Al-Ahly qualified for the final of the African Club Handball Championship after defeating Zamalek in the final seconds of the match that brought them together in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Al-Ahly defeated Zamalek with a score of 26-25, in the semi-finals of the African Club Handball Championship in its 45th edition held in the city of Laayoune, Morocco.
Al-Ahly competitor:
While the Beninese Flowers team achieved historic qualification to the final match of the tournament after defeating the Moroccan Derb Sultan Forum team with a score of 40-38 in the second match of the semi-final.
The first half of the match ended with Flowers of Benin leading by one goal, 16-15.
The Beninese team was seconds away from qualifying for the final, but the Moroccan team equalized at the last second at 33-33.
The Flowers team continued to advance in the match and ended the first overtime with a score of 36-35, then maintained its lead in the second overtime to end the match in its favor by two goals at 40-38.
The Beninese team has never qualified for the final of the tournament before.
Al-Ahly is looking for its second title in a row and the seventh in the history of its participation in the African Club Handball Championship.
Match date:
The African Handball Confederation has set 7:30 pm today, Saturday, as the date for the final of the African Handball Club Championship between Al-Ahly and Flowers of Benin.
The match will be broadcast on the African Handball Confederation’s page on its official YouTube channel.