2018 African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see 2018 African Women's Handball Champions League.

2018 African Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Côte d’Ivoire
Venues	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	October 19–28
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek
Runners-up	Al Ahly

The 2018 African Handball Champions League was the 40th edition of the tournament. It is organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation. The tournament was held from October 19–28 at Côte d’Ivoire.

The Zamalek Handball Club won the championship for the eleventh time. They defeated another Egyptian team, Al Ahly, with a score of 27-25 in the final.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Al Ahly Phoenix Gabon FAP Yaoundé Red Star US des Forces Armées	Zamalek Raja Agadir JSK GSP

Group A

Fri, 19 Oct 2018
Al Ahly	24 (0:0) 17	FAP Yaoundé
Red Star	30 (0:0) 29	US des Forces Armées
Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Phoenix Gabon	27 (14:14) 25	Red Star
FAP Yaoundé	33 (0:0) 18	US des Forces Armées
Sun, 21 Oct 2018
Al Ahly	34 (0:0) 21	Red Star
Phoenix Gabon	29 (0:0) 19	US des Forces Armées
Mon, 22 Oct 2018
Phoenix Gabon	18 (0:0) 29	FAP Yaoundé
Al Ahly	36 (0:0) 15	US des Forces Armées
Wed, 24 Oct 2018
Al Ahly	28 (0:0) 20	Phoenix Gabon
FAP Yaoundé	32 (0:0) 20	Red Star

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Al Ahly	4	4	0	0	122	73	+49	8
FAP Yaoundé	4	3	0	1	111	80	+31	6
Phoenix Gabon	4	2	0	2	94	101	-7	4
Red Star	4	1	0	3	96	122	-26	2
US des Forces Armées	4	0	0	4	81	128	-47	0

• Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   

Group B

Fri, 19 Oct 2018
GSP	21 (9:11) 18	JSK
Sat, 20 Oct 2018
Zamalek	31 (0:0) 23	Raja Agadir
Mon, 22 Oct 2018
JSK	24 (0:0) 19	Raja Agadir
Zamalek	31 (0:0) 27	GSP
Wed, 24 Oct 2018
Zamalek	28 (0:0) 24	JSK
GSP	25 (0:0) 24	Raja Agadir

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
Zamalek	3	3	0	0	90	74	+16	6
GSP	3	2	0	1	73	73	0	4
JSK	3	1	0	2	66	68	-2	2
Raja Agadir	3	0	0	3	66	80	-14	0

• Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 12:00
	Al Ahly	31
					Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 19:00
	Raja Agadir	20
					Al Ahly	27
	Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 14:00
					GSP	20
	GSP	24
									Sun 28 Oct 2018 – :
	Phoenix Gabon	20
									Zamalek	27
	Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 16:00
									Al Ahly	25
	Zamalek	34
					Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 16:30
	Red Star	21
					Zamalek	30
	Thu 25 Oct 2018 – 18:00
					JSK	25			Third place
	FAP Yaoundé	27
									Sun 28 Oct 2018 – :
	JSK	28
									GSP	33
									JSK	31

5-8th bracket

	5–8th place				Fifth place
	Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00
	Raja Agadir	25
					Sat 27 Oct 2018 – :
	Phoenix Gabon	22
					Raja Agadir	25
	Fri 26 Oct 2018 – 10:00
					FAP Yaoundé	24
	FAP Yaoundé	28
	Red Star	24
					Seventh place
					Sat 27 Oct 2018 – :
					Red Star	27
					Phoenix Gabon	25

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Zamalek	6–0
	Al Ahly	6–1
	GSP	4–2
4	JS Kinshasa	2–4
5	Raja Agadir	2–4
6	FAP Yaoundé	4–3
7	Red Star	2–5
8	Phoenix Gabon	2–5
9	US des Forces Armées	0–4

Awards

2018 African Handball Champions League winner
Al Zamalek Sporting Club 11th title

Best Player