| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 23–24 November |
| Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 226 (56.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jelena Lavko (11 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Cristina Neagu |
The 2018 Carpathian Trophy was the 50th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Bucharest, Romania between 23 and 24 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. [1]
The most recent Olympic champions, Russia, appeared in the competition. [2]
All times are local (UTC+02:00).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 23 November | ||||||
| | 25 | |||||
| 24 November | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| | 24 | |||||
| 23 November | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
| 29 | ||||||
| 26 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 November | ||||||
| 33 | ||||||
| 32 | ||||||
| 23 November 2018 16:00 | Romania B | 25–24 | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Nițișor, Stamatoiu (ROU) | |
| Popa 6 | (11–12) | Maslova 4 | ||
| 3× | Report | 1× |
| 23 November 2018 18:30 | Romania | 29–26 | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU) | |
| Neagu, Pintea 5 | (13–15) | Krpež Slezak 6 | ||
| Report | 1× |
| 24 November 2018 16:00 | Russia | 33–32 | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Barbu, Manafu (ROU) | |
| Samokhina 7 | (13–15) | Lavko 7 | ||
| 3× | Report | 1× |
| 24 November 2018 18:30 | Romania B | 24–33 | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU) | |
| Zamfirescu 5 | (12–21) | Laslo 5 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |