2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

International handball competition
2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesApril 13–22, 2018
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al Ahly SC (3rd title)
Runner-upLibya Al-Ittihad
Third placeMorocco Widad Smara
Fourth placeDemocratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored1,898 (54.23 per match)
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The 2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 24th 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 April 13–22, 2018 and took place in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 14 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.[1]

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa
Ethiopia Kembata Durame
Gabon Phoenix Gabon
Morocco Widad Smara

Cameroon FAP Yaoundé
Republic of the Congo Inter Club
Egypt Sporting

Egypt Heliopolis
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi
Ethiopia Kirkos
Ivory Coast Red Star

Egypt Al Ahly SC
Libya Al-Ittihad
Cameroon AS Minuh

Preliminary rounds

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Times given below are in EET (UTC+2).

Group A

Fri, 13 Apr 2018
13:30 Widad Smara Morocco 24 (14:09) 25 Gabon Phoenix Gabon
13:30 JS Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 67 (33:09) 19 Ethiopia Kembata
Sun, 15 Apr 2018
15:00 Kembata Ethiopia 27 (07:21) 52 Morocco Widad Smara
15:00 Phoenix Gabon Gabon 26 (15:15) 33 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
11:00 Phoenix Gabon Gabon 53 (10:15) 12 Ethiopia Kembata
13:00 Widad Smara Morocco 28 (14:16) 25 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 125 73 +52 6
Morocco Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 104 77 +27 4
Gabon Phoenix Gabon 3 2 0 1 104 69 +35 6
Ethiopia Kembata 3 0 0 3 58 172 -114 0

* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   Relegated to 9th classification

Group B

Sat, 14 Apr 2018
15:00 Sporting Egypt 37 (17:13) 20 Republic of the Congo Inter Club
Sun, 15 Apr 2018
19:00 Inter Club Republic of the Congo 19 (11:14) 21 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
17:00 Sporting Egypt 25 (12:13) 27 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé 2 2 0 0 48 44 +4 2
Egypt Sporting 2 1 0 1 62 47 +15 4
Republic of the Congo Inter Club 2 0 0 2 39 58 -19 0

* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   Relegated to 9th classification

Group C

Fri, 13 Apr 2018
10:30 Heliopolis Egypt 34 (13:09) 24 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi
13:30 Red Star Ivory Coast 46 (24:04) 16 Ethiopia Kirkos
Sun, 15 Apr 2018
11:00 Kirkos Ethiopia 20 (07:24) 41 Egypt Heliopolis
13:00 JS Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 (07:13) 27 Ivory Coast Red Star
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
15:00 Heliopolis Egypt 26 (12:12) 24 Ivory Coast Red Star
15:00 JS Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 29 (15:13) 25 Ethiopia Kirkos
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
Egypt Heliopolis 3 3 0 0 101 68 +33 6
Ivory Coast Red Star 3 2 0 1 97 59 +38 4
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi 3 2 0 1 70 86 -16 2
Ethiopia Kirkos 3 0 0 3 61 116 -55 0

* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   Relegated to 9th classification

Group D

Fri, 13 Apr 2018
18:00 Al Ahly Egypt 28 (11:08) 15 Cameroon AS Minuh
Sun, 15 Apr 2018
17:00 AS Minuh Cameroon 26 (14:16) 31 Libya Al-Ittihad
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
19:00 Al-Ittihad Libya 20 (11:15) 28 Egypt Al Ahly
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts
Egypt Al Ahly 2 2 0 0 56 35 +21 4
Libya Al-Ittihad 2 1 0 1 51 54 -3 2
Cameroon AS Minuh 2 0 0 2 41 59 -18 0

* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals
   Relegated to 9th classification

Knockout stage

13th place match

Thu, 19 Apr 2018
11:00 Kembata Ethiopia 32 (15:15) 33 Ethiopia Kirkos

Championship bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 13:00
 
 
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé27
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00
 
Morocco Widad Smara31
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa22
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00
 
Libya Al-Ittihad23
 
Egypt Heliopolis24
 
Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30
 
Libya Al-Ittihad25
 
Egypt Al Ahly25
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00
 
Libya Al-Ittihad12
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa35
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00
 
Egypt Sporting29
 
Morocco Widad Smara19
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00
 
Egypt Al Ahly37 Third place
 
Egypt Al Ahly41
 
Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00
 
Ivory Coast Red Star17
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa23
 
 
Morocco Widad Smara24
 

5-8th bracket

 
5th-8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 13:00
 
 
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé23
 
Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00
 
Ivory Coast Red Star29
 
Ivory Coast Red Star31
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00
 
Egypt Sporting33
 
Egypt Sporting30
 
 
Egypt Heliopolis21
 
Seventh place
 
 
Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 09:00
 
 
Egypt Heliopolis29
 
 
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé34

9-12th place

 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 09:00
 
 
Gabon Phoenix Gabon23
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00
 
Republic of the Congo Inter Club16
 
Gabon Phoenix Gabon18
 
Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00
 
Cameroon AS Minuh24
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi20
 
 
Cameroon AS Minuh29
 
Third place
 
 
Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00
 
 
Republic of the Congo Inter Club27
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi15

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
Egypt Al Ahly SC 5–0
Libya Al-Ittihad 3–2
Morocco Widad Smara 4–2
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Kinshasa 3–3
5 Egypt Sporting 3–2
6 Ivory Coast Red Star 3–3
7 Cameroon FAP Yaoundé 3–2
8 Egypt Heliopolis 3–3
9 Cameroon AS Minuh 2–2
10 Gabon Phoenix Gabon 3–2
11 Republic of the Congo Inter Club 1–3
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo JS Lubumbashi 2–3
13 Ethiopia Kirkos 1–3
14 Ethiopia Kembata 0–4

Awards

2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Winner
Egypt
Al Ahly Sport Club
3rd title
Best Player

See also

2018 African Handball Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Handball: Al Ahly crowned Africa Cup champions". en.el-balad.com. 23 Apr 2017. Retrieved 26 Apr 2017.
  2. ^ "LES RÉSULTATS // VAINQUEUR DE COUPE – CAIRE 2018". cahbonline.info. Retrieved 4 Jul 2018.
  3. ^ "Al Ahly mot Hammamet i Cupvinnarcupfinalen" (in Slave). handbollskanalen.se. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 23 Apr 2017.
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