2015 African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see 2015 African Women's Handball Champions League.
2015 African Handball
Champions League
Tournament details
Host country  Gabon
Dates May 15-24
Teams 15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt Zamalek (9th title)
Runner-up Tunisia Club Africain
Third place Egypt Alexandria SC
Fourth place Tunisia 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 Nador, Morocco, contested by 15 teams and won by Al Zamalek.[1]

Draw [2]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Egypt Al Ahly
Rwanda Police HBC
Gabon Stade Mandji
Morocco Widad Smara

Tunisia Club Africain
Cameroon Fanz
Egypt Zamalek

Tunisia Espérance Tunis
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé
Republic of the Congo Inter Club
Nigeria Niger United

Egypt Alexandria SC
Morocco Hilal de Nador
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC

Preliminary rounds [3]

Times given below are in UTC±1.

Group A

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Relegated to the 5-8th classification
Relegated to the 9-12th classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Al Ahly 3 3 0 0 111 59 +52 6
Morocco Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 97 82 +15 4
Gabon Stade Mandji 3 1 0 2 87 83 +4 2
Rwanda Police HBC 3 0 0 3 66 137 −71 0
21 October 2015
12:00		 Widad Smara Morocco 46–28 Rwanda Police HBC Salle Omnisport, Nador
(19–13)
22 October 2015
19:00		 Stade Mandji Gabon 22–31 Egypt Al Ahly Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(12–13)
24 October 2015
15:00		 Stade Mandji Gabon 28–32 Morocco Widad Smara Salle Omnisport, Nador
(19–16)

15:00		 Police HBC Rwanda 18–54 Egypt Al Ahly Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(7–22)
25 October 2015
15:00		 Police HBC Rwanda 20–37 Gabon Stade Mandji Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(10–17)

17:00		 Al Ahly Egypt 26–19 Morocco Widad Smara Salle Omnisport, Nador
(14–11)

Group B

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Relegated to the 5-8th classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Club Africain 2 2 0 0 45 21 +24 4
Egypt Zamalek 2 1 0 1 44 20 +24 2
Cameroon Fanz 2 0 0 2 41 98 −57 0

17:00		 Fanz Cameroon 20–24 Egypt Zamalek Salle Omnisport, Nador
(8–11)
24 October 2015
17:00		 Fanz Cameroon 21–25 Tunisia Club Africain Salle Omnisport, Nador
(10–12)
26 October 2015
19:00		 Zamalek Egypt 24–28 Tunisia Club Africain Salle Omnisport, Nador
(13–14)

Group C

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Relegated to the 5-8th classification
Relegated to the 9-12th classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Espérance Tunis 3 3 0 0 99 47 +52 6
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé 3 2 0 1 89 101 −12 4
Nigeria Niger United 3 1 0 2 69 82 −13 2
Republic of the Congo Inter Club 3 0 0 3 78 105 −27 0
22 October 2015
13:00		 FAP Yaoundé Cameroon 30–28 Republic of the Congo Inter Club Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(13–14)
Espérance Tunis Tunisia 20–0 Nigeria Niger United
(–)
23 October 2015
13:00		 Niger United Nigeria 33–36 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé Salle Omnisport, Nador
(16–16)

19:00		 Inter Club Republic of the Congo 24–39 Tunisia Espérance Tunis Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(15–19)
25 October 2015
15:00		 Niger United Nigeria 36–26 Republic of the Congo Inter Club Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(21–16)

17:00		 Espérance Tunis Tunisia 40–23 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(19–13)

Group D

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Relegated to the 5-8th classification
Relegated to the 9-12th classification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Alexandria SC 3 3 0 0 75 50 +25 6
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 81 56 +25 4
Morocco Hilal de Nador 3 1 0 2 72 53 +19 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC 3 0 0 3 27 96 −69 0
21 October 2015
14:00		 Alexandria SC Egypt 26–21 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(12–9)

19:00		 Hilal de Nador Morocco 30–10 Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC Salle Omnisport, Nador
(15–3)
23 October 2015
17:00		 Alexandria SC Egypt 28–9 Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(15–4)

19:00		 JS Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 22–22 Morocco Hilal de Nador Salle Omnisport, Nador
(11–12)
25 October 2015
19:00		 Alexandria SC Egypt 21–20 Morocco Hilal de Nador Salle Omnisport, Nador
(12–10)

