2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions

2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions
البطوله العربيه لأندية كرة اليد 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–27 August
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Kuwait SC (1st title)
Runner-up	Zamalek SC
Third place	National Bank of Egypt SC
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The 2023 Arab Handball Championship of Champions was the 38th edition of the Arab Handball Championship of Champions which was a qualifying tournament for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe. It was held in Qatif, Saudi Arabia from 16 to 27 August 2023.^[1]

Venues edit

All of the matches were played in the Prince Nayef Sports City Hall located in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Teams edit

Following teams were already qualified for the tournament.^[3]

Team	Qualified as
ES Aïn Touta [fr]	Winner of 2022–23 Algerian Handball Championship [fr]
National Bank of Egypt SC
Zamalek SC	Runner-up of 2022–23 Egyptian Handball League
Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Third of the 2022–23 Iraq Handball League
Al-Kuwait SC	Winner of 2022–23 Kuwait Handball Premier League
Al-Arabi SC	Third of 2022–23 Kuwait Handball Premier League
~~Al Ahli SC~~^[a]
Mudhar H.C	Winner of 2023 Saudi Handball Championship
Al-Hada Club [ar]	Host and third of 2023 Saudi Handball Championship
Al Jazira Club	Winner of 2022–23 United Arab Emirates Men's Handball League
Al-Shula
~~Al-Qatn~~^[b]

^ Al Ahli SC withdraw from the championships.^[4]
^ Al-Qatn withdraw from the championships.

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+3).^[5]

Group I edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	National Bank of Egypt SC	4	3	1	0	120	109	+11	7	Quarterfinals
2	Mudhar H.C	4	3	0	1	120	96	+24	6
3	Al-Kuwait SC	4	2	1	1	130	111	+19	5
4	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	4	1	0	3	115	144	−29	2
5	Al Jazira Club	4	0	0	4	101	126	−25	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF

16 August 2023 15:00	Al Jazira Club	23–26	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
	Saoud Al-Hammadi 8	(7–15)	Marzo, Zulueta 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

16 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	20–37	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
	Nidhal Bin Aid El-Amri 5	(9–16)	Al-Abdulali 8
	3×	Report	1×

17 August 2023 13:00	Al-Kuwait SC	32–32	National Bank of Egypt SC	Qatif Attendance: 100
	Zulueta 9	(18–16)	Ahmed Kamal Haasan 8
	5×	Report	1× 4× 1×

17 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	30–22	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–10)
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

18 August 2023 13:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	33–29	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–16)
	1× 5×	Report	6×

18 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	30–29	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–14)
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

20 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	40–31	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(20–16)
	4× 2×	Report	3×

20 August 2023 17:00	Mudhar H.C	23–25	National Bank of Egypt SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(9–11)
	1× 8× 2×	Report	5× 1×

21 August 2023 15:00	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	26–43	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–26)
	1× 4×	Report	5×

21 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	30–25	Al Jazira Club	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(11–12)
	5×	Report	1× 7×

Group II edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamalek SC	4	3	1	145	99	+46	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Al-Hada Club [ar]	4	3	1	135	97	+38	6^[a]
3	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	4	2	2	117	102	+15	4^[b]
4	Al-Arabi SC	4	2	2	127	109	+18	4^[b]
5	Al-Shula	4	0	4	66	183	−117	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Zamalek SC 28–24 Al-Hada Club
^ ^a ^b ES Aïn Touta 27–25 Al-Arabi SC

16 August 2023 13:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	28–34	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–18)
	3×	Report	1×

16 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club [ar]	52–18	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(28–27)
	2×	Report	5×

17 August 2023 15:00	Al-Arabi SC	33-32	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–18)
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

17 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club [ar]	26–22	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–11)
	3×	Report	1× 6×

18 August 2023 15:00	Al-Arabi SC	40–17	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(23–8)
	3×	Report	5×

18 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club [ar]	24–28	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(10–15)
	2×	Report	1× 4×

20 August 2023 13:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	40–17	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(21–10)
	3×	Report	2×

20 August 2023 19:00	Al-Hada Club [ar]	33–29	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–14)
	7×	Report	5×

21 August 2023 13:00	Zamalek SC	51–14	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(26–6)
	2×	Report	1× 1×

21 August 2023 19:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	27–25	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(15–14)
	1× 6×	Report	3×

