2021 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship

23rd Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship

Logo of 23rd AHF Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12 – 21 June 2021
Teams	11 (from 7 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Duhail SC (2nd title)
Runner-up	Al-Kuwait SC
Third place	Al-Arabi SC
Fourth place	Al-Najma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,825 (57.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdelmalek Fodil (46 goals)

‌The 2021 Asian Club League Handball Championship was 23rd edition of the championship held from 12 to 21 June 2021 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation (AHF). It was the third time in history that the championship was organised by the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2021 IHF Men's Super Globe, with top team from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held also in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Duhail SC won the final 27–24 against Al-Kuwait SC for their second Asian Club League title.

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 May 2021 at the King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at 10:30 hrs. (local time).

The ceremony was attended by the IHF Vice-President and AHF Treasurer Bader Al-Theyab, AHF Executive Director Dr. Ahmed Abu Al-Lail Al-Failakawi and the representatives of the participating clubs. The draw results are as follows:

Group A	Group B
Al-Arabi SC Shahid Shameli Kazeroon Al-Salmiya SC Mudhar Club Al-Najma	Al-Wehda Club AGMK Club Al-Qatten Club Mes Kerman Al-Duhail SC Al-Kuwait SC

Referees

The following referee pairs were selected by the AHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission in co-ordination with the AHF Executive Committee.

Referees
Bahrain	Samir Ali Marhoon Hussain Saeed Al-Mawt
Iran	Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousavian
Iraq	Khalid Hussein Fadhil Imran
Oman	Khamis Al-Wahibi Omer Al-Shahi

Referees
Saudi Arabia	Mohammed Al-Sager Ali Mohammed Al-Sugufi
South Korea	Lee Se-ok Koo Bon-ok
South Korea	Kim Won-jeong Park Hyun-jin
Uzbekistan	Khasan Ismoilov Khusan Ismoilov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Arabi SC	4	4	0	0	118	104	+14	8	Semifinals
2	Al-Najma	4	3	0	1	121	101	+20	6
3	Mudhar Club	4	2	0	2	102	104	−2	4	Fifth place game
4	Al-Salmiya SC	4	1	0	3	106	117	−11	2	Seventh place game
5	Shahid Kazeroon	4	0	0	4	99	120	−21	0	Ninth place game

Source: asianhandball2021.com

12 June 2021 15:00	Mudhar Club	30–27	Shahid Kazeroon	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Al-Abdulali 7	(17–13)	Heidarpour 9
	1× 8× 1×	Report	9× 1×

12 June 2021 19:00	Al-Najma	25–27	Al-Arabi SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Habib 5	(13–16)	Zouaoui 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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13 June 2021 13:00	Al-Salmiya SC	30–24	Shahid Kazeroon	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Esteki, Al-Bloushi 7	(14–13)	Heidarpour 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

13 June 2021 15:00	Mudhar Club	24–26	Al-Arabi SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
	Al-Abdulali 9	(9–13)	Frankis 10
	3× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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14 June 2021 11:00	Shahid Kazeroon	23–30	Al-Najma	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Ghasemi, Oraei 7	(14–16)	Habib 7
	3×	Report	3× 2×

14 June 2021 15:00	Mudhar Club	23–20	Al-Salmiya SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	three players 4	(9–8)	Esteki 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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16 June 2021 13:00	Al-Salmiya SC	30–35	Al-Arabi SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
	Sami 8	(17–17)	Frankis 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

16 June 2021 19:00	Al-Najma	31–25	Mudhar Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Mohamed 7	(14–12)	Al-Abdulali 7
	6× 2×	Report	2× 3× 2×

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17 June 2021 11:00	Al-Arabi SC	30–25	Shahid Kazeroon	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Laribi 8	(16–11)	Oraei 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 3×

17 June 2021 19:00	Al-Najma	35–26	Al-Salmiya SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Ahmed 8	(19–10)	Al-Shammari 5
	1× 7× 1×	Report	4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Duhail SC	5	5	0	0	176	126	+50	10	Semifinals
2	Al-Kuwait SC	5	4	0	1	153	118	+35	8
3	Mes Kerman	5	3	0	2	157	126	+31	6	Fifth place game
4	Al-Wehda Club	5	2	0	3	173	151	+22	4	Seventh place game
5	AGMK Club	5	1	0	4	135	175	−40	2	Ninth place game
6	Al-Qatten Club	5	0	0	5	105	203	−98	0

Source: asianhandball2021.com

12 June 2021 11:00	Al-Qatten Club	19–37	Mes Kerman	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Fodil 13	(6–18)	Jahani Rayeni 5
	2× 1×	Report	1× 4×

12 June 2021 13:00	AGMK Club	21–39	Al-Duhail SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Turapov, Khusanbaev 5	(9–19)	Berrached 8
	1×	Report	7×

12 June 2021 17:00	Al-Wehda Club	27–28	Al-Kuwait SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Nantes 8	(15–13)	Al-Gharaballi 6
	2× 8×	Report	2× 3×

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13 June 2021 11:00	AGMK Club	38–26	Al-Qatten Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	Tuliboev 10	(18–10)	Fodil 10
	1× 11× 1×	Report	11× 2×

13 June 2021 17:00	Al-Duhail SC	34–31	Al-Wehda Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Hernández 7	(18–16)	Bannour, Nantes 9
	2× 3× 1×	Report	1× 7×

