title: 2016 African Women's Handball Champions League
text: # 2016 African Women's Handball Champions League
  
  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 |
  
  ### 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 |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Championship bracket
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 09:30 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 09:30 | | | |
  | 1º de Agosto | 37 | | | |
  | 1º de Agosto | 37 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 18:30 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 18:30 | | |
  | AS ONEA | 10 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 18:30 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 18:30 | |
  | AS ONEA | 10 | 1º de Agosto | 35 | |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 11:15 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 11:15 | | 1º de Agosto | 35 | |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 11:15 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 11:15 | TKC | 20 | |
  | Mikishi | 15 | TKC | 20 | |
  | Mikishi | 15 | | | | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:00 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:00 |
  | TKC | 24 | | | | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:00 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 14:00 |
  | TKC | 24 | | | | 1º de Agosto | 42 |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | | | | | 1º de Agosto | 42 |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | | | | ASEL | 25 |
  | FAP Yaoundé | 35 | | | | ASEL | 25 |
  | FAP Yaoundé | 35 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 15:00 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 15:00 | | | |
  | Nairobi Water | 15 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 15:00 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 15:00 | | | |
  | Nairobi Water | 15 | FAP Yaoundé | 25 | | | |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 18:15 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 18:15 | | FAP Yaoundé | 25 | | | |
  | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 18:15 | Thu 27 Oct 2016 – 18:15 | ASEL | 26 | | Third place | Third place |
  | ASEL | 45 | ASEL | 26 | | Third place | Third place |
  | ASEL | 45 | | | | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:30 |
  | ASPAC | 23 | | | | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:30 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 16:30 |
  | ASPAC | 23 | | | | FAP Yaoundé | 30 |
  | | | | | | TKC | 24 |
  
  ### 5-8th bracket
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 08:00 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 08:00 |
  | Nairobi Water | 32 |
  | Nairobi Water | 32 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 13:00 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 13:00 |
  | ASPAC | 28 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 13:00 | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 13:00 |
  | ASPAC | 28 | Nairobi Water | 29 |
  | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 11:30 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 11:30 | | Nairobi Water | 29 |
  | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 11:30 | Fri 28 Oct 2016 – 11:30 | Mikishi | 28 |
  | Mikishi | 26 | Mikishi | 28 |
  | AS ONEA | 25 | | |
  | AS ONEA | 25 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
  | | | Sat 29 Oct 2016 – 09:30 | 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)
  