19:00		 Police HC Democratic Republic of the Congo 8–38 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(7–25)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Tue 27 Oct – 16:00        
 Egypt Zamalek  26
Wed 28 Oct – 17:30
 Egypt Al Ahly  24  
 Egypt Zamalek  34
Tue 27 Oct – 12:00
   Tunisia Espérance Tunis  33  
 Tunisia Espérance Tunis  27
Fri 30 Oct – 16:30
 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa  22  
 Egypt Zamalek  35
Tue 27 Oct – 18:00
   Tunisia Club Africain  22
 Tunisia Club Africain  25
Wed 28 Oct – 20:00
 Morocco Widad Smara  23  
 Tunisia Club Africain  29 Third place
Tue 27 Oct – 14:00
   Egypt Alexandria SC  23  
 Egypt Alexandria SC  28  Egypt Alexandria SC  24
 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé  24    Tunisia Espérance Tunis  23
Fri 30 Oct – 12:00
5-8th bracket
5th-8th place Fifth place
Wed 28 Oct – 15:00
 Egypt Al Ahly  25  
 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa  20  
 
Thu 29 Oct – 18:00
     Egypt Al Ahly  31
   Cameroon FAP Yaoundé  26
Seventh place
Wed 28 Oct – 17:00 Thu 29 Oct – 16:00
 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé  28  Morocco Widad Smara  25
 Morocco Widad Smara  23    Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa  21


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

13-15th place

27 October 2015
10:00		 Police HBC Rwanda 33–45 Republic of the Congo Inter Club Salle Omnisport, Nador
(13–23)
28 October 2015
09:00		 Police HC Democratic Republic of the Congo 21–27 Republic of the Congo Inter Club Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(13–13)
29 October 2015
13:00		 Police HBC Rwanda 32–37 Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(14–17)

Quarter-Finals

27 October 2015
12:00		 Espérance Tunis Tunisia 24–26 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa Salle Omnisport, Nador
(9–13)

14:00		 FAP Yaoundé Cameroon 27–22 Egypt Alexandria SC Salle Omnisport, Nador
(16–15)

16:00		 Al Ahly Egypt 24–28 Egypt Zamalek Salle Omnisport, Nador
(9–10)

18:00		 Widad Smara Morocco 23–25 Tunisia Club Africain Salle Omnisport, Nador
(13–12)

9th-12th place

28 October 2015
09:00		 Niger United Nigeria 39–36 Morocco Hilal de Nador Salle Omnisport, Nador
(18–16)
29 October 2015
15:00		 Stade Mandji Gabon 30–27 Cameroon Fanz Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(17–14)

5th-8th place

28 October 2015
15:00		 Al Ahly Egypt 25–20 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(15–9)

17:00		 Widad Smara Morocco 23–28 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(11–14)

Semi Finals

28 October 2015
17:30		 Zamalek Egypt 34–33 Tunisia Espérance Tunis Salle Omnisport, Nador
(12–11)

20:00		 Club Africain Tunisia 29–23 Egypt Alexandria SC Salle Omnisport, Nador
(14–9)

7th place

29 October 2015
16:00		 JS Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 21–25 Morocco Widad Smara Salle Omnisport, Nador
(13–12)

5th place

29 October 2015
18:00		 Al Ahly Egypt 31–26 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé Salle Omnisport, Nador
(16–13)

11th place

30 October 2015
09:00		 Fanz Cameroon 28–27 Morocco Hilal de Nador Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(–)

9th place

30 October 2015
11:00		 Stade Mandji Gabon 20–18 Nigeria Niger United Salle Sellaouan, Nador
(–)

3rd place

30 October 2015
12:00		 Espérance Tunis Tunisia 23–24 Egypt Alexandria SC Salle Omnisport, Nador
(11–14)

Final

30 October 2015
16:30		 Zamalek Egypt 35–22 Tunisia Club Africain Salle Omnisport, Nador
(17–14)

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Egypt Al Zamalek4–1
Tunisia Club Africain4–1
Egypt Alexandria SC5–1
4 Tunisia Espérance Tunis4–2
5 Egypt Al Ahly5–1
6 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé3–3
7 Morocco Widad Smara3–3
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa1–3
9 Gabon Stade Mandji3–2
10 Nigeria Niger United2–3
11 Cameroon Fanz1–3
12 Morocco Hilal de Nador1–4
13 Republic of the Congo Inter Club2–3
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo Police HC1–4
15 Rwanda Police HBC0–5

Awards

2015 African Handball Champions League
Egypt
Al Zamalek Handball Club
9th title
Most Valuable Player

See also

2015 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Tunisia: African Club Championship - Club Africain Win First Continental Title". AllAfrica.com. 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  2. ↑ "Poules" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.
  3. ↑ "GENERAL PROGRAM OF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 Men". cahbonline.info. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

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