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The Intercontinental Handball Cup was and will be a competition between the continental handball champions in the years which were not a World Men's Handball Championship and the host country.
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Intercontinental Handball Cup | |
| Sport | handball |
|---|---|
| First season | 1998 |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Russia (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Algeria Sweden Russia(each 1 title) |
History
editThe 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] In 2024 the IHF announced they will bring back the tournament for 2025.[2]
Tournaments
edit| 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 | |||
| 2025 Details |
|
6 | |||||||||
Medal count
edit| 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
edit- ^ Fascination for Thousands of Years Handball (PDF) (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 from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.