 | | | |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00 | Al Ahly | 37 | | Third place | Third place |
| Al Ahly | 41 | Al Ahly | 37 | | Third place | Third place |
| Al Ahly | 41 | | | | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00 |
| Red Star | 17 | | | | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00 |
| Red Star | 17 | | | | JS Kinshasa | 23 |
| | | | | | Widad Smara | 24 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 13:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 13:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 23 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 23 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00 |
| Red Star | 29 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00 |
| Red Star | 29 | Red Star | 31 |
| Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | | Red Star | 31 |
| Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00 | Sporting | 33 |
| Sporting | 30 | Sporting | 33 |
| Heliopolis | 21 | | |
| Heliopolis | 21 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 09:00 | Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 09:00 |
| | | Heliopolis | 29 |
| | | FAP Yaoundé | 34 |

### 9-12th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 09:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 09:00 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 23 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 23 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 |
| Inter Club | 16 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 |
| Inter Club | 16 | Phoenix Gabon | 18 |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | | Phoenix Gabon | 18 |
| Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | AS Minuh | 24 |
| JS Lubumbashi | 20 | AS Minuh | 24 |
| AS Minuh | 29 | | |
| AS Minuh | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 | Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00 |
| | | Inter Club | 27 |
| | | JS Lubumbashi | 15 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Al Ahly SC | 5–0 |
| | Al-Ittihad | 3–2 |
| | Widad Smara | 4–2 |
| 4 | JS Kinshasa | 3–3 |
| 5 | Sporting | 3–2 |
| 6 | Red Star | 3–3 |
| 7 | FAP Yaoundé | 3–2 |
| 8 | Heliopolis | 3–3 |
| 9 | AS Minuh | 2–2 |
| 10 | Phoenix Gabon | 3–2 |
| 11 | Inter Club | 1–3 |
| 12 | JS Lubumbashi | 2–3 |
| 13 | Kirkos | 1–3 |
| 14 | Kembata | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Winner
* Al Ahly Sport Club 3rd title
* Best Player