African Women's Handball Champions League

For the men's tournament, see African Handball Champions League.

African Women's Handball Champions League

Founded	1979
Country	Africa
Confederation	CAHB members
Most recent champion(s)	1º de Agosto (2023)
Most titles	Petro Atlético (19 titles)
2024 African Women's Handball Champions League

The Africa Women's Handball Championship for Clubs Champions is an annual international women's handball club competition run by the African Handball Confederation. The top club sides from Africa's women's handball leagues are invited to participate in this competition.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1979 Details	Cairo		Al Ahly SC	–	Grasshoppers HT of Owerri		US Rail	–
1980 Details	Bouaké		Gezira Cairo	8–7	Nadit Alger		Grasshoppers HT of Owerri and ?
1981 Details	Dakar		Air Afrique Bouaké 1	No contestants
1982 Details	Bouaké		Grasshoppers HT of Owerri	12–10	Air Afrique Bouake			–
1983 Details	Brazzaville		ASC Bouake	21–15	CARA Brazzaville		AS CAMI	20–14	Nadit Alger
1984 Details	Dakar		ASC Bouake	19–17	Étoile du Congo		Grasshoppers HT of Lagos	–	Shippings of Douala
1985 Details	Rabat		Étoile du Congo	22–16	Grasshoppers HT of Owerri		ASC Bouake	22–15	AS BIAO Abidjan
1986 Details	Libreville		Étoile du Congo	21–18	AS CAMI		Grasshoppers HT of Owerri	–
1987 Details	Owerri		Ferroportuária	19–15	Grasshoppers HT of Owerri		Étoile du Congo	20–18	Poly Babes of Bauchi
1988 Details	Cotonou		Grasshoppers HT of Owerri	19–16	AS Cheminot		Petro Atlético	26–25	Camship
1989 Details	Abidjan / Bouake		USC Bassam	–	Camship		Ferroportuária	–
1990 Details	Brazzaville		Étoile du Congo	–	Camship		Africa Sports	–
1991 Details	Kano		Africa Sports	n/a	Petro Atlético		CNPS Yaoundé	n/a
1992 Details	Yamoussoukro		Africa Sports	n/a	Petro Atlético		Étoile du Congo	n/a
1993 Details	Tunis		Petro Atlético	–	Africa Sports		Étoile du Congo	–
1994 Details	Cotonou		Étoile du Congo	21–20	Africa Sports		Petro Atlético	–
1995 Details	Cotonou		Petro Atlético	–	Africa Sports		Étoile du Congo	–
1996 Details	Cotonou		Africa Sports	17–16	MC Alger		Petro Atlético	–	ASA
1997 Details	Niamey		Petro Atlético	26–24	Africa Sports		MC Alger	–	Palco Sport
1998 Details	Cotonou		Petro Atlético	27–25	Africa Sports		CARA Brazzaville	20–19	Inter Club
1999 Details	Niamey		Petro Atlético	25–21	Africa Sports		RAC Abidjan	–
2000 Details	Cotonou		Petro Atlético	25–19	Africa Sports		Rombo Sport	–
2001 Details	Benin City		Petro Atlético	36–18	Africa Sports		Rombo Sport	24–12	Étoile du Congo
2002 Details	Libreville		Petro Atlético	32–30	ENANA		Rombo Sport	–
2003 Details	Cotonou		Petro Atlético	32–30	Rombo Sport		Inter Club	–
2004 Details	Casablanca		Petro Atlético	36–25	Inter Club		TKC	–
2005 Details	Abidjan		Petro Atlético	26–21	Rombo Sport		ASA	36–26	FAP Yaoundé
2006 Details	Abidjan		Petro Atlético	40–25	Rombo Sport		Africa Sports	–
2007 Details	Cotonou		Petro Atlético	43–27	ASA		Africa Sports	–
2008 Details	Casablanca		Petro Atlético	31–19	TKC		Rombo Sport	–	FAP Yaoundé
2009 Details	Yaoundé		Petro Atlético	29–24	1º de Agosto		Inter Club	–	Rombo Sport
2010 Details [1]	Casablanca		Petro Atlético	35–22	Inter Club		FAP Yaoundé	36–23	Union Nouasser
2011 Details [2]	Kaduna		Petro Atlético	35–32	1º de Agosto		FAP Yaoundé	35–33	CARA Brazzaville
2012 Details	Tangier		Petro Atlético	29–23	1º de Agosto		FAP Yaoundé	25–24	ABO Sport
2013 Details	Marrakesh		Petro Atlético	31–27	1º de Agosto		Progresso	33–30	Inter Club
2014 Details	Tunis		1º de Agosto	27–25	Petro Atlético		Progresso	28–25	Étoile du Congo
2015 Details	Nador		1º de Agosto	23–21	Petro Atlético		FAP Yaoundé	31–22	Africa Sports
2016 Details	Ouagadougou		1º de Agosto	42–25	ASEL		FAP Yaoundé	30–24	TKC
2017 Details	Hammamet		1º de Agosto	30–17	ASF Sfax		FAP Yaoundé	31–24	ABO Sport
2018 Details	Abidjan		1º de Agosto	25–21	Petro Atlético		ABO Sport	27–22	FAP Yaoundé
2019 Details	Praia		1º de Agosto	18–16	Petro Atlético		ABO Sport	29–28	DGSP
2020			Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021			Canceled due to lack of host country [3]
2022 Details	Hammamet		1º de Agosto	29–24	Petro Atlético		CSF Moknine	26–24	DGSP
2023 Details	Brazzaville		1º de Agosto	28–26	Petro Atlético		DGSP	33–23	Al Ahly
2024 Details	Yaoundé			–				–

