Intercontinental Handball Cup
The Intercontinental Handball Cup was a competition between the continental handball champions in the years which were not a World Men's Handball Championship and the host country.
| Sport | handball |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 1998 |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Russia (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Algeria Sweden Russia(each 1 title) |
History
The idea of a Intercontinental Cup was first introduced in the 1980s but was delayed because of financial and temporal problems. In 1966 the IHF Congress created the IHF Men's Super Globe and the Intercontinental Handball Cup. After the third edition the tournament was cancelled because a fully packed calendar.[1]
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Points | Runners-up | 3rd place | Points | 4th place | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
 Qatar |
Algeria |
5–4 |  Kuwait |
 Romania |
2–1 | Qatar |
4 | |||
| 2000 Details |
 Saudi Arabia |
Sweden |
6–6 +10 / +10 104 /102 |
 South Korea |
 Egypt |
5–2 | Saudi Arabia |
5 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Russia |
Russia |
8–6 | Sweden |
 Argentina |
4–2 | Algeria |
5 | |||
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
References
- Fascination for Thousands of Years Handball (PDF) (2 ed.). Basle: International Handball Federation. 2013. pp. 71 & 191.
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