2016 African Handball Champions League
Handball tournament edition
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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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| Host country |  Burkina Faso |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | October 21–30 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Al Ahly (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Espérance Tunis |
| Third place | Zamalek |
| Fourth place |  Widad Smara |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 39 |
| Goals scored | 2,152 (55.18 per match) |
Al Ahly qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe.
Draw
| Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary rounds
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
- 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 | |||||
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Final standings
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Awards
| 2016 African Handball Champions League Winner |
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 Al Ahly Sport Club 5th title |