^1 Air Afrique Bouaké was the only contestant.
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Winners by club

As of December 2023 ^[update]

#	Nat	Clubs	Winners	Runners-up	Thirds	Total
1		Petro Atlético	19	8	3	30
2		Primeiro de Agosto	8	4	0	12
3		Étoile du Congo	4	1	4	9
4		Africa Sports National	3	7	4	14
5		Grasshoppers Owerri	2	3	1	6
6		ASC Bouake	2	0	1	3
7		Air Afrique Bouake	1	1	0	2
8		Ferroviário de Luanda	1	0	1	2
9		USC Bassam	1	0	0	1
		Gezira Cairo	1	0	0	1
		Al-Ahly SC	1	0	0	1
12		Rombo Sport Kpouebo	0	3	4	7
13		Inter Club Brazzaville	0	2	2	4
		Camship	0	2	0	2
15		ASA	0	1	1	2
		MC Alger	0	1	1	2
		CARA Brazzaville	0	1	1	2
		TKC	0	1	1	2
		AS CAMI	0	1	1	2
19		ASF Sfax	0	1	0	1
		ASEL	0	1	0	1
		AS Cheminot	0	1	0	1
		ENANA	0	1	0	1
		Nadit Alger	0	1	0	1
25		FAP Yaoundé	0	0	6	6
26		Progresso do Sambizanga	0	0	2	2
		Abo Sport	0	0	2	2
28		CSF Moknine	0	0	1	1
		CNPS Yaoundé	0	0	1	1
		RAC Abidjan	0	0	1	1
		DGSP	0	0	1	1

• Rq

GS Pétroliers (ex. MC Alger HB)

Winners by country

As of December 2023 ^[update]

#	Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Thirds	Total
1	Angola	27	16	5	48
2	Ivory Coast	7	11	10	28
3	Congo	4	6	9	19
4	Nigeria	2	3	1	6
5	Egypt	2	0	0	2
6	Cameroon	0	4	9	13
7	Algeria	0	2	1	3
8	Tunisia	0	1	1	2

Participation details 2000–

Nat
	Club
		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023
			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8	10	9	11	9	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	8
	ABC														10	7								2
	ABO Sport													4			5		4					5
	Africa Sports												5	6	6	6	4		7	5				21
	Al Ahly																6						4	3
	AS ONEA																	8						1
	ASA																							2
	ASEL																							1
	ASF Sahel											5												1
	ASF Sfax																							1
	ASPAC																	7						1
	Atlético do Mindelo																				7			1
	Bandama																	9	5	9	8		5	5
	CARA Brazzaville												4											3
	CSF Moknine																							1
	DGSP																				4	4		3
	Dynamique																			6				1
	ENANA																							1
	Étoile du Congo															4								12
	FANZ																						7	1
	FAP Yaoundé									4					5	5				4	5		6	12
	Grain de Sel																						8	1
	Grasshoppers												7											7
	MC Alger																		6					3
	HC Héritage											6	9	7			9			8	6			6
	HC Nuru															9								1
	HC Vainqueur											8							8	7				3
	Inter Club														4									6
	Mikishi															8		6						2
	Nairobi Water													9	9	7	10	5						5
	Olympic Club													11										1
	Owena Kings												8											1
	Petro de Luanda																							30
	Phoenix Gabon											9				10	8							3
	Primeiro de Agosto																							12
	Progresso																							1
	Rombo Sport										4	10	6											10
	Saltigue HC											7		8										2
	Stade Mandji														8									1
	TKC													5			7	4						5
	US Nouasseur											4												1
# Teams		2000 x	2001 x	2002 x	2003 x	2004 x	2005 x	2006 x	2007 x	2008 x	2009 8	2010 10	2011 9	2012 11	2013 9	2014 10	2015 10	2016 9	2017 8	2018 9	2019 8	2022 8	2023 8

Participation details 1979–1999

Nat
	Club
		1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
		X	X	X	X	X	X	6	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Africa Sports																						21
	Air Afrique Bouake																						2
	Al Ahly																						2
	AS Biao Gezira Cairo							4															1
	AS CAMI																						1
	AS Cheminot																						1
	ASC Bouake																						3
	Barid Marrakech							6															1
	Camship										4												2
	CARA Brazzaville																						3
	CNPS Yaoundé																						1
	Étoile du Congo																						12
	Ferroviário de Luanda																						2
	Gezira Cairo																						1
	Grasshoppers																						7
	MC Alger																						3
	Nadit Alger																						1
	Petro de Luanda							5															28
	USC Bassam																						1
	US Rail																						1
# Teams		1979 x	1980 x	1981 x	1982 x	1983 x	1984 x	1985 6	1986 x	1987 x	1988 x	1989 x	1990 x	1991 x	1992 x	1993 x	1994 x	1995 x	1996 x	1997 x	1998 x	1999 x

See also

• African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
• African Women's Handball Super Cup

References

1. "Teams from Angola and Tunisia win African Club Championship". IHF.info. Retrieved 29 Feb 2016.
2. "CAF Champions League Handball Women 2011". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 19 Jul 2015.
3. "Handball : La ligue africaine des champions annulée". Africa Foot United. Juste Hungla. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

External links

• Tournament profile at goalzz.com
• Men's & Women's Champions League history - cahbonline