2012 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

2012 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–30 April 2012
Teams	13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	ES Sahel (1st title)
Runner-up	Zamalek
Third place	Club Africain
Fourth place	RS Berkane
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The 2012 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 28th 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 19–30, 2012 at the Salle El-Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia, contested by 13 teams and won by Étoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia.^[1]

Draw[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Times given below are in CET UTC+1.

Group A[edit]

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 FAP Yaoundé 23 : 23 JS Kinshasa ES Sahel 28 : 14 Al-Jazeera Mon, 23 Apr 2012 Al-Jazeera 28 : 19 FAP Yaoundé JS Kinshasa 18 : 32 ES Sahel Wed, 25 Apr 2012 JS Kinshasa 21 : 31 Al-Jazeera FAP Yaoundé 20 : 27 ES Sahel

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts ES Sahel 3 3 0 0 87 52 +35 6 Al-Jazeera 3 2 0 1 73 68 +5 4 FAP Yaoundé 3 0 1 2 62 78 -16 1 JS Kinshasa 3 0 1 2 62 86 -24 1 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Group B[edit]

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 Wydad Smara 10 : 0 US Guinée Red Star 22 : 31 Club Africain Sun, 22 Apr 2012 US Guinée 17 : 33 Red Star Club Africain 32 : 20 Wydad Smara Tue, 24 Apr 2012 Wydad Smara 21 : 24 Red Star Club Africain 50 : 27 US Guinée

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Club Africain 3 3 0 0 113 69 +44 6 Red Star 3 2 0 1 79 69 +10 4 Wydad Smara 3 1 0 2 41 56 -15 2 US Guinée ** 3 0 0 3 44 83 -39 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification ** Penalty for failing to pay participation fees

Group C[edit]

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 Saint-Michel 27 : 30 Kano Pyramid Al-Hilal 21 : 26 Zamalek Sat, 21 Apr 2012 Zamalek 41 : 20 Saint-Michel RS Berkane 32 : 22 Al-Hilal Sun, 22 Apr 2012 Kano Pyramid 23 : 26 RS Berkane Mon, 23 Apr 2012 Saint-Michel 23 : 30 Al-Hilal Kano Pyramid 18 : 33 Zamalek Tue, 24 Apr 2012 RS Berkane 38 : 24 Saint-Michel Wed, 25 Apr 2012 Al-Hilal 35 : 28 Kano Pyramid Zamalek 24 : 20 RS Berkane

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Pts Zamalek 4 4 0 0 124 79 +45 8 RS Berkane 4 3 0 1 116 93 +23 6 Al-Hilal 4 2 0 2 108 109 -1 4 Kano Pyramid 4 1 0 3 99 121 -22 2 Saint-Michel 4 0 0 4 94 139 -45 0 * Note:   Advance to quarter-finals    Relegated to 9-12th classification

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Fri 27 Apr 2012
	Red Star	35
					Sat 28 Apr 2012
	RS Berkane	36
					ES Sahel	34
	Fri 27 Apr 2012
					RS Berkane	21
	Al-Jazeera	22
									Sun 29 Apr 2012
	Zamalek	30
									ES Sahel	23
	Fri 27 Apr 2012
									Zamalek	18
	ES Sahel	28
					Sat 28 Apr 2012
	Wydad Smara	17
					Club Africain	22
	Fri 27 Apr 2012
					Zamalek	23			Third place
	Club Africain	38
									Sun 29 Apr 2012
	Al-Hilal	25
									RS Berkane	23
									Club Africain	33

5-8th bracket

	5th-8th place				Fifth place
	Thu 25 Apr 2013
	Al-Jazeera
					Fri 26 Apr 2013
					Wydad Smara	24
	Thu 25 Apr 2013
					Al-Jazeera	31
	Wydad Smara
					Seventh place
					Fri 26 Apr 2013
					Al-Hilal	24
					Red Star	25

9-12th bracket

	9th-12th place				Ninth place
	Thu 25 Apr 2013
	Kano Pyramid
					Fri 26 Apr 2013
					Kano Pyramid
	Thu 25 Apr 2013
					FAP Yaoundé
	FAP Yaoundé
					Eleventh place
					Fri 26 Apr 2013
					JS Kinshasa
					US Guinée

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Record
	ES Sahel	6–0
	Zamalek	6–1
	Club Africain	5–1
4	RS Berkane	4–3
5	Al-Jazeera	3–2
6	Wydad Smara	1–4
7	Red Star	3–2
8	Al-Hilal	2–4
9	Kano Pyramid	1–3
10	FAP Yaoundé	0–2
11	JS Kinshasa	0–2
12	US Guinée	0–3
13	Saint-Michel	0–4

Awards[edit]

2012 African Handball Cup Winner's Cup Winner
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1st title

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tournament profile at goalzz.com
• General calendar - cahbonline^{[permanent dead link]}
• Results - cahbonline