The 2016 African 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, 2016 at the Palais de Sports de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly of Egypt.^[1]

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2016 African Handball Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	October 21–30
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (5th title)
Runner-up	Espérance Tunis
Third place	Zamalek
Fourth place	Widad Smara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	2,152 (55.18 per match)
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Al Ahly qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe.

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Times given below are in GMT UTC+0.

Group A

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 Al Ahly 43 (20:10) 20 Police HBC Espérance 37 (17:11) 21 AS Caïman Sat, 22 Oct 2016 Police HBC 33 (18:18) 36 AS Caïman Minuh Yaoundé 32 (13:23) 47 Espérance Sun, 23 Oct 2016 AS Caïman 23 (11:20) 34 Al Ahly Minuh Yaoundé 44 (24:09) 24 Police HBC Mon, 24 Oct 2016 Police HBC 20 (07:18) 43 Espérance Al Ahly 34 (15:12) 23 Minuh Yaoundé Tue, 25 Oct 2016 AS Caïman 27 (14:10) 21 Minuh Yaoundé Espérance 24 (08:14) 29 Al Ahly

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Al Ahly 4 4 0 0 140 90 +50 8 Espérance 4 3 0 1 151 102 +49 6 AS Caïman 4 2 0 2 107 125 -18 4 Minuh Yaoundé 4 1 0 3 120 132 -12 2 Police HBC 4 0 0 4 97 166 -69 0 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9th place classification

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Group B

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 Widad Smara 20 (-:-) 0 Red Star Zamalek 30 (16:09) 23 FAP Yaoundé AS Douane 21 (10:13) 35 JS Kinshasa Sat, 22 Oct 2016 Widad Smara 26 (-:-) 25 JS Kinshasa FAP Yaoundé 30 (13:13) 21 AS Douane Zamalek 38 (18:12) 24 Red Star Sun, 23 Oct 2016 Red Star 21 (11:10) 24 FAP Yaoundé Widad Smara 33 (-:-) 24 AS Douane JS Kinshasa 24 (-:-) 35 Zamalek Mon, 24 Oct 2016 JS Kinshasa 25 (10:19) 20 Red Star FAP Yaoundé 23 (10:15) 24 Widad Smara AS Douane 21 (08:19) 34 Zamalek Tue, 25 Oct 2016 Zamalek 35 (18:14) 26 Widad Smara Red Star 37 (18:09) 18 AS Douane FAP Yaoundé 22 (14:08) 19 JS Kinshasa

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Zamalek 5 5 0 0 172 118 +54 10 Widad Smara 5 4 0 1 129 107 +22 8 FAP Yaoundé 5 3 0 2 122 115 +7 6 JS Kinshasa 5 2 0 3 128 124 +4 4 Red Star 5 1 0 4 102 125 -23 2 AS Douane 5 0 0 5 105 169 -64 2 Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9th place classification

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Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 13:00
	Al Ahly	31
					Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 16:45
	JS Kinshasa	20
					Al Ahly	31
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 14:45
					Widad Smara	23
	Widad Smara	28
									Sun 30 Oct 2016 – :
	AS Caïman	26
									Al Ahly	26
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 20:00
									Espérance Tunis	23
	Espérance Tunis	33
					Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 20:15
	FAP Yaoundé	20
					Espérance Tunis	23
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 21:45
					Zamalek	19			Third place
	Zamalek	41
									Sat 29 Oct 2016 – :
	Minuh Yaoundé	25
									Zamalek	30
									Widad Smara	24

5-8th bracket

	5–8th place				Fifth place
	Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 13:15
	FAP Yaoundé	34
					Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:45
	Minuh Yaoundé	30
					FAP Yaoundé	30
	Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 09:45
					AS Caïman	28
	AS Caïman	28
	JS Kinshasa	25
					Seventh place
					Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 11:15
					JS Kinshasa	39
					Minuh Yaoundé	26

9th place

	Semi-finals				Ninth place
	Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 08:00
	AS Douane	34
					Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 08:00
	Police HBC	32
					Red Star	33
					Police HBC	17
					Third place

• 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

• CAHB official website
• Tournament profile at Goalzz.com