2017 African Women's Handball Champions League

For the men's tournament, see 2017 African Handball Champions League.

The 2017 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 39th 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 October 21–29, 2017 at the salle Bein Khiar, in Hammamet, Tunisia, contested by 8 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.^[1]

2017 African Women's Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–29 October, 2017
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	1º de Agosto (4th title)
Runners-up	ASF Sfax
Third place	FAP Yaoundé
Fourth place	ABO Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
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Draw

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Group A	Group B
ABO Sport Africa Sports FAP Yaoundé GS Pétroliers	ASF Sfax Bandama HC Vainqueur 1º de Agosto

Preliminary round

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Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

Group A

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 FAP Yaoundé 27 (17:07) 20 GS Pétroliers ABO Sport 39 (24:08) 26 Africa Sports Tue, 24 Oct 2017 GS Pétroliers 22 (12:09) 35 ABO Sport Africa Sports 24 (11:11) 27 FAP Yaoundé Wed, 25 Oct 2017 FAP Yaoundé 22 (09:07) 22 ABO Sport Africa Sports 21 (07:11) 23 GS Pétroliers

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts ABO Sport 3 2 1 0 96 70 +26 5 FAP Yaoundé 3 2 1 0 76 66 +10 5 GS Pétroliers 3 1 0 2 65 83 −18 2 Africa Sports 3 0 0 3 71 89 −18 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals

Group B

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 1º de Agosto 27 (14:04) 15 HC Vainqueur Bandama 37 (15:23) 42 ASF Sfax Sun, 22 Oct 2017 Bandama 09 (07:16) 28 1º de Agosto Mon, 23 Oct 2017 ASF Sfax 20 (13:14) 29 1º de Agosto Tue, 24 Oct 2017 HC Vainqueur 21 (11:16) 29 ASF Sfax Wed, 25 Oct 2017 Bandama 22 (09:09) 19 HC Vainqueur

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts 1º de Agosto 3 3 0 0 84 44 +40 6 ASF Sfax 3 2 0 1 91 87 +4 4 Bandama 3 1 0 2 68 89 −21 2 HC Vainqueur 3 0 0 3 70 78 −8 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 12:00
	1º de Agosto	33
					Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 14:15
	Africa Sports	14
					1º de Agosto	23
	Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 14:00
					FAP Yaoundé	17
	FAP Yaoundé	33
									Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:00
	Bandama	18
									1º de Agosto	30
	Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 18:00
									ASF Sfax	17
	ASF Sfax	33
					Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00
	GS Pétroliers	18
					ASF Sfax	33
	Thu 26 Oct 2017 – 12:00
					ABO Sport	23			Third place
	ABO Sport	45
									Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 12:00
	HC Vainqueur	23
									FAP Yaoundé	31
									ABO Sport	24

5-8th bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 12:00
	GS Pétroliers	26
					Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 10:00
	HC Vainqueur	22
					Bandama	25
	Sat 28 Oct 2017 – 18:00
					GS Pétroliers	24
	Bandama	22
	Africa Sports	19
					Seventh place
					Sun 29 Oct 2017 – 09:30
					Africa Sports	30
					HC Vainqueur	23

Quarter-finals

Thu, 26 Oct 2017
ABO Sport	31 (16:14) 29	HC Vainqueur
1º de Agosto	33 (-:-) 14	Africa Sports
FAP Yaoundé	33 (18:08) 18	Bandama
ASF Sfax	27 (15:14) 25	GS Pétroliers

5–8th classification

Sat, 28 Oct 2017
HC Vainqueur	22 (13:14) 26	GS Pétroliers
Bandama	22 (13:07) 19	Africa Sports

Semi-finals

Sat, 28 Oct 2017
FAP Yaoundé	17 (06:13) 23	1º de Agosto
ABO Sport	23 (10:18) 33	ASF Sfax

7th place

Sun, 29 Oct 2017
HC Vainqueur	33 (14:17) 28	Africa Sports

5th place

Sun, 29 Oct 2017
GS Pétroliers	24 (12:12) 25	Bandama

3rd place

Sun, 29 Oct 2017
ABO Sport	24 (13:11) 31	FAP Yaoundé

Final

Sun, 29 Oct 2017
1º de Agosto	30 (14:09) 17	ASF Sfax

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	6–0
	ASF Sfax	4–2
	FAP Yaoundé	4–1
4	ABO Sport	3–2
5	Bandama	3–3
6	GS Pétroliers	2–4
7	Africa Sports	1–5
8	HC Vainqueur	0–6

2017 Africa Women's Handball Champions Cup winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 4th title

Squad: Cristina Branco, Eliane Paulo, Helena Sousa, Swelly Simão (GK) Christianne Mwasesa, Dalva Peres, Isabel Guialo, Juliana Machado, Lurdes Monteiro, Teresa Leite (B) Carolina Morais, Elizabeth Cailo, Iracelma Silva, Joelma Viegas (W) Albertina Kassoma, Elizabeth Viegas, Liliana Venâncio (P) Morten Soubak (Head Coach)

See also

• 2017 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• 2016 African Women's Handball Championship