From 29 November until 8 December Doha, Qatar will be the host of the 17th Asian Club Championship.

10 clubs from across the continent, divided into two groups of five, will fight for the continental title and in the same time for a place in the IHF Super Globe Tournament in 2015.

The preliminary round of the competition will be played from 29 November until 4 December; the semi-finals are scheduled for 6 December, while the big final will take place in the Ali Bin Hamad All Attiya Sports Hall (Al Sadd) on 8 December. The draw has decided – and the groups are the following:

Group A 

1 Lekhwiya Club (QAT) 

2 Al-Gharafa Club (QAT) 

3 Al-Salt Club (JOR) 

4 Thamen Al-Hojaj (IRI) 

5 Al-Qurein Club (KUW) 

Group B

1 Al-Jaish (QAT)

2 Al-Kuwait Club (KUW)

3 Al-Khalij Club (KSA)

4 Manyazom Janob (IRI)

5 Ahli Sedab (OMA) 

Al-Jaish (QAT) is the defending Champion and they will do their best to defend the title they won last year and to once again claim a place in the Super Globe, where they ranked 4th in 2014.

Al Sadd from Qatar is the most successful team in the Asian Club Championship, winning the title five times so far. The previous two editions of the competition took also place in Doha, Qatar.

A full match tournament schedule can be found on the link below: