2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	May 5–20, 2016
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (5th title)
Runners-up	Espérance
Third place	AS Hammamet
Fourth place	Heliopolis

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.^[1][2]

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

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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 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification

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 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

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

5-8th bracket

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

See also

2016 African Handball Champions League

References

1. "Championnat d'Afrique des Vainqueurs de Coupe de handball, Laâyoune 2016 – Zamalek du Caire Champion !!!" (in French). CAHB.info. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. "Le Zamalek, revanchard, bat l'Espérance et remporte la 32e édition". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
3. "Vainqueurs de Coupe: Tour Preliminaire Hommes". cahbonline.info. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

• CAHB official website