| Sport | handball |
|---|---|
| Inaugural | 1998 |
| Folded | 2002 |
| Organiser | International Handball Federation (IHF) |
| Teams | 4 to 5 |
| Most champs | Algeria Sweden Russia (each 1 title) |
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.
History
The idea of a Intercontinental Cup was first introduced in the 1980s but was delayed because of financial and temporal problems. In 1996 the IHF Congress created the IHF Men's Super Globe and the Intercontinental Handball Cup which takes place for the first time in 1998. After the third edition in 2002, the tournament was cancelled because of a fully packed calendar.[1]
In 2024 the IHF announced they will bring back the tournament for 2025[2], but no competition has been organised that year.
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Points | Runners-up | 3rd place | Points | 4th place | ||||||
| 1998 Details | Qatar | ' | 5–4 | 2–1 | 4 | ||||||
| 2000 Details | Saudi Arabia | ' | 6–6 +10 / +10 104 /102 | 5–2 | 5 | ||||||
| 2002 Details | Russia | ' | 8–6 | 4–2 | 5 | ||||||
References
- ^ Fascination for Thousands of Years Handball. 2 ed. Basle: International Handball Federation. 2013. pp. 71 & 191.
- ^ "IHF Men's Super Globe becomes IHF Men’s Club World Championship and will be hosted in Egypt". International Handball Federation. 23 May 2024. Archived 24 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 May 2024.