2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions

2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions
البطوله العربيه لأندية كرة اليد 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–27 August
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Kuwait SC (1st title)
Runners-up	Zamalek SC
Third place	National Bank of Egypt SC

The 2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions was the 38th edition of the Arab Handball Championship of Champions which was a qualifying tournament for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe. It was held in Qatif, Saudi Arabia from 16 to 27 August 2023.^[1]

Venues

All of the matches were played in the Prince Nayef Sports City Hall located in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Teams

Following teams were already qualified for the tournament.^[3]

Team	Qualified as
ES Aïn Touta	Winner of 2022–23 Algerian Handball Championship
National Bank of Egypt SC
Zamalek SC	Runner-up of 2022–23 Egyptian Handball League
Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Third of the 2022–23 Iraq Handball League
Al-Kuwait SC	Winner of 2022–23 Kuwait Handball Premier League
Al-Arabi SC	Third of 2022–23 Kuwait Handball Premier League
~~Al Ahli SC~~^[a]
Mudhar H.C	Winner of 2023 Saudi Handball Championship
Al-Hada Club	Host and third of 2023 Saudi Handball Championship
Al Jazira Club	Winner of 2022–23 United Arab Emirates Men's Handball League
Al-Shula
~~Al-Qatn~~^[b]

^ Al Ahli SC withdraw from the championships.^[4]
^ Al-Qatn withdraw from the championships.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[5]

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	National Bank of Egypt SC	4	3	1	0	120	109	+11	7	Quarterfinals
2	Mudhar H.C	4	3	0	1	120	96	+24	6
3	Al-Kuwait SC	4	2	1	1	130	111	+19	5
4	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	4	1	0	3	115	144	−29	2
5	Al Jazira Club	4	0	0	4	101	126	−25	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF

16 August 2023 15:00	Al Jazira Club	23–26	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
	Saoud Al-Hammadi 8	(7–15)	Marzo, Zulueta 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

16 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	20–37	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
	Nidhal Bin Aid El-Amri 5	(9–16)	Al-Abdulali 8
	3×	Report	1×

17 August 2023 13:00	Al-Kuwait SC	32–32	National Bank of Egypt SC	Qatif Attendance: 100
	Zulueta 9	(18–16)	Ahmed Kamal Haasan 8
	5×	Report	1× 4× 1×

17 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	30–22	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–10)
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

18 August 2023 13:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	33–29	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–16)
	1× 5×	Report	6×

18 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	30–29	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–14)
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

20 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	40–31	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(20–16)
	4× 2×	Report	3×

20 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	23–25	National Bank of Egypt SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(9–11)
	1× 8× 2×	Report	5× 1×

21 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	26–43	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–26)
	1× 4×	Report	5×

21 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	30–25	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(11–12)
	5×	Report	1× 7×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamalek SC	4	3	1	145	99	+46	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Al-Hada Club	4	3	1	135	97	+38	6^[a]
3	ES Aïn Touta	4	2	2	117	102	+15	4^[b]
4	Al-Arabi SC	4	2	2	127	109	+18	4^[b]
5	Al-Shula	4	0	4	66	183	−117	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Zamalek SC 28–24 Al-Hada Club
^ ^a ^b ES Aïn Touta 27–25 Al-Arabi SC

16 August 2023 13:00	ES Aïn Touta	28–34	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–18)
	3×	Report	1×

16 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club	52–18	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(28–27)
	2×	Report	5×

17 August 2023 15:00	Al-Arabi SC	33-32	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–18)
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

17 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club	26–22	ES Aïn Touta	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–11)
	3×	Report	1× 6×

18 August 2023 15:00	Al-Arabi SC	40–17	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(23–8)
	3×	Report	5×

18 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club	24–28	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(10–15)
	2×	Report	1× 4×

20 August 2023 13:00	ES Aïn Touta	40–17	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(21–10)
	3×	Report	2×

20 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club	33–29	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–14)
	7×	Report	5×

21 August 2023 13:00	Zamalek SC	51–14	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(26–6)
	2×	Report	1× 1×

21 August 2023 19:00	ES Aïn Touta	27–25	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–14)
	1× 6×	Report	3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

