2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
# 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

The 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 22nd 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 May 5–27, 2016 and took place at the Salle Al Jadida, in Laayoune, Morocco, contested by 11 teams and won by Zamalek Sporting Club of Egypt.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Caïman ES Tunis FAP Yaoundé Heliopolis Phoenix Gabon | AS Hammamet Eclair D'Eseka JS Kinshasa Stade Mandji Widad Smara Zamalek |

## Preliminary rounds

    Times given below are in WET UTC+0.

### Group A

| Thu, 05 May 2016 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| 10:00 | Heliopolis | 31 (16:16) 27 | Caïman |
| 14:00 | Espérance | 35 (21:10) 26 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Fri, 06 May 2016 ||||
| 15:00 | Phoenix Gabon | 23 (11:09) 31 | Heliopolis |
| 17:00 | Caïman | 23 (11:11) 24 | FAP Yaoundé |
| Sat, 07 May 2016 ||||
| 15:00 | Heliopolis | 25 (14:11) 22 | FAP Yaoundé |
| 17:00 | Espérance | 37 (16:11) 25 | Caïman |
| Mon, 09 May 2016 ||||
| 15:00 | Caïman | 29 (10:12) 23 | Phoenix Gabon |
| 19:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 25 (10:15) 32 | Espérance |
| Tue, 10 May 2016 ||||
| 17:00 | FAP Yaoundé | 30 (16:10) 25 | Phoenix Gabon |
| 19:00 | Espérance | 34 (18:12) 29 | Heliopolis |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Espérance | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 105 | +33 | 8 |
| Heliopolis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 106 | +10 | 6 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 113 | -12 | 4 |
| Caïman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 115 | -11 | 2 |
| Phoenix Gabon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 125 | -28 | 0 |

### Group B

| Thu, 05 May 2016 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| 10:00 | Stade Mandji | 21 (11:18) 35 | AS Hammamet |
| 14:00 | JS Kinshasa | 25 (10:14) 32 | Zamalek |
| 18:00 | Eclair D'Eseka | 24 (12:14) 31 | Widad Smara |
| Fri, 06 May 2016 ||||
| 19:00 | Widad Smara | 41 (20:08) 18 | JS Kinshasa |
| 19:00 | Zamalek | 26 (14:08) 19 | Stade Mandji |
| 19:00 | AS Hammamet | 45 (23:10) 28 | Eclair D'Eseka |
| Sat, 07 May 2016 ||||
| 17:00 | Zamalek | 42 (21:10) 25 | Eclair D'Eseka |
| 19:00 | Widad Smara | 22 (12:13) 28 | AS Hammamet |
| 19:00 | Stade Mandji | 25 (13:15) 25 | JS Kinshasa |
| Mon, 09 May 2016 ||||
| 17:00 | Zamalek | 27 (12:06) 20 | AS Hammamet |
| 17:00 | JS Kinshasa | 35 (16:15) 28 | Eclair D'Eseka |
| 19:00 | Widad Smara | 27 (14:07) 18 | Stade Mandji |
| Tue, 10 May 2016 ||||
| 15:00 | AS Hammamet | 31 (:) 22 | JS Kinshasa |
| 15:00 | Eclair D'Eseka | 22 (11:11) 28 | Stade Mandji |
| 19:00 | Widad Smara | 17 (08:04) 30 | Zamalek |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Zamalek | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 106 | +51 | 10 |
| AS Hammamet | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 120 | +39 | 8 |
| Widad Smara | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 118 | +20 | 6 |
| Stade Mandji | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 135 | -24 | 3 |
| JS Kinshasa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 125 | 157 | -32 | 3 |
| Eclair D'Eseka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 181 | -54 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | | | |
| Espérance | 32 | | | |
| Espérance | 32 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 14:30 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 14:30 | | |
| Stade Mandji | 19 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 14:30 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 14:30 | |
| Stade Mandji | 19 | AS Hammamet | 30 | |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | | AS Hammamet | 30 | |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 16:00 | Espérance | 38 | |
| Zamalek | 35 | Espérance | 38 | |
| Zamalek | 35 | | | | Sat 14 May 2016 – 18:00 | Sat 14 May 2016 – 18:00 |
| Caïman | 22 | | | | Sat 14 May 2016 – 18:00 | Sat 14 May 2016 – 18:00 |
| Caïman | 22 | | | | Espérance | 25 |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | | | | | Espérance | 25 |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | | | | Zamalek | 26 |
| Heliopolis | 23 | | | | Zamalek | 26 |
| Heliopolis | 23 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:30 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:30 | | | |
| Widad Smara | 21 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:30 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:30 | | | |
| Widad Smara | 21 | Heliopolis | 31 | | | |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | | Heliopolis | 31 | | | |
| Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | Wed 11 May 2016 – 18:00 | Zamalek | 36 | | Third place | Third place |
| AS Hammamet | 32 | Zamalek | 36 | | Third place | Third place |
| AS Hammamet | 32 | | | | Fri 13 May 2016 – 19:00 | Fri 13 May 2016 – 19:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 20 | | | | Fri 13 May 2016 – 19:00 | Fri 13 May 2016 – 19:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 20 | | | | AS Hammamet | 32 |
| | | | | | Heliopolis | 31 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:00 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 16:00 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 29 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 29 | 13 May 2016 – 16:30 | 13 May 2016 – 16:30 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 | 13 May 2016 – 16:30 | 13 May 2016 – 16:30 |
| Stade Mandji | 30 | Stade Mandji | 25 |
| Thu 12 May 2016 – 19:00 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 19:00 | | Stade Mandji | 25 |
| Thu 12 May 2016 – 19:00 | Thu 12 May 2016 – 19:00 | Widad Smara | 26 |
| Caïman | 19 | Widad Smara | 26 |
| Widad Smara | 30 | | |
| Widad Smara | 30 | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| | | 13 May 2016 – 14:30 | 13 May 2016 – 14:30 |
| | | FAP Yaoundé | 27 |
| | | Caïman | 34 |

### 9-11th classification

| Wed, 11 May 2016 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| 14:00 | Phoenix Gabon | 34 (15:09) 21 | JS Kinshasa |
| Thu, 12 May 2016 ||||
| 12:00 | JS Kinshasa | 39 (18:14) 28 | Eclair D'Eseka |
| Fri, 13 May 2016 ||||
| 14:00 | Eclair D'Eseka | 27 (18:14) 30 | Phoenix Gabon |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Phoenix Gabon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 4 |
| JS Kinshasa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 62 | -2 | 2 |
| Eclair D'Eseka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 69 | -14 | 0 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Zamalek | 8–0 |
| | Espérance | 6–1 |
| | AS Hammamet | 6–2 |
| 4 | Heliopolis | 4–3 |
| 5 | Widad Smara | 5–3 |
| 6 | Stade Mandji | 2–5 |
| 7 | Caïman | 2–5 |
| 8 | FAP Yaoundé | 2–5 |
| 9 | Phoenix Gabon | 2–4 |
| 10 | JS Kinshasa | 2–4 |
| 11 | Eclair D'Eseka | 0–7 |

## Awards

* 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Winner
* Zamalek Sporting Club 5th title
* Best Player
