2013 African Handball Champions League
# 2013 African Handball Champions League

The 2013 African Handball Champions League was the 35th 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 3–12 in Marrakech, Morocco, contested by 11 teams and won by Espérance Sportive de Tunis of Tunisia.

Espérance de Tunis qualified for the 2014 IHF Super Globe.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Aljazeera Sports Club Espérance de Tunis Kano Pyramid HC Mouloudia Primeiro de Agosto Stade Mandji | Al Ahly SC Al-Hilal SC Club Africain FAP Yaoundé Wydad Smara |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

### Group A

| Thu, 3 Oct 2013 |||
| - | - | - |
| ES Tunis | 34 (17:11) 24 | Aljazeera |
| Mouloudia | 22 (12:10) 21 | Stade Mandji |
| Kano Pyramid | 0 (:) 20 | 1º de Agosto |
| Sat, 5 Oct 2013 |||
| 1º de Agosto | 36 (14:07) 19 | Aljazeera |
| Mouloudia | 26 (09:13) 19 | Kano Pyramid |
| ES Tunis | 30 (12:14) 22 | Stade Mandji |
| Sun, 6 Oct 2013 |||
| Stade Mandji | 37 (15:16) 30 | Aljazeera |
| Mouloudia | 25 (13:11) 27 | 1º de Agosto |
| ES Tunis | 45 (21:12) 28 | Kano Pyramid |
| Mon, 7 Oct 2013 |||
| Kano Pyramid | 27 (11:14) 31 | Stade Mandji |
| 1º de Agosto | 25 (16:14) 27 | ES Tunis |
| Mouloudia | 35 (16:18) 28 | Aljazeera |
| Tue, 8 Oct 2013 |||
| Aljazeera | 20 (09:14) 26 | Kano Pyramid |
| 1º de Agosto | 30 (12:16) 27 | Stade Mandji |
| ES Tunis | 33 (18:13) 26 | Mouloudia |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| ES Tunis | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 125 | +44 | 10 |
| 1º de Agosto | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 98 | +40 | 8 |
| HC Mouloudia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 128 | +6 | 6 |
| Stade Mandji | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 139 | -1 | 4 |
| Kano Pyramid | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 142 | -42 | 2 |
| Aljazeera | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 121 | 168 | -47 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 03 Oct 2013 |||
| - | - | - |
| Al Ahly | 29 (14:10) 19 | Al-Hilal |
| FAP Youndé | 24 (12:14) 29 | Club Africain |
| Sat, 05 Oct 2013 |||
| Al-Hilal | 22 (11:18) 31 | FAP Youndé |
| Wydad Smara | 21 (10:14) 25 | Al Ahly |
| Sun, 6 Oct 2013 |||
| Wydad Smara | 18 (09:09) 17 | Al-Hilal |
| Al Ahly | 22 (09:11) 21 | Club Africain |
| Mon, 7 Oct 2013 |||
| FAP Youndé | 41 (19:12) 25 | Wydad Smara |
| Club Africain | 28 (14:12) 24 | Al-Hilal |
| Tue, 8 Oct 2013 |||
| Club Africain | 28 (13:09) 18 | Wydad Smara |
| Al Ahly | 29 (11:12) 24 | FAP Youndé |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly SC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 85 | +20 | 8 |
| Club Africain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 88 | +18 | 6 |
| FAP Youndé | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 105 | +15 | 4 |
| Wydad Smara | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 111 | -29 | 2 |
| Al-Hilal SC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 106 | -24 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | | | |
| HC Mouloudia | 18 | | | |
| HC Mouloudia | 18 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 17:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 17:00 | | |
| Club Africain | 27 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 17:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 17:00 | |
| Club Africain | 27 | Club Africain | 23 | |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | | Club Africain | 23 | |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | Espérance Tunis | 28 | |
| Espérance Tunis | 38 | Espérance Tunis | 28 | |
| Espérance Tunis | 38 | | | | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 17:30 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 17:30 |
| Wydad Smara | 27 | | | | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 17:30 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 17:30 |
| Wydad Smara | 27 | | | | Espérance Tunis | 31 |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | | | | | Espérance Tunis | 31 |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 15:00 | | | | Al Ahly | 24 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 34 | | | | Al Ahly | 24 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 34 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 19:30 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 19:30 | | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 33 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 19:30 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 19:30 | | | |
| 1º de Agosto | 33 | FAP Yaoundé | 26 | | | |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | | FAP Yaoundé | 26 | | | |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 20:00 | Al Ahly | 32 | | Third place | Third place |
| Al Ahly | 31 | Al Ahly | 32 | | Third place | Third place |
| Al Ahly | 31 | | | | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 | | | | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 | | | | Club Africain | 31 |
| | | | | | FAP Yaoundé | 28 |

**5-8th bracket**

| 5-8th place | 5-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 16:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 16:00 |
| 1º de Agosto | 35 |
| 1º de Agosto | 35 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 18 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 13:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 18 | 1º de Agosto | 26 |
| Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 18:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 18:00 | | 1º de Agosto | 26 |
| Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 18:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 18:00 | HC Mouloudia | 19 |
| Wydad Smara | 20 | HC Mouloudia | 19 |
| HC Mouloudia | 21 | | |
| HC Mouloudia | 21 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 11:00 | Sat 12 Oct 2013 – 11:00 |
| | | Wydad Smara | 33 |
| | | Stade Mandji | 31 |

**9-11th bracket**

| 9-11th place | 9-11th place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kano Pyramid | |
| Kano Pyramid | | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 13:00 | Fri 11 Oct 2013 – 13:00 |
| | | Kano Pyramid | 27 |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 10:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 10:00 | | Kano Pyramid | 27 |
| Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 10:00 | Thu 10 Oct 2013 – 10:00 | Al-Hilal | 25 |
| Aljazeera | 26 | Al-Hilal | 25 |
| Al-Hilal | 21 | | |
| Al-Hilal | 21 | Third place | Third place |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | ES Tunis | 8–0 |
| | Al Ahly SC | 6–1 |
| | Club Africain | 5–2 |
| 4 | FAP Yaoundé | 3–4 |
| 5 | 1º de Agosto | 6–2 |
| 6 | HC Mouloudia | 4–4 |
| 7 | Wydad Smara | 2–5 |
| 8 | Stade Mandji | 2–6 |
| 9 | Kano Pyramid | 2–4 |
| 10 | Aljazeera SC | 1–5 |
| 11 | Al-Hilal SC | 0–6 |

* Note: Qualified to the 2014 IHF Super Globe

## Awards

* 2013 African Handball Champions Cup Winner
* Espérance Sportive de Tunis 1st title
* Best Player