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

23 August

I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	28
		25 August
II.4 Al-Arabi SC	16
		I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	27
23 August
		I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	29
II.2 Al-Hada Club [ar]	33
				27 August
I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	37
				I.3 Al-Kuwait SC	31
23 August
				II.1 Zamalek SC	30
II.1 Zamalek SC	36
		25 August
I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	27
		II.1 Zamalek SC	29
23 August
		I.2 Mudhar H.C	24	Third place
II.3 ES Aïn Touta [fr]	30
				27 August
I.2 Mudhar H.C	36
				I.1 National Bank of Egypt SC	29

				I.2 Mudhar H.C	28

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

25 August

II.4 Al-Arabi SC	29
		27 August
II.2 Al-Hada Club [ar]	27
		II.4 Al-Arabi SC	32
25 August
		I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	33
II.3 ES Aïn Touta [fr]	28

I.4 Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	30
		Seventh place game

		27 August

		II.3 ES Aïn Touta [fr]	32

		II.2 Al-Hada Club [ar]	34

Quarterfinals edit

23 August 2023 12:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	28–16	Al-Arabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–6)
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6× 2×

23 August 2023 14:30	Al-Hada Club [ar]	33–37 (ET)	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–15)
	2× 6×	Report	4×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 3–7

23 August 2023 17:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	30–36	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–18)
	1× 9×	Report	1× 4×

23 August 2023 19:30	Zamalek SC	36–27	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(18–13)
	6×	Report	1× 6×

5–8th place semifinals edit

25 August 2023 13:00	Al-Arabi SC	29–27	Al-Hada Club [ar]	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–14)
	2× 8×	Report	1× 10×

25 August 2023 15:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	28–30	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–14)
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2×

Semifinals edit

25 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	27–29	Al-Kuwait SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(12–14)
	8× 3×	Report	7×

25 August 2023 19:30	Zamalek SC	29–24	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(13–7)
	4×	Report	1×

Ninth place game edit

24 August 2023 18:00	Al Jazira Club	30–15	Al-Shula	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(17–10)
	2×	Report	6×

Seventh place game edit

27 August 2023 11:00	ES Aïn Touta [fr]	32–34	Al-Hada Club [ar]	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(14–20)
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

Fifth place game edit

27 August 2023 13:00	Al-Arabi SC	32–33	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC	Qatif
		(16–16)
	2× 1×	Report	4×

Third place game edit

27 August 2023 17:00	National Bank of Egypt SC	29–28	Mudhar H.C	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(17–13)
	1× 6× 2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Final edit

27 August 2023 19:30	Al-Kuwait SC	31–30	Zamalek SC	Qatif Attendance: 1000
		(16–18)
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Al-Kuwait SC
	Zamalek SC
	National Bank of Egypt SC
4	Mudhar H.C
5	Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi SC
6	Al-Arabi SC
7	Al-Hada Club [ar]
8	ES Aïn Touta [fr]
9	Al Jazira Club
10	Al-Shula

	Team qualified to the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe

References edit

^ Nabil, Dina (18 July 2023). "الكشف عن شعار البطولة العربية لكرة اليد للاندية" [Disclosure of the Arab Handball Championship logo for clubs]. Kora Plus (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ https://arriyadiyah.com/amp/815491
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (July 21, 2023). "مرحبا بالابطال العرب" [Hello Arab heroes] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (July 25, 2023). "بعد انسحاب نادي اهلي طرابلس ليبيا رسميا 10 نادي فقط المشاركين رسميا في البطولة" [After the withdrawal of Al-Ahly Club, Tripoli, Libya, only 10 clubs officially participated in the tournament] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (August 5, 2023). "جدول البطولة العربية" [Timetable of the Arabic Championship] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via Twitter.

[5] Al Ahli SC withdraw from the championships.^[4]

[6] Al-Qatn withdraw from the championships.

[table_hth_ZSC0.56307850804323-8] Zamalek SC 28–24 Al-Hada Club

[table_hth_EAT0.56307850804323-9] ES Aïn Touta 27–25 Al-Arabi SC

[1] Nabil, Dina (18 July 2023). "الكشف عن شعار البطولة العربية لكرة اليد للاندية" [Disclosure of the Arab Handball Championship logo for clubs]. Kora Plus (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[2] ttps://arriyadiyah.com/amp/815491

[3] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (July 21, 2023). "مرحبا بالابطال العرب" [Hello Arab heroes] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[4] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (July 25, 2023). "بعد انسحاب نادي اهلي طرابلس ليبيا رسميا 10 نادي فقط المشاركين رسميا في البطولة" [After the withdrawal of Al-Ahly Club, Tripoli, Libya, only 10 clubs officially participated in the tournament] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via Twitter.

[7] Arab Handball Federation [@ArabHandball] (August 5, 2023). "جدول البطولة العربية" [Timetable of the Arabic Championship] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023 – via Twitter.

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