African Handball Champions League

For the women's tournament, see African Women's Handball Champions League.

African Handball Champions League is an annual international club handball competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The top club sides from Africa's handball leagues are invited to participate in the tournament, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Super Globe.

African Handball Champions League

Founded	1979
Country	Africa
Confederation	CAHB members
Most recent champion(s)	Al Ahly SC (7th)
Most titles	Zamalek SC (12 titles)
2024 African Handball Champions League

Since 2013, Algeria has decided not to participate in any continental competition due to the participation of clubs from Western Sahara under the flag of Morocco as Algeria recognizes Western Sahara as a state.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1979 Details	Cairo		Zamalek SC	23–16	ASFOSA		ASC Diaraf	–
1980 Details	Bouaké		Zamalek SC	20–19	DNC Alger			–
1981 Details	Dakar		Zamalek SC	34–26	ASC Diaraf		Club of Shebeen for Spinning	–
1982 Details	Bouake		Nadit Alger	18–14	Inter Club Brazzaville			–
1983 Details	Brazzaville		MP Alger	33–32 (ET)	Inter Club Brazzaville		Nadit Alger	–	Primeiro de Agosto
1984 Details	Dakar		Inter Club Brazzaville	15–11	IRB Alger		Zamalek SC	–	Niger United
1985 Details	Rabat		Al Ahly SC	18–18 (7–6 p)	MP Alger		AS Biao	23–22	Primeiro de Agosto
1986 Details	Libreville		Zamalek SC	19–17	Inter Club Brazzaville		Primeiro de Agosto	31–22	Al Ahly SC
1987 Details	Owerri		IMO Lions	22–18	Niger United		IR Binaa Alger	21–19	Inter Club Brazzaville
1988 Details	Cotonou		IMO Lions	27–24	Rail HC		Niger United	–
1989 Details	Abidjan / Bouake		OMNESS Dabou	–	Niger United		Munisport	–
1990 Details	Brazzaville		Port Said SC	–	Avenir du Rail		Munisport	–
1991 Details	Kano		Zamalek SC	–	RC Abidjan		Kano Pyramids	–
1992 Details	Yamoussoukro		FAP Yaoundé	–	RC Abidjan		Zamalek SC	–
1993 Details	Tunis		Al Ahly SC	25–24	Espérance de Tunis		Primeiro de Agosto	–	ÉS Sahel H.C
1994 Details	Cotonou		Al Ahly SC	32–23	Petro Sport		Niger United	–
1995 Details	Cotonou		MM Batna	24 – 14	FAP Yaoundé		Primeiro de Agosto	–
1996 Details	Cotonou		FAP Yaoundé	–	Sokota Rima		MM Batna	–
1997 Details	Niamey		MC Alger	30–16	FAP Yaoundé		Minuh Yaoundé	–
1998 Details	Cotonou		MC Alger	30–24	Pelican Cotonou		FAP Yaoundé	28–25	Minuh Yaoundé
1999 Details	Niamey		MC Alger	–	FAP Yaoundé		Minuh Yaoundé	–
2000 Details	Cotonou		MC Alger	–	Kano Pyramids		Étoile du Congo	–
2001 Details	Benin City		Zamalek SC	26–14	Niger United		Minuh Yaoundé	–
2002 Details	Libreville		Zamalek SC	37–28	Sporting de Luanda		ASC Diaraf	–
2003 Details	Cotonou		MC Alger	–	Minuh Yaoundé		Al Ahly SC	–
2004 Details	Casablanca		MC Alger	–	Minuh Yaoundé		US Biskra	–	AS Casablanca
2005 Details	Abidjan		MC Alger	23–22	Espérance de Tunis		Primeiro de Agosto	27–19	Red Star OJA
2006 Details	Abidjan		MC Alger	32–22	GD da Banca		Minuh Yaoundé	–
2007 Details	Cotonou		Primeiro de Agosto	28–18	Minuh Yaoundé		MC Alger	–
2008 Details	Casablanca		MC Alger	22–20	AS Casablanca		Minuh Yaoundé	–	Primeiro de Agosto
2009 Details	Yaoundé		MC Alger	27–22	Minuh Yaoundé		Primeiro de Agosto	34–30	Munisport
2010 Details	Casablanca		ÉS Sahel H.C	26–22	MC Alger		JSE Skikda	35–30	AS Casablanca
2011 Details	Kaduna		Zamalek SC	27–24	ÉS Sahel H.C		Primeiro de Agosto	26–20	JSE Skikda
2012 Details	Tangier		Al Ahly SC	21–17	Zamalek SC		Espérance de Tunis	32–23	JSE Skikda
2013 Details	Marrakech		Espérance de Tunis	31–24	Al Ahly SC		Club Africain	31–28	FAP Yaoundé
2014 Details	Tunis		Club Africain	24–18	Al Ahly SC		Espérance de Tunis	31–30	Alexandria Sporting Club
2015 Details	Nador		Zamalek SC	35–22	Club Africain		Alexandria Sporting Club	24–23	Espérance de Tunis
2016 Details	Ouagadougou		Al Ahly SC	26–23	Espérance de Tunis		Zamalek SC	30–24	Widad Smara
2017 Details	Hammamet		Zamalek SC	31–29 (ET)	Espérance de Tunis		Al Ahly SC	23–21	AS Hammamet
2018 Details	Abidjan		Zamalek SC	27–25	Al Ahly SC		MC Alger	33–31	JS Kinshasa
2019 Details	Praia		Zamalek SC	33–31 (ET)	Alexandria Sporting Club	Interclube	24–21	JS Kinshasa
2020			Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021			Canceled due to lack of host country[1]
2022 Details	Hammamet		Espérance de Tunis	28–24	Zamalek SC		Al Ahly SC	30–22	Club Africain
2023 Details	Brazzaville		Al Ahly SC	37–27	JS Kinshasa		BMC	24–23	FAP Yaoundé
2024 Details	Laayoune	Al Ahly SC	43–22	Flowers SC	Zamalek SC		35–25	Montada Derb Sultan