23 August

I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	28
		25 August
II.4 Al-Arabi SC	16
		I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	27
23 August
		I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	29
II.2 Al-Hada Club	33
				27 August
I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	37
				I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	31
23 August
				II.1 Zamalek SC	30
II.1 Zamalek SC	36
		25 August
I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	27
		II.1 Zamalek SC	29
23 August
		I.2 Mudhar H.C	24	Third place
II.3 ES Aïn Touta	30
				27 August
I.2 Mudhar H.C	36
				I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	29

				I.2 Mudhar H.C	28

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

25 August

II.4 Al-Arabi SC	29
		27 August
II.2 Al-Hada Club	27
		II.4 Al-Arabi SC	32
25 August
		I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	33
II.3 ES Aïn Touta	28

I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	30
		Seventh place game

		27 August

		II.3 ES Aïn Touta	32

		II.2 Al-Hada Club	34

Quarterfinals

23 August 2023 12:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	28–16	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–6)
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6× 2×

23 August 2023 14:30	Al-Hada Club	33–37 (ET)	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–15)
	2× 6×	Report	4×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 3–7

23 August 2023 17:00	ES Aïn Touta	30–36	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–18)
	1× 9×	Report	1× 4×

23 August 2023 19:30	Zamalek SC	36–27	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(18–13)
	6×	Report	1× 6×

5–8th place semifinals

25 August 2023 13:00	Al-Arabi SC	29–27	Al-Hada Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–14)
	2× 8×	Report	1× 10×

25 August 2023 15:00	ES Aïn Touta	28–30	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–14)
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2×

Semifinals

25 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	27–29	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–14)
	8× 3×	Report	7×

25 August 2023 19:30	Zamalek SC	29–24	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–7)
	4×	Report	1×

Ninth place game

24 August 2023 18:00	Al Jazira Club	30–15	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(17–10)
	2×	Report	6×

Seventh place game

27 August 2023 11:00	ES Aïn Touta	32–34	Al-Hada Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–20)
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

Fifth place game

27 August 2023 13:00	Al-Arabi SC	32–33	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif
		(16–16)
	2× 1×	Report	4×

Third place game

27 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	29–28	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(17–13)
	1× 6× 2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Final

27 August 2023 19:30	Al-Kuwait SC	31–30	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–18)
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Al-Kuwait SC
	Zamalek SC
	National Bank of Egypt SC
4	Mudhar H.C
5	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC
6	Al-Arabi SC
7	Al-Hada Club
8	ES Aïn Touta
9	Al Jazira Club
10	Al-Shula

	Team qualified to the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe

References

^ Nabil, Dina (18 July 2023). "الكشف عن شعار البطولة العربية لكرة اليد للاندية" [Disclosure of the Arab Handball Championship logo for clubs]. Kora Plus (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ https://arriyadiyah.com/amp/815491
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (21 July 2023). "مرحبا بالابطال العرب" [Hello Arab heroes] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (25 July 2023). "بعد انسحاب نادي اهلي طرابلس ليبيا رسميا 10 نادي فقط المشاركين رسميا في البطولة" [After the withdrawal of Al-Ahly Club, Tripoli, Libya, only 10 clubs officially participated in the tournament] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (5 August 2023). "جدول البطولة العربية" [Timetable of the Arabic Championship] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via Twitter.

[5] Al Ahli SC withdraw from the championships.^[4]

[6] Al-Qatn withdraw from the championships.

[table_hth_ZSC0.043831265551891-8] Zamalek SC 28–24 Al-Hada Club

[table_hth_EAT0.043831265551891-9] ES Aïn Touta 27–25 Al-Arabi SC

[1] Nabil, Dina (18 July 2023). "الكشف عن شعار البطولة العربية لكرة اليد للاندية" [Disclosure of the Arab Handball Championship logo for clubs]. Kora Plus (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[2] ttps://arriyadiyah.com/amp/815491

[3] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (21 July 2023). "مرحبا بالابطال العرب" [Hello Arab heroes] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[4] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (25 July 2023). "بعد انسحاب نادي اهلي طرابلس ليبيا رسميا 10 نادي فقط المشاركين رسميا في البطولة" [After the withdrawal of Al-Ahly Club, Tripoli, Libya, only 10 clubs officially participated in the tournament] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[7] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (5 August 2023). "جدول البطولة العربية" [Timetable of the Arabic Championship] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via Twitter.

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