2015 African Handball Champions League
# 2015 African Handball Champions League

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 three venues: Salle Al Aroui, Salle Omnisport and Salle Sellaouan, in Nador, Morocco, contested by 15 teams and won by Al Zamalek Cairo of Egypt.

Zamalek qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| - | - | - | - |
| Al Ahly Police HBC Stade Mandji Widad Smara | Club Africain Fanz Zamalek | Espérance Tunis FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Niger United | Alexandria SC Hilal de Nador JS Kinshasa Police HC |

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

### Group A

| Wed/Thu, 21/22 Oct 2015 |||
| - | - | - |
| Widad Smara | 46 (19:13) 28 | Police HBC |
| Stade Mandji | 22 (12:13) 31 | Al Ahly |
| Sat, 24 Oct 2015 |||
| Stade Mandji | 28 (19:16) 32 | Widad Smara |
| Police HBC | 18 (07:22) 54 | Al Ahly |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2015 |||
| Police HBC | 20 (10:17) 37 | Stade Mandji |
| Al Ahly | 26 (14:11) 19 | Widad Smara |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 59 | +52 | 6 |
| Widad Smara | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 82 | +15 | 4 |
| Stade Mandji | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 83 | +4 | 2 |
| Police HBC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 137 | -71 | 0 |

### Group B

| Wed, 21 Oct 2015 |||
| - | - | - |
| Fanz | 20 (08:11) 24 | Zamalek |
| Sat, 24 Oct 2015 |||
| Fanz | 21 (10:12) 25 | Club Africain |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2015 |||
| Zamalek | 24 (13:14) 28 | Club Africain |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Club Africain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 4 |
| Zamalek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 2 |
| Fanz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 98 | -57 | 0 |

### Group C

| Thu, 22 Oct 2015 |||
| - | - | - |
| FAP Yaoundé | 30 (13:14) 28 | Inter Club |
| Espérance Tunis | 20 (:) 0 | Niger United |
| Fri, 23 Oct 2015 |||
| Niger United | 33 (16:16) 36 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Inter Club | 24 (15:19) 39 | Espérance Tunis |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2015 |||
| Niger United | 36 (21:16) 26 | Inter Club |
| Espérance Tunis | 40 (19:13) 23 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Espérance Tunis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 74 | +46 | 6 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 83 | +11 | 4 |
| Niger United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 92 | +5 | 2 |
| Inter Club | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 124 | -62 | 0 |

### Group D

| Wed, 21 Oct 2015 |||
| - | - | - |
| Alexandria SC | 26 (12:09) 21 | JS Kinshasa |
| Hilal de Nador | 30 (15:03) 10 | Police HC |
| Fri, 23 Oct 2015 |||
| Alexandria SC | 28 (15:04) 9 | Police HC |
| JS Kinshasa | 22 (11:12) 22 | Hilal de Nador |
| Sun, 25 Oct 2015 |||
| Alexandria SC | 21 (12:10) 20 | Hilal de Nador |
| Police HC | 08 (07:25) 38 | JS Kinshasa |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Alexandria SC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 50 | +25 | 6 |
| JS Kinshasa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 56 | +25 | 4 |
| Hilal de Nador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 53 | +19 | 2 |
| Police HC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 96 | -69 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 16:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 16:00 | | | |
| Zamalek | 26 | | | |
| Zamalek | 26 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30 | | |
| Al Ahly | 24 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:30 | |
| Al Ahly | 24 | Zamalek | 34 | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | | Zamalek | 34 | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Espérance Tunis | 33 | |
| Espérance Tunis | 27 | Espérance Tunis | 33 | |
| Espérance Tunis | 27 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30 |
| JS Kinshasa | 22 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 16:30 |
| JS Kinshasa | 22 | | | | Zamalek | 35 |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | | | | | Zamalek | 35 |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | | | | Club Africain | 22 |
| Club Africain | 25 | | | | Club Africain | 22 |
| Club Africain | 25 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00 | | | |
| Widad Smara | 23 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 20:00 | | | |
| Widad Smara | 23 | Club Africain | 29 | | | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | | Club Africain | 29 | | | |
| Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | Tue 27 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | Alexandria SC | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Alexandria SC | 28 | Alexandria SC | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
| Alexandria SC | 28 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 24 | | | | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 24 | | | | Alexandria SC | 24 |
| | | | | | Espérance Tunis | 23 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00 |
| Al Ahly | 25 |
| Al Ahly | 25 | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 20 | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00 | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 18:00 |
| JS Kinshasa | 20 | Al Ahly | 31 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00 | | Al Ahly | 31 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 17:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 26 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 28 | FAP Yaoundé | 26 |
| Widad Smara | 23 | | |
| Widad Smara | 23 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 16:00 | Thu 29 Oct 2015 – 16:00 |
| | | Widad Smara | 25 |
| | | JS Kinshasa | 21 |

### 9-12th bracket

| 9th-12th place | 9th-12th place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 15:00 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00 |
| Fanz | 27 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 14:00 |
| Fanz | 27 | Stade Mandji | 20 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00 | | Stade Mandji | 20 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00 | Wed 28 Oct 2015 – 09:00 | Niger United | 18 |
| Niger United | 39 | Niger United | 18 |
| Hilal Nador | 36 | | |
| Hilal Nador | 36 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 | Fri 30 Oct 2015 – 12:00 |
| | | Fanz | 28 |
| | | Hilal Nador | 27 |

### 13-15th place

| Tue, 27 Oct 2015 |||
| - | - | - |
| Police HBC | 33 (13:23) 45 | Inter Club |
| Wed, 28 Oct 2015 |||
| Police HC | 21 (13:13) 27 | Inter Club |
| Thu, 29 Oct 2015 |||
| Police HBC | 32 (14:17) 37 | Police HC |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Al Zamalek | 4–1 |
| | Club Africain | 4–1 |
| | Alexandria SC | 5–1 |
| 4 | Espérance Tunis | 4–2 |
| 5 | Al Ahly | 5–1 |
| 6 | FAP Yaoundé | 3–3 |
| 7 | Widad Smara | 3–3 |
| 8 | JS Kinshasa | 1–3 |
| 9 | Stade Mandji | 3–2 |
| 10 | Niger United | 2–3 |
| 11 | Fanz | 1–3 |
| 12 | Hilal de Nador | 1–4 |
| 13 | Inter Club | 2–3 |
| 14 | Police HC | 1–4 |
| 15 | Police HBC | 0–5 |

* Qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe

## Awards

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