title: 2012 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
text: # 2012 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
  
  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.
  
  ## Draw
  
  | Group A | Group B | Group C |
  | - | - | - |
  | Al-Jazeera ES Sahel FAP Yaoundé JS Kinshasa | Club Africain Red Star Union Sportive Wydad Smara | Al-Hilal Kano Pyramid RS Berkane Saint-Michel Zamalek |
  
  ## Preliminary rounds
  
      Times given below are in CET UTC+1.
  
  ### Group A
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | 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 |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  ### Championship bracket
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | | | |
  | Red Star | 35 | | | |
  | Red Star | 35 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | | |
  | RS Berkane | 36 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | |
  | RS Berkane | 36 | ES Sahel | 34 | |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | | ES Sahel | 34 | |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | RS Berkane | 21 | |
  | Al-Jazeera | 22 | RS Berkane | 21 | |
  | Al-Jazeera | 22 | | | | Sun 29 Apr 2012 | Sun 29 Apr 2012 |
  | Zamalek | 30 | | | | Sun 29 Apr 2012 | Sun 29 Apr 2012 |
  | Zamalek | 30 | | | | ES Sahel | 23 |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | | | | | ES Sahel | 23 |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | | | | Zamalek | 18 |
  | ES Sahel | 28 | | | | Zamalek | 18 |
  | ES Sahel | 28 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | | | |
  | Wydad Smara | 17 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | Sat 28 Apr 2012 | | | |
  | Wydad Smara | 17 | Club Africain | 22 | | | |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | | Club Africain | 22 | | | |
  | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Fri 27 Apr 2012 | Zamalek | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Club Africain | 38 | Zamalek | 23 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Club Africain | 38 | | | | Sun 29 Apr 2012 | Sun 29 Apr 2012 |
  | Al-Hilal | 25 | | | | Sun 29 Apr 2012 | Sun 29 Apr 2012 |
  | Al-Hilal | 25 | | | | RS Berkane | 23 |
  | | | | | | Club Africain | 33 |
  
  ### 5-8th bracket
  
  | 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 |
  | Al-Jazeera | |
  | Al-Jazeera | | Fri 26 Apr 2013 | Fri 26 Apr 2013 |
  | | | Wydad Smara | 24 |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | | Wydad Smara | 24 |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Al-Jazeera | 31 |
  | Wydad Smara | | Al-Jazeera | 31 |
  | | | Seventh place | Seventh place |
  | | | Fri 26 Apr 2013 | Fri 26 Apr 2013 |
  | | | Al-Hilal | 24 |
  | | | Red Star | 25 |
  
  ### 9-12th bracket
  
  | 9th-12th place | 9th-12th place | Ninth place | Ninth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 |
  | Kano Pyramid | |
  | Kano Pyramid | | Fri 26 Apr 2013 | Fri 26 Apr 2013 |
  | | | Kano Pyramid | |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | | Kano Pyramid |
  | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | Thu 25 Apr 2013 | FAP Yaoundé | |
  | FAP Yaoundé | | FAP Yaoundé | |
  | | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
  | | | Fri 26 Apr 2013 | Fri 26 Apr 2013 |
  | | | JS Kinshasa | |
  | | | US Guinée | |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  | 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
  
  * 2012 African Handball Cup Winner's Cup Winner
  * Étoile Sportive du Sahel 1st title
  * Most Valuable Player
  