2012 African Handball Champions League

2012 African Handball Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	November 15–24
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (4th title)
Runners-up	Zamalek
Third place	Espérance Tunis
Fourth place	JSE Skikda

The 2012 African Handball Champions League was the 34th 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 15–24 in Tangier, Morocco, contested by 16 teams and won by Al Ahly Cairo of Egypt.^[1]

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C
Al Ahly Tripoli FAP Yaoundé IR Tanger JSE Skikda Police HBC Stade Mandji	Al-Nasr SC Étoile du Congo Mouloudia SOA Zamalek	Al Ahly Espérance Tunis JS Kinshasa Olympique El Oued Primeiro de Agosto

Preliminary round

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Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

Group A


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
IR Tanger	51 : 20	Police HBC
JSE Skikda	24 : 24	FAP Yaoundé
Al Ahly Tripoli	19 : 26	Stade Mandji
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
JSE Skikda	51 : 27	Police HBC
Al Ahly Tripoli	24 : 25	FAP Yaoundé
IR Tanger	25 : 23	Stade Mandji
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
Stade Mandji	20 : 30	FAP Yaoundé
IR Tanger	23 : 28	JSE Skikda
Al Ahly Tripoli	36 : 27	Police HBC
19 November, 2012
FAP Yaoundé	49 : 25	Police HBC
IR Tanger	20 : 16	Al Ahly Tripoli
JSE Skikda	32 : 27	Stade Mandji
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
JSE Skikda	31 : 16	Al Ahly Tripoli
Stade Mandji	40 : 20	Police HBC
IR Tanger	25 : 18	FAP Yaoundé

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
JSE Skikda	5	4	1	0	166	126	+40	9
IR Tanger	5	4	0	1	144	105	+39	8
FAP Yaoundé	5	3	1	1	146	118	+28	7
Stade Mandji	5	2	0	3	136	126	+10	4
Al Ahly Tripoli	5	1	0	4	120	129	-9	2
Police HBC	5	0	0	5	119	227	-108	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification

Group B


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
Mouloudia	20 : 0	SOA
Al-Nasr SC	30 : 28	Étoile du Congo
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
Zamalek	34 : 23	Al-Nasr SC
Mouloudia	28 : 28	Étoile du Congo
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
SOA	16 : 30	Zamalek
Mouloudia	29 : 31	Al-Nasr SC
Mon, 19 Nov 2012
Étoile du Congo	31 : 27	SOA
Zamalek	26 : 18	Mouloudia
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Al-Nasr SC	20 : 25	SOA
Étoile du Congo	30 : 37	Zamalek

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Zamalek	4	4	0	0	127	87	+40	8
Mouloudia	4	2	1	1	78	85	-7	5
Étoile du Congo	4	2	1	2	117	122	-5	5
SOA	4	2	0	2	68	84	-16	2
Al-Nasr SC **	4	2	0	2	104	116	-12	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification
** Al Nasr lost their four games for fielding an ineligible player

Group C


Thu, 15 Nov 2012
1º de Agosto	31 : 24	Olympique El Oued
Al Ahly	18 : 20	Espérance Tunis
Sat, 17 Nov 2012
Espérance Tunis	29 : 19	1º de Agosto
Olympique El Oued	37 : 25	JS Kinshasa
Sun, 18 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	38 : 26	JS Kinshasa
Espérance Tunis	34 : 26	Olympique El Oued
Mon, 19 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	36 : 20	Olympique El Oued
1º de Agosto	26 : 22	JS Kinshasa
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
Al Ahly	22 : 17	1º de Agosto
Espérance Tunis	43 : 24	JS Kinshasa

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Espérance Tunis	4	4	0	126	87	+39	8
Al Ahly	4	3	1	114	83	+31	6
1º de Agosto	4	2	2	93	97	-4	4
Olymp El Oued	4	1	3	107	126	-19	2
JS Kinshasa	4	0	4	97	144	-47	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Relegated to 9-12th classification
Relegated to 13-16th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 16:00

HC Mouloudia	20
		Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 16:00
Al Ahly SC	23
		Al Ahly SC	24
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 18:00
		Espérance Tunis	23
IR Tanger	20
				Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:00
Espérance Tunis	30
				Al Ahly SC	21
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
				Zamalek	17
Zamalek	25
		Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
FAP Yaoundé	15
		Zamalek	28
Thu 22 Nov 2012 – 20:00
		JSE Skikda	23	Third place
JSE Skikda	29
				Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
Étoile du Congo	27
				Espérance Tunis	32

				JSE Skikda	23

5-8th bracket

5–8th place		Fifth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00

Étoile du Congo	23
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 14:00
FAP Yaoundé	28
		FAP Yaoundé	31
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 20:00
		IR Tanger	30
Mouloudia	28

IR Tanger	29
		Seventh place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30

		Étoile du Congo	31

		Mouloudia	30

9-12th bracket

9–12th place		Ninth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 12:00

Stade Mandji	29
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 09:30
Olymp El Oued	26
		Stade Mandji	24
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 14:00
		1º de Agosto	23
SOA	21

1º de Agosto	30
		Eleventh place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 12:30

		Olymp El Oued	33

		SOA	24

13-16th bracket

13–16th place		Thirteenth place

Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 08:00

Al-Nasr SC	33
		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00
JS Kinshasa	27
		Al Ahly Tripoli	27
Fri 23 Nov 2012 – 10:00
		Al-Nasr SC	28
Al Ahly Tripoli	34

Police HBC	15
		Fifteenth place

		Sat 24 Nov 2012 – 11:00

		JS Kinshasa	47

		Police HBC	27

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Al Ahly SC	6–1
	Zamalek	6–1
	Espérance Tunis	6–1
4	JSE Skikda	5–2
5	FAP Yaoundé	5–2
6	IR Tanger	5–3
7	Étoile du Congo	3–4
8	Mouloudia	2–4
9	Stade Mandji	4–3
10	Primeiro de Agosto	3–3
11	Olympique El Oued	2–4
12	SOA	2–4
13	Al-Nasr SC	4–2
14	Al Ahly Tripoli	2–5
15	JS Kinshasa	1–5
16	Police HBC	0–7

Awards

2012 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
Al Ahly Handball Club 4th title

Best Player

References

^ "Africa Clubs Championship 2013: Espérance Sportive de Tunis crowned champion". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
^ "Preliminary Round Clubs Championship 2013". CAHBonline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

External links

[1] "Africa Clubs Championship 2013: Espérance Sportive de Tunis crowned champion". CAHBOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

[2] "Preliminary Round Clubs Championship 2013". CAHBonline.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

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