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^1 A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Winners by club

#	Clubs	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zamalek SC	12	2	4	18
2	MC Alger	11	2	2	15
3	Al Ahly SC	7	3	3	13
4	Espérance de Tunis	2	4	2	8
5	FAP Yaoundé	2	3	1	6
6	IMO Lions	2	0	0	2
7	Inter Club	1	3	0	4
8	Nadit Alger	1	1	1	3
9	Club Africain	1	1	1	3
10	ÉS Sahel H.C	1	1	0	2
11	Primeiro de Agosto	1	0	6	7
12	MM Batna	1	0	1	2
13	Port Said SC	1	0	0	1
14	OMNESS Dabou	1	0	0	1
15	Minuh Yaoundé	0	4	5	9
16	Niger United	0	3	2	5
17	IRB Alger	0	2	1	3
18	RC Abidjan	0	2	0	2
19	ASC Diaraf	0	1	2	3
20	Kano Pyramids	0	1	1	2
21	Alexandria Sporting Club	0	1	1	2
22	AS Casablanca	0	1	0	1
23	ASFOSA	0	1	0	1
24	Avenir du Rail	0	1	0	1
25	GD da Banca	0	1	0	1
26	Rail HC	0	1	0	1
27	Pelican Cotonou	0	1	0	1
28	Petro Sport	0	1	0	1
29	Sokota Rima	0	1	0	1
30	Sporting de Luanda	0	1	0	1
31	Munisport	0	0	2	2
32	Club of Shebeen for Spinning	0	0	1	1
33	AS Biao	0	0	1	1
34	Étoile du Congo	0	0	1	1
35	JSE Skikda	0	0	1	1
36	US Biskra	0	0	1	1
37	Interclube	0	0	1	1
Total		41	41	39	120

• Rq:

GS Pétroliers (ex. MC Alger & MP Alger)

OC Alger (ex. DNC Alger & IRB Alger)

Winners by country

#	Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Thirds	Total
1	Egypt	20	6	9	35
2	Algeria	13	4	7	24
3	Tunisia	4	6	3	13
4	Cameroon	2	8	6	16
5	Nigeria	2	5	3	10
6	Congo	1	4	3	8
7	Angola	1	2	7	10
8	Ivory Coast	1	2	1	4

2nd & Third Placed Nations
#	Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Thirds	Total
9	Senegal	0	1	2	3
10	Benin	0	1	0	1
	Gabon	0	1	0	1
	Morocco	0	1	0	1
	Togo	0	1	0	1
Total		42	42	39	123

IHF Super Globe record

Pos	1997	2002	2007	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
1
2			AHLY
3			MCA	ZAM
4		FAP			ZAM	ZAM	ESS									AHLY
5								EST	AHLY	EST			ZAM		ZAM	EST
6											EST	HAM
7	MCA								CA
8	KACM
Total	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	1	2

See also

• African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Handball Super Cup
• African Men's Handball Championship

References

1. "Handball : La ligue africaine des champions annulée". Africa Foot United. Juste Hungla. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

External links

• African Handball Champions League - goalzz.com
• Men's & Women's Champions League history - cahbonline