2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 13–22, 2017
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly SC (2nd title)
Runner-up	AS Hammamet
Third place	Widad Smara
Fourth place	Raja d'Agadir
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	1,562 (67.91 per match)

The 2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 23rd 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, 2017 and took place at the Salle Omnisport Al Inbiâat, in Agadir, Morocco, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly SC of Egypt.^[1]

Draw

Preliminary rounds

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Times given below are in WEST UTC+1.

Group A

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:00 AS Hammamet 0 (:) 10 FAP Yaoundé 17:00 Widad Smara 23 (12:09) 20 Red Star Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:00 Phoenix Gabon 29 (13:18) 31 AS Hammamet 18:00 FAP Yaoundé 19 (09:13) 28 Widad Smara Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:00 FAP Yaoundé 17 (10:15) 26 Phoenix Gabon 18:00 AS Hammamet 33 (15:10) 21 Red Star Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:00 FAP Yaoundé 17 (08:09) 19 Red Star 20:00 Widad Smara 30 (:) 21 Phoenix Gabon Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:00 Red Star 23 (13:11) 20 Phoenix Gabon 18:00 AS Hammamet 35 (18:13) 28 Widad Smara

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts AS Hammamet 4 3 0 1 99 88 +11 6 Widad Smara 4 3 0 1 109 95 +14 6 Red Star 4 2 0 2 83 93 -10 4 Phoenix Gabon 4 1 0 3 96 101 -5 2 FAP Yaoundé 4 0 0 4 63 73 -10 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9th classification

Group B

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:00 Raja d'Agadir 30 (14:10) 22 Patronage 20:00 Al Ahly SC 37 (:) 24 JS Kinshasa Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:00 Kano Pillars 15 (13:14) 23 Raja d'Agadir 22:00 Patronage 24 (13:14) 31 Al Ahly SC Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:00 Patronage 25 (13:12) 24 Kano Pillars 20:00 Raja d'Agadir 32 (19:07) 18 JS Kinshasa Sun, 16 Apr 2017 14:00 Al Ahly SC 31 (15:08) 24 Kano Pillars 18:00 JS Kinshasa 28 (14:11) 19 Patronage Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:00 Kano Pillars 21 (09:09) 27 JS Kinshasa 20:00 Raja d'Agadir 27 (14:17) 28 Al Ahly SC

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Al Ahly SC 4 4 0 0 127 99 +28 8 Raja d'Agadir 4 3 0 1 112 83 +29 6 JS Kinshasa 4 2 0 2 97 109 -12 4 Patronage 4 1 0 3 90 113 -23 2 Kano Pillars 4 0 0 4 84 106 -22 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 16:00
	Al Ahly SC	25
					Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 18:00
	FAP Yaoundé	19
					Widad Smara	18
	Wed 19 Apr 2017 –
					Al Ahly SC	33
	Widad Smara	32
									Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 18:30
	JS Kinshasa	25
									Al Ahly SC	31
	Wed 19 Apr 2017 – 14:00
									AS Hammamet	22
	AS Hammamet	37
					Thu 20 Apr 2017 –
	Patronage	25
					AS Hammamet	26
	Wed 19 Apr 2017 –
					Raja d'Agadir	17			Third place
	Raja d'Agadir	24
									Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 16:30
	Red Star	18
									Widad Smara	26
									Raja d'Agadir	20

5-8th bracket

	5th-8th place				Fifth place
	Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 14:00
	Red Star	27
					Sat 22 Apr 2017 – 10:00
	Patronage	23
					Red Star	24
	Thu 20 Apr 2017 –
					JS Kinshasa	27
	FAP Yaoundé	19
	JS Kinshasa	29
					Seventh place
					Fri 13 May 2016 – 14:00
					FAP Yaoundé	0
					Patronage	20

9th place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
					Thu 20 Apr 2017 – 10:00
					Phoenix Gabon	20
					Kano Pillars	15
					Third place

Final standings

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Rank	Team	Record
	Al Ahly SC	7–0
	AS Hammamet	5–2
	Widad Smara	5–2
4	Raja d'Agadir	4–3
5	JS Kinshasa	4–3
6	Red Star	3–4
7	Patronage	2–5
8	FAP Yaoundé	0–7
9	Phoenix Gabon	2–3
10	Kano Pillars	0–5

Awards

2017 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup Winner
Al Ahly Sport Club 2nd title

See also

2017 African Handball Champions League

References

External links

• CAHB official website