1997 IHF Super Globe

The 1997 IHF Super Globe was the first edition of the tournament. It was held in Wiener Neustadt, Austria at from 3 – 8 January 1997.

1997 IHF Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3 – 8 January 1997
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Caja Cantabria de Santander (1st title)
Runner-up	Drammen HK
Third place	Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul
Fourth place	HC Sparkasse Bruck
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	918 (51 per match)

Caja Cantabria de Santander defeated Drammen HK in an all-European final by 30–29.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Metodista São Paulo Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul Caja Cantabria de Santander KAC Marrakech	HC Sparkasse Bruck Osaki Denki Tokyo MC Algier Drammen HK

Preliminary round

Legend
Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Caja Cantabria	3	3	0	0	87	62	+25	6
Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul	3	2	0	1	71	72	−1	4
Metodista São Paulo	3	0	1	2	71	79	−8	1
KAC Marrakech	3	0	1	2	61	77	−16	1

Source:

3 January 1997	Metodista São Paulo	25–26	Doosan K. W. Seoul	Wiener Neustadt

3 January 1997	Caja Cantabria	29–19	KAC Marrakech	Wiener Neustadt

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4 January 1997	Metodista São Paulo	22–29	Caja Cantabria	Wiener Neustadt

4 January 1997	KAC Marrakech	18–24	Doosan K. W. Seoul	Wiener Neustadt

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5 January 1997	KAC Marrakech	24–24	Metodista São Paulo	Wiener Neustadt

5 January 1997	Doosan K. W. Seoul	21–29	Caja Cantabria	Wiener Neustadt

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Drammen HK	3	3	0	0	89	74	+15	6
HC Sparkasse Bruck	3	2	0	1	87	77	+10	4
Osaki Denki Tokyo	3	0	1	2	65	77	−12	1
MC Algier	3	0	1	2	63	76	−13	1

Source:

3 January 1997	HC Sparkasse Bruck	30 – 20	Osaki Denki Tokyo	Wiener Neustadt

3 January 1997	Drammen HK	30 – 18	MC Algier	Wiener Neustadt

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4 January 1997	HC Sparkasse Bruck	29 – 30	Drammen HK	Wiener Neustadt

4 January 1997	MC Algier	18 – 18	Osaki Denki Tokyo	Wiener Neustadt

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5 January 1997	MC Algier	27 – 28	HC Sparkasse Bruck	Wiener Neustadt

5 January 1997	Osaki Denki Tokyo	27 – 29	Drammen HK	Wiener Neustadt

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 January 1997
	Caja Cantabria	35
					8 January 1997
	HC Sparkasse Bruck	16
					Caja Cantabria	30
	7 January 1997
					Drammen HK	29
	Drammen HK	32
	Doosan K. W. Seoul	27
					Third place
					8 January 1997
					HC Sparkasse Bruck	27
					Doosan K. W. Seoul	33

7th–8th-place match

7 January 1997	KAC Marrakech	21 – 25	MC Algier	Wiener Neustadt

5th–6th-place match

7 January 1997	Osaki Denki Tokyo	27 – 22	Metodista São Paulo	Wiener Neustadt

Semifinal matches

7 January 1997	Caja Cantabria	35 – 16	HC Sparkasse Bruck	Wiener Neustadt

7 January 1997	Drammen HK	32 – 27	Doosan K. W. Seoul	Wiener Neustadt

Bronze-medal match

8 January 1997	HC Sparkasse Bruck	27 – 33	Doosan K. W. Seoul	Wiener Neustadt

Final match

8 January 1997	Caja Cantabria	30 – 29	Drammen HK	Wiener Neustadt

Final ranking

1	Caja Cantabria de Santander
2	Drammen HK
3	Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul
4	HC Sparkasse Bruck
5	Osaki Denki Tokyo
6	Metodista São Paulo
7	MC Algier
8	KAC Marrakech

External links

• Official website