2017 African Women's Handball Champions League

2017 African Women's Handball Champions League
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–29 October, 2017
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	1º de Agosto (4th title)
Runners-up	ASF Sfax
Third place	FAP Yaoundé
Fourth place	ABO Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28

The 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 39th 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 21–29, 2017 at the salle Bein Khiar, in Hammamet, Tunisia, contested by 8 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.^[1]

Draw

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Group A	Group B
ABO Sport Africa Sports FAP Yaoundé GS Pétroliers	ASF Sfax Bandama HC Vainqueur 1º de Agosto

Preliminary round

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Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

Group A


Sat, 21 Oct 2017
FAP Yaoundé	27 (17:07) 20	GS Pétroliers
ABO Sport	39 (24:08) 26	Africa Sports
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
GS Pétroliers	22 (12:09) 35	ABO Sport
Africa Sports	24 (11:11) 27	FAP Yaoundé
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
FAP Yaoundé	22 (09:07) 22	ABO Sport
Africa Sports	21 (07:11) 23	GS Pétroliers

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
ABO Sport	3	2	1	0	96	70	+26	5
FAP Yaoundé	3	2	1	0	76	66	+10	5
GS Pétroliers	3	1	0	2	65	83	−18	2
Africa Sports	3	0	0	3	71	89	−18	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Group B


Sat, 21 Oct 2017
1º de Agosto	27 (14:04) 15	HC Vainqueur
Bandama	37 (15:23) 42	ASF Sfax
Sun, 22 Oct 2017
Bandama	09 (07:16) 28	1º de Agosto
Mon, 23 Oct 2017
ASF Sfax	20 (13:14) 29	1º de Agosto
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
HC Vainqueur	21 (11:16) 29	ASF Sfax
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Bandama	22 (09:09) 19	HC Vainqueur

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
1º de Agosto	3	3	0	84	44	+40	6
ASF Sfax	3	2	1	91	87	+4	4
Bandama	3	1	2	68	89	−21	2
HC Vainqueur	3	0	3	70	78	−8	0

* Note: Advance to quarter-finals

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 12:00

1º de Agosto	33
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:15
Africa Sports	14
		1º de Agosto	23
Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00
		FAP Yaoundé	17
FAP Yaoundé	33
				Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:00
Bandama	18
				1º de Agosto	30
Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00
				ASF Sfax	17
ASF Sfax	33
		Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00
GS Pétroliers	18
		ASF Sfax	33
Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 12:00
		ABO Sport	23	Third place
ABO Sport	45
				Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 12:00
HC Vainqueur	23
				FAP Yaoundé	31

				ABO Sport	24

5-8th bracket

Semifinals		Fifth place

Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00

GS Pétroliers	26
		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 10:00
HC Vainqueur	22
		Bandama	25
Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:00
		GS Pétroliers	24
Bandama	22

Africa Sports	19
		Seventh place

		Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 09:30

		Africa Sports	30

		HC Vainqueur	23

Quarter-finals


Thu, 26 Oct 2017
ABO Sport	31 (16:14) 29	HC Vainqueur
1º de Agosto	33 (-:-) 14	Africa Sports
FAP Yaoundé	33 (18:08) 18	Bandama
ASF Sfax	27 (15:14) 25	GS Pétroliers

5–8th classification


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
HC Vainqueur	22 (13:14) 26	GS Pétroliers
Bandama	22 (13:07) 19	Africa Sports

Semi-finals


Sat, 28 Oct 2017
FAP Yaoundé	17 (06:13) 23	1º de Agosto
ABO Sport	23 (10:18) 33	ASF Sfax

7th place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
HC Vainqueur	33 (14:17) 28	Africa Sports

5th place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
GS Pétroliers	24 (12:12) 25	Bandama

3rd place


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
ABO Sport	24 (13:11) 31	FAP Yaoundé

Final


Sun, 29 Oct 2017
1º de Agosto	30 (14:09) 17	ASF Sfax

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	6–0
	ASF Sfax	4–2
	FAP Yaoundé	4–1
4	ABO Sport	3–2
5	Bandama	3–3
6	GS Pétroliers	2–4
7	Africa Sports	1–5
8	HC Vainqueur	0–6

2017 Africa Women's Handball Champions Cup winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 4th title

Squad: Cristina Branco, Eliane Paulo, Helena Sousa, Swelly Simão (GK) Christianne Mwasesa, Dalva Peres, Isabel Guialo, Juliana Machado, Lurdes Monteiro, Teresa Leite (B) Carolina Morais, Elizabeth Cailo, Iracelma Silva, Joelma Viegas (W) Albertina Kassoma, Elizabeth Viegas, Liliana Venâncio (P) Morten Soubak (Head Coach)

References

^ "Handball: 1º de Agosto win Africa champions league". ANGOP.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.
^ "CLUB CHAMPION 2016 : Résultat du tirage au sort" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 28 Sep 2016.
^ "39th Africa Clubs Championship 2017-Results on 22/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results on 24/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "Results of matches on 25/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter-finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.
^ "39ème CACC 2017: Résultats 1/4 de finales du 26/10/2017" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results of the semi finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.
^ "39th CACC 2017: Results and Women Final's Ranking". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "Handball: 1º de Agosto win Africa champions league". ANGOP.com. 30 Oct 2017. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

[2] "CLUB CHAMPION 2016 : Résultat du tirage au sort" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 28 Sep 2016.

[3] "39th Africa Clubs Championship 2017-Results on 22/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[4] "39th CACC 2017: Results on 24/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[5] "Results of matches on 25/10/2017". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[6] "39th CACC 2017: Board of the quarter-finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 26 Oct 2017.

[7] "39ème CACC 2017: Résultats 1/4 de finales du 26/10/2017" (in French). CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 27 Oct 2017.

[8] "39th CACC 2017: Results of the semi finals". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 29 Oct 2017.

[9] "39th CACC 2017: Results and Women Final's Ranking". CAHBOnline.com. Retrieved 30 Oct 2017.

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