# 2014 African Handball Champions League

The 2014 African Handball Champions League was the 36th 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 9–18, 2014 in four venues: Salle Beni Khiar, Salle Hammamet, Salle Nabeul and Salle Zouaoui, in Tunis, Tunisia, contested by 10 teams and won by Club Africain of Tunisia.
Club African and Al Ahly qualified to the 2015 IHF Super Globe.

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

### Group A

| Thu, 09 Oct 2014 |||
| Wydad Smara | 27 (13:11) 23 | Blessing |
| Club Africain | 41 (20:10) 23 | Étoile du Congo |
| Fri, 10 Oct 2014 |||
| Étoile du Congo | 17 (08:14) 35 | Al Ahly |
| Club Africain | 38 (19:04) 15 | Blessing |
| 10 October, 2014 |||
| Wydad Smara | 25 (12:15) 26 | Club Africain |
| Al Ahly | 35 (21:09) 23 | Blessing |
| Sat, 11 Oct 2014 |||
| Blessing | 11 (06:13) 31 | Étoile du Congo |
| Wydad Smara | 19 (09:15) 30 | Al Ahly |
| Mon, 13 Oct 2014 |||
| Wydad Smara | 27 (14:07) 21 | Étoile du Congo |
| Al Ahly | 27 (13:15) 25 | Club Africain |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 84 | +43 | 8 |
| Club Africain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 90 | +40 | 6 |
| Wydad Smara | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 100 | -2 | 4 |
| Étoile du Congo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 114 | -22 | 2 |
| Blessing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 131 | -59 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 09 Oct 2014 |||
| JS Kinshasa | 12 (09:13) 32 | Alexandria Sporting Club |
| Espérance Tunis | 25 (10:11) 24 | Stade Mandji |
| Fri, 10 Oct 2014 |||
| FAP Yaoundé | 21 (10:18) 29 | Alexandria Sporting Club |
| JS Kinshasa | 23 (10:18) 35 | Espérance Tunis |
| Sat, 11 Oct 2014 |||
| FAP Yaoundé | 26 (13:18) 29 | Stade Mandji |
| Espérance Tunis | 25 (09:09) 22 | Alexandria Sporting Club |
| Mon, 13 Oct 2014 |||
| FAP Yaoundé | 32 (13:19) 33 | JS Kinshasa |
| Alexandria Sporting Club | 43 (23:21) 42 | Stade Mandji |
| Tue, 14 Oct 2014 |||
| Espérance Tunis | 35 (18:15) 22 | FAP Yaoundé |
| JS Kinshasa | 30 (15:19) 31 | Stade Mandji |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Espérance Tunis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 91 | +29 | 8 |
| Alexandria Sporting Club | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 100 | +26 | 6 |
| Stade Mandji | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 124 | +2 | 4 |
| JS Kinshasa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 130 | -32 | 2 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 126 | -25 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 14:00 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 14:00 | | | |
| Al Ahly | 30 | | | |
| Al Ahly | 30 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 | | |
| JS Kinshasa | 23 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 | |
| JS Kinshasa | 23 | Al Ahly | 25 | |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 16:30 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 16:30 | | Al Ahly | 25 | |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 16:30 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 16:30 | Alexandria Sporting Club | 23 | |
| Alexandria Sporting Club | 29 | Alexandria Sporting Club | 23 | |
| Alexandria Sporting Club | 29 | | | | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 |
| Wydad Smara | 25 | | | | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 |
| Wydad Smara | 25 | | | | Al Ahly | 18 |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | | | | | Al Ahly | 18 |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | | | | Club Africain | 24 |
| Club Africain | 37 | | | | Club Africain | 24 |
| Club Africain | 37 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | | | |
| Stade Mandji | 18 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | | | |
| Stade Mandji | 18 | Club Africain | 28 | | | |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | | Club Africain | 28 | | | |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 19:00 | Espérance Tunis | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Espérance Tunis | 42 | Espérance Tunis | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Espérance Tunis | 42 | | | | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 |
| Étoile du Congo | 24 | | | | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 |
| Étoile du Congo | 24 | | | | Alexandria Sporting Club | 30 |
| | | | | | Espérance Tunis | 31 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 12:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 26 |
| JS Kinshasa | 26 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 |
| Wydad Smara | 23 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 11:00 |
| Wydad Smara | 23 | JS Kinshasa | 33 |
| Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | | JS Kinshasa | 33 |
| Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | Fri 17 Oct 2014 – 10:00 | Stade Mandji | 27 |
| Stade Mandji | 34 | Stade Mandji | 27 |
| Étoile du Congo | 32 | | |
| Étoile du Congo | 32 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 | Sat 18 Oct 2014 – 08:30 |
| | | Wydad Smara | 29 |
| | | Étoile du Congo | 28 |

### 9th place

| Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 11:30 | Thu 16 Oct 2014 – 11:30 |
| Blessing | 26 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 |
| Third place | Third place |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Club Africain | 6–1 |
| | Al Ahly | 6–1 |
| | Espérance Tunis | 6–1 |
| 4 | Alexandria Sporting Club | 4–3 |
| 5 | J.S.K. | 3–4 |
| 6 | Stade Mandji | 3–4 |
| 7 | Wydad Smara | 3–4 |
| 8 | Étoile du Congo | 1–6 |
| 9 | FAP Yaoundé | 1–4 |
| 10 | Blessing | 0–5 |
* Note: Qualified to the 2015 IHF Super Globe

## Awards

* 2014 African Handball Champions League Winner
* Club Africain 1st title
* Most Valuable Player