2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

For the women's tournament, see 2018 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup.

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]

2018 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 13–22, 2018
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly SC (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Ittihad
Third place	Widad Smara
Fourth place	JS Kinshasa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	1,898 (54.23 per match)
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Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
JS Kinshasa Kembata Durame Phoenix Gabon Widad Smara	FAP Yaoundé Inter Club Sporting	Heliopolis JS Lubumbashi Kirkos Red Star	Al Ahly SC Al-Ittihad 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 24 (14:09) 25 Phoenix Gabon 13:30 JS Kinshasa 67 (33:09) 19 Kembata Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:00 Kembata 27 (07:21) 52 Widad Smara 15:00 Phoenix Gabon 26 (15:15) 33 JS Kinshasa Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:00 Phoenix Gabon 53 (10:15) 12 Kembata 13:00 Widad Smara 28 (14:16) 25 JS Kinshasa

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts JS Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 125 73 +52 6 Widad Smara 3 2 0 1 104 77 +27 4 Phoenix Gabon 3 2 0 1 104 69 +35 6 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 37 (17:13) 20 Inter Club Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:00 Inter Club 19 (11:14) 21 FAP Yaoundé Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:00 Sporting 25 (12:13) 27 FAP Yaoundé

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts FAP Yaoundé 2 2 0 0 48 44 +4 2 Sporting 2 1 0 1 62 47 +15 4 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 34 (13:09) 24 JS Lubumbashi 13:30 Red Star 46 (24:04) 16 Kirkos Sun, 15 Apr 2018 11:00 Kirkos 20 (07:24) 41 Heliopolis 13:00 JS Lubumbashi 17 (07:13) 27 Red Star Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:00 Heliopolis 26 (12:12) 24 Red Star 15:00 JS Lubumbashi 29 (15:13) 25 Kirkos

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Heliopolis 3 3 0 0 101 68 +33 6 Red Star 3 2 0 1 97 59 +38 4 JS Lubumbashi 3 2 0 1 70 86 -16 2 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 28 (11:08) 15 AS Minuh Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:00 AS Minuh 26 (14:16) 31 Al-Ittihad Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:00 Al-Ittihad 20 (11:15) 28 Al Ahly

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Al Ahly 2 2 0 0 56 35 +21 4 Al-Ittihad 2 1 0 1 51 54 -3 2 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	32 (15:15) 33	Kirkos

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 13:00
	FAP Yaoundé	27
					Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 17:00
	Widad Smara	31
					JS Kinshasa	22
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 15:00
					Al-Ittihad	23
	Heliopolis	24
									Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 20:30
	Al-Ittihad	25
									Al Ahly	25
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 17:00
									Al-Ittihad	12
	JS Kinshasa	35
					Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 19:00
	Sporting	29
					Widad Smara	19
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 19:00
					Al Ahly	37			Third place
	Al Ahly	41
									Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 13:00
	Red Star	17
									JS Kinshasa	23
									Widad Smara	24

5-8th bracket

	5th-8th place				Fifth place
	Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 13:00
	FAP Yaoundé	23
					Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 11:00
	Red Star	29
					Red Star	31
	Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 15:00
					Sporting	33
	Sporting	30
	Heliopolis	21
					Seventh place
					Sun 22 Apr 2018 – 09:00
					Heliopolis	29
					FAP Yaoundé	34

9-12th place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 09:00
	Phoenix Gabon	23
					Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00
	Inter Club	16
					Phoenix Gabon	18
	Thu 19 Apr 2018 – 11:00
					AS Minuh	24
	JS Lubumbashi	20
	AS Minuh	29
					Third place
					Sat 21 Apr 2018 – 11:00
					Inter Club	27
					JS Lubumbashi	15

Final standings

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Rank	Team	Record
	Al Ahly SC	5–0
	Al-Ittihad	3–2
	Widad Smara	4–2
4	JS Kinshasa	3–3
5	Sporting	3–2
6	Red Star	3–3
7	FAP Yaoundé	3–2
8	Heliopolis	3–3
9	AS Minuh	2–2
10	Phoenix Gabon	3–2
11	Inter Club	1–3
12	JS Lubumbashi	2–3
13	Kirkos	1–3
14	Kembata	0–4

Awards

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

Best Player

See also

2018 African Handball Champions League