2015 African Handball Champions League

2015 African Handball
Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	May 15-24
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (9th title)
Runner-up	Club Africain
Third place	Alexandria SC
Fourth place	Espérance Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches	40
Goals scored	2122 (53.05 per match)
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The 2015 African Handball Champions League was the 37th 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 21–30, 2015 in three venues: Salle Al Aroui, Salle Omnisport and Salle Sellaouan, in Nador, Morocco, contested by 15 teams and won by Al Zamalek Cairo of Egypt.^[1]

Zamalek qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe.

Draw ^[2]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Al Ahly Police HBC Stade Mandji Widad Smara	Club Africain Fanz Zamalek	Espérance Tunis FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Niger United	Alexandria SC Hilal de Nador JS Kinshasa Police HC

Preliminary rounds ^[3]

Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A

21/22 October, 2015 Widad Smara 46 (19:13) 28 Police HBC Stade Mandji 22 (12:13) 31 Al Ahly 24 October, 2015 Stade Mandji 28 (19:16) 32 Widad Smara Police HBC 18 (07:22) 54 Al Ahly 25 October, 2015 Police HBC 20 (10:17) 37 Stade Mandji Al Ahly 26 (14:11) 19 Widad Smara

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Al Ahly 3 3 0 0 111 59 +52 6 Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 97 82 +15 4 Stade Mandji 3 1 0 2 87 83 +4 2 Police HBC 3 0 0 3 66 137 -71 0 * Note:      Advance to quarter-finals       Relegated to 5-8th classification       Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group B

21 October, 2015 Fanz 20 (08:11) 24 Zamalek 24 October, 2015 Fanz 21 (10:12) 25 Club Africain 25 October, 2015 Zamalek 24 (13:14) 28 Club Africain

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Club Africain 2 2 0 0 45 21 +24 4 Zamalek 2 1 0 1 44 20 +24 2 Fanz 2 0 0 2 41 98 -57 0 * Note:      Advance to quarter-finals       Relegated to 5-8th classification       Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group C

22 October, 2015 FAP Yaoundé 30 (13:14) 28 Inter Club Espérance Tunis 20 (:) 0 Niger United 23 October, 2015 Niger United 33 (16:16) 36 FAP Yaoundé Inter Club 24 (15:19) 39 Espérance Tunis 25 October, 2015 Niger United 36 (21:16) 26 Inter Club Espérance Tunis 40 (19:13) 23 FAP Yaoundé

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Espérance Tunis 3 3 0 0 120 74 +46 6 FAP Yaoundé 3 2 0 1 94 83 +11 4 Niger United 3 1 0 2 97 92 +5 2 Desportivo ABC 3 0 0 3 62 124 -62 0 * Note:      Advance to quarter-finals       Relegated to 5-8th classification       Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group D

21 October, 2015 Alexandria SC 26 (12:09) 21 JS Kinshasa Hilal de Nador 30 (15:03) 10 Police HC 23 October, 2015 Alexandria SC 28 (15:04) 9 Police HC JS Kinshasa 22 (11:12) 22 Hilal de Nador 25 October, 2015 Alexandria SC 21 (12:10) 20 Hilal de Nador Police HC 08 (07:25) 38 JS Kinshasa

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Alexandria SC 3 3 0 0 75 50 +25 6 JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 81 56 +25 4 Hilal de Nador 3 1 0 2 72 53 +19 2 Police HC 3 0 0 3 27 96 -69 0 * Note:      Advance to quarter-finals       Relegated to 5-8th classification       Relegated to 9-12th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 16:00
	Zamalek	26
					Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30
	Al Ahly	24
					Zamalek	34
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00
					Espérance Tunis	33
	Espérance Tunis	27
									Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30
	JS Kinshasa	22
									Zamalek	35
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00
									Club Africain	22
	Club Africain	25
					Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00
	Widad Smara	23
					Club Africain	29			Third place
	Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00
					Alexandria SC	23
	Alexandria SC	28							Alexandria SC	24
	FAP Yaoundé	24							Espérance Tunis	23
									Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00

5-8th bracket

	5th-8th place				Fifth place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00
	Al Ahly	25
	JS Kinshasa	20
					Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00
					Al Ahly	31
					FAP Yaoundé	26
					Seventh place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00			Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 16:00
	FAP Yaoundé	28		Widad Smara	25
	Widad Smara	23			JS Kinshasa	21

9-12th bracket

	9th-12th place				Ninth place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00
	Stade Mandji	30
	Fanz	27
					Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00
					Stade Mandji	20
					Niger United	18
					Eleventh place
	Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00			Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00
	Niger United	39		Fanz	28
	Hilal Nador	36			Hilal Nador	27

13-15th place

27 October, 2015 Police HBC 33 (13:23) 45 Inter Club 28 October, 2015 Police HC 21 (13:13) 27 Inter Club 29 October, 2015 Police HBC 32 (14:17) 37 Police HC Final standings Rank Team Record Al Zamalek 4–1 Club Africain 4–1 Alexandria SC 5–1 4 Espérance Tunis 4–2 5 Al Ahly 5–1 6 FAP Yaoundé 3–3 7 Widad Smara 3–3 8 JS Kinshasa 1–3 9 Stade Mandji 3–2 10 Niger United 2–3 11 Fanz 1–3 12 Hilal de Nador 1–4 13 Inter Club 2–3 14 Police HC 1–4 15 Police HBC 0–5 Qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe Awards 2015 African Handball Champions League Winner Al Zamalek Handball Club 9th title Most Valuable Player See also 2015 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup References "Handball: Egypt's Zamalek crowned African champions after win over Club Africain". ahram.org. 30 Oct 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016. "Poules" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016. "GENERAL PROGRAM OF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Men". cahbonline.info. Retrieved 2014-11-11. External links CAHB official website