The African Handball Confederation announced on Saturday that African Champions Zamalek would face Étoile Sportive du Sahel, who won African Handball Cup Winners' Cup on April 2 at the African Super Cup.
The African Super Cup winners will take part in the 2020 Super Globe, which is set to be held in Saudi Arabia.
Zamalek will enter this game as the African Men’s Handball Championship winners when they claimed the title, after clinching a hard-fought 33-31 victory over Sporting on Sunday, October 13.
The White Knights made a historic comeback during the final as they went down with a five-goal difference, before reviving their hopes in the last seconds of the game, playing an additional time.
The Whites dominated the game in the additional time, lifting their twelveth trophy. They are now topping the list of the teams, that won this title before.
While the Tunisian club will play the Super Cup encounter after winning the African Handball Cup Winners' Cup title when they defeated Egypt's Al Ahly with 28-24 score in April.
Zamalek managed to lift the African Super Cup in the last season after pulling off hard-fought 38-35 victory over the Red Devils.
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Zamalek's player Ahmed El-Ahmar[/caption]
Noteworthy, the Whites participated in the 2019 Super Globe World Championship as they ranked fifth after demolishing Qatar’s Al Duhail 33-26.
The Whites were knocked out from the prestigious tournament, after they were defeated on Wednesday, August 28 from German side THW Kiel in the quarter-finals.
They participated in this tournament as the African Super Cup winners. The twelve-time African champions finished the 2010 Super Globe in the third place, while they came fourth in 2011 and 2012.
Huge crowds of Zamalek’s fans received on Wednesday the Whites’ handball team after lifting the African Men’s Handball Championship.
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