2016 African Women's Handball Champions League

For the men's tournament, see 2016 African Handball Champions League.

2016 African Women's Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–30 October, 2016
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	1º de Agosto (3rd title)
Runner-up	ASEL
Third place	FAP Yaoundé
Fourth place	TKC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	1,484 (53 per match)

The 2016 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 38th 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 21–30, 2015 at the Palais des Sports de Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, contested by 9 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.

Draw

Group A	Group B
ASPAC AS ONEA FAP Yaoundé Mikishi	ASEL Bandama Nairobi Water 1º de Agosto TKC

Preliminary round

Times given below are in GMT UTC+0.

Group A

Sat, 22 Oct 2016
FAP Yaoundé	30 (14:12) 26	ASPAC
Mikishi	34 (16:09) 25	AS ONEA
Sun, 23 Oct 2016
Mikishi	29 (-:-) 26	ASPAC
AS ONEA	31 (-:-) 37	FAP Yaoundé
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
FAP Yaoundé	29 (-:-) 19	Mikishi
ASPAC	20 (-:-) 20	AS ONEA

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
FAP Yaoundé	3	3	0	0	96	76	+20	6
Mikishi	3	2	0	1	82	70	+12	4
ASPAC	3	0	1	2	72	79	-7	1
AS ONEA	3	0	1	2	76	91	-15	1

* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals

Group B

Fri, 21 Oct 2016
Bandama	25 (13:18) 34	ASEL
TKC	31 (15:09) 22	Nairobi Water
Sat, 22 Oct 2016
TKC	22 (15:09) 24	ASEL
1º de Agosto	48 (25:11) 19	Nairobi Water
Sun, 23 Oct 2016
Nairobi Water	26 (-:-) 24	Bandama
1º de Agosto	36 (20:07) 19	TKC
Mon, 24 Oct 2016
Bandama	18 (10:24) 44	1º de Agosto
Nairobi Water	26 (11:25) 38	ASEL
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
TKC	32 (-:-) 21	Bandama
ASEL	19 (-:-) 31	1º de Agosto

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Pts
1º de Agosto	4	4	0	0	159	75	+84	8
ASEL	4	3	0	1	115	104	+11	6
TKC	4	2	0	2	104	103	+1	4
Nairobi Water	4	1	0	3	93	141	-48	2
Bandama	4	0	0	4	88	136	-48	0

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

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 09:30
	1º de Agosto	37
					Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 18:30
	AS ONEA	10
					1º de Agosto	35
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 11:15
					TKC	20
	Mikishi	15
									Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:00
	TKC	24
									1º de Agosto	42
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 16:30
									ASEL	25
	FAP Yaoundé	35
					Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 15:00
	Nairobi Water	15
					FAP Yaoundé	25
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 18:15
					ASEL	26			Third place
	ASEL	45
									Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:30
	ASPAC	23
									FAP Yaoundé	30
									TKC	24

5-8th bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 08:00
	Nairobi Water	32
					Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 13:00
	ASPAC	28
					Nairobi Water	29
	Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 11:30
					Mikishi	28
	Mikishi	26
	AS ONEA	25
					Seventh place
					Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 09:30
					ASPAC	30
					AS ONEA	23

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	7–0
	ASEL	6–1
	FAP Yaoundé	5–1
4	TKC	3–4
5	Nairobi Water	3–4
6	Mikishi	3–3
7	ASPAC	1–3
8	AS ONEA	0–4
9	Bandama	0–4

2016 Africa Women's Handball Champions Cup winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 3rd title

Squad: Eliane Paulo, Helena Sousa, Swelly Simão (GK) Christianne Mwasesa, Isabel Guialo, Luísa Kiala, Lurdes Monteiro, Natália Bernardo, Teresa Leite, Wuta Dombaxe (B) Carolina Morais, Elizabeth Cailo, Iracelma Silva, Joelma Viegas, Juliana Machado (W) Albertina Kassoma, Elizabeth Viegas, Liliana Venâncio (P) Filipe Cruz (Head Coach)

See also

• 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• 2015 African Women's Handball Championship

External links

• Official website