13 June 2021 19:00	Mes Kerman	24–25	Al-Kuwait SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Barbat 6	(14–13)	Ali 8
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

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14 June 2021 13:00	Al-Qatten Club	18–40	Al-Duhail SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
	Al-Barak 8	(8–19)	Guehis 17
	4×	Report	1× 4×

14 June 2021 17:00	Al-Wehda Club	25–32	Mes Kerman	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Nantes 10	(14–12)	Kiani, Sadeghi 8
	2×	Report	2× 2×

14 June 2021 19:00	Al-Kuwait SC	34–18	AGMK Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	Al-Shammari, Al-Harabi 8	(17–8)	Ignatenko 7
	1×	Report	3× 1×

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16 June 2021 11:00	Mes Kerman	35–24	AGMK Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Alizolfi 7	(16–10)	Ignatenko 10
	5×	Report	2×

16 June 2021 15:00	Al-Duhail SC	30–27	Al-Kuwait SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Hernández 7	(15–18)	Al-Gharaballi 8
	2× 7×	Report	2× 5×

16 June 2021 17:00	Al-Qatten Club	23–49	Al-Wehda Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Fodil 10	(13–29)	Bannour 9
	2×	Report	1× 2×

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17 June 2021 13:00	Al-Kuwait SC	39–19	Al-Qatten Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	Al-Harabi 13	(17–9)	Fodil 8
	1× 4×	Report	1×

17 June 2021 15:00	Mes Kerman	29–33	Al-Duhail SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Barbat 7	(16–13)	four players 5
	3×	Report	1× 1×

17 June 2021 17:00	Al-Wehda Club	41–34	AGMK Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Bannour 10	(20–17)	Ignatenko 9
	4×	Report	1× 9× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	19 June
	Al-Arabi SC	22
					21 June
	Al-Kuwait SC	23(ET)
					Al-Kuwait SC	24
	19 June
					Al-Duhail SC	27
	Al-Duhail SC	30
	Al-Najma	23
					Third place
					21 June
					Al-Arabi SC	25
					Al-Najma	24

Ninth place game

19 June 2021 11:00	Shahid Kazeroon	33–17	AGMK Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Fatehizadeh 8	(17–8)	Khusanbaev 6
	3×	Report	5×

Seventh place game

19 June 2021 13:00	Al-Salmiya SC	32–39	Al-Wehda Club	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Al-Shammari 6	(16–18)	Three players 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6×

Fifth place game

19 June 2021 15:00	Mudhar Club	29–32	Mes Kerman	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Al-Huilaili 10	(16–16)	Askari 10
	2×	Report	4×

Semifinals

19 June 2021 17:00	Al-Arabi SC	22–23 (ET)	Al-Kuwait SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
	Sassi, Zouaoui 5	(8–7)	Zammel 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 5× 2×
	FT: 19–19 ET: 3–4

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19 June 2021 19:00	Al-Duhail SC	30–23	Al-Najma	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Khaled 7	(15–11)	Habib 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1× 1×

Third place game

21 June 2021 15:00	Al-Arabi SC	25–24	Al-Najma	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Kakhi 5	(12–7)	Mohamed 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Final

21 June 2021 17:00	Al-Kuwait SC	24–27	Al-Duhail SC	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 0 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Maaref 5	(12–10)	Hernández 7
	2× 5×	Report	4×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Al-Duhail SC
	Al-Kuwait SC
	Al-Arabi SC
4	Al-Najma
5	Mes Kerman
6	Mudhar Club
7	Al-Wehda Club
8	Al-Salmiya SC
9	Shahid Kazeroon
10	AGMK Club
11	Al-Qatten Club

Team qualified for the 2021 IHF Men's Super Globe

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Shoots	E%
1	Abdelmalek Fodil	Al-Qatten Club	46	101	46
2	Amine Bannour	Al-Wehda Club	40	79	51
3	Ernest Ignatenko	AGMK Club	37	65	57
4	Mahdi Saad	Al-Najma	36	50	72
5	Ahmed Al-Abdulali	Mudhar Club	35	54	65
6	Mishaal Al-Harabi	Al-Kuwait SC	34	47	72
7	Ángel Hernández	Al-Duhail SC	31	50	62
	Salaman Barbat	Mes Kerman		38	82
8	Amine Guehis	Al-Duhail SC	30	35	86
	Afshin Sadeghi Askari	Mes Kerman		51	59

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Player	Club	%	Saves	Shots
1	Mohammad Siavoshishahenayati	Shahid Kazeroon	39.2	11	28
2	Abdulaziz Al-Thafiri	Al-Kuwait SC	37.6	38	101
3	Ali Rahimi Kazerooni	Shahid Kazeroon	37.5	51	136
4	Nawaf Al-Mutairi	Al-Wehda Club	37.2	22	59
5	Younes Badiei	Shahid Kazeroon	36.3	20	55
6	Saeid Barkhordari	Al-Arabi SC	36.2	66	182
7	Bilal Lepenica	Al-Duhail SC	36.1	26	72
8	Mohamed Ali	Al-Najma	35.3	80	226
9	Ali Mohamed	Al-Najma	33.3	5	15
10	Mohammed Al-Salem	Mudhar Club	32.4	49	151

External links

• Tournament Website
• AHF Website