2016 African Handball Champions League
The 2016 African Handball Champions League was the 38th 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 October 21–30, 2016 at the Palais de Sports de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly of Egypt.
Al Ahly qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe.
Draw
| Group A | Group B |
 Al Ahly AS Caïman Espérance de Tunis Minuh Yaoundé Police HBC |  AS Douane FAP Yaoundé JS Kinshasa Red Star Widad Smara Zamalek |
Preliminary rounds
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Al Ahly | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 90 | +50 | 8 |
| Espérance | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 102 | +49 | 6 |
| AS Caïman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 125 | -18 | 4 |
| Minuh Yaoundé | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 132 | -12 | 2 |
| Police HBC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 166 | -69 | 0 |
- Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Pts |
| Zamalek | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 118 | +54 | 10 |
| Widad Smara | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 107 | +22 | 8 |
| FAP Yaoundé | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 115 | +7 | 6 |
| JS Kinshasa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 124 | +4 | 4 |
| Red Star | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 125 | -23 | 2 |
| AS Douane | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 169 | -64 | 2 |
- Note: Advance to quarter-finals
Knockout stage
;Championship bracket;5-8th bracket
;9th place
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
| Al Ahly | 7–0 | |
| Espérance Tunis | 5–2 | |
| Zamalek | 7–1 | |
| 4 | Widad Smara | 5–3 |
| 5 | FAP Yaoundé | 5–3 |
| 6 | AS Caïman | 3–4 |
| 7 | JS Kinshasa | 3–5 |
| 8 | Minuh Yaoundé | 1–6 |
| 9 | Red Star | 2–4 |
| 10 | AS Douane | 1–5 |
| 11 | Police HBC | 0–6 |
| Qualified to the 2017 IHF Super Globe |
Awards
| Best Player |