2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–14 April
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
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Last updated February 18, 2024

The 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy was the fourth edition of the competition held in Pristina, Kosovo from 10 to 14 April 2019. It featured a men's youth (U-19) tournament and a men's junior (U-21) tournament.^[1]

Junior tournament

Qualified teams

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Oceania (OCHF)^[2]	10–15 June 2018	Païta	1	Australia
Africa (CAHB)^[3]	8–12 August 2018	Kigali	1	Nigeria
Europe (EHF)^[4]	23–28 October 2018	Pristina	1	Kosovo
South and Central America (SCAHC)^[5]	31 October – 4 November 2018	Asunción	1	Paraguay
Asia (AHF)^[6]	5–9 November 2018	Ubon Ratchathani	1	Chinese Taipei
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC)^[7]	17–20 November 2018	West Dundee	1	United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo (H)	2	2	0	65	44	+21	4	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	53	60	−7	2	Semifinals
3	Nigeria	2	0	2	50	64	−14	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 April 2019 15:00	Kosovo	31–23	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 400 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Muqolli, Tahirukaj 7	(16–10)	three players 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

11 April 2019 17:00	Chinese Taipei	30–29	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Ting 8	(16–14)	Anas 9
	5× 1×	Report	6×

12 April 2019 19:00	Nigeria	21–34	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 350 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Mohammed 4	(11–22)	Tahirukaj 9
	3×	Report	2× 6×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	59	39	+20	4	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	2	1	1	51	47	+4	2	Semifinals
3	Australia	2	0	2	39	63	−24	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

10 April 2019 13:00	United States	31–20	Australia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Amitovic, Bengozi 6	(14–9)	McCourt 6
	4×	Report	1× 6×

11 April 2019 15:00	Australia	19–32	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
	Ljunberg 5	(7–15)	Fiore 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

12 April 2019 15:00	Paraguay	19–28	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Rojas 6	(9–16)	Amitovic 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

13 April 2019

Kosovo	36
		14 April 2019
Paraguay	17
		Kosovo	30
13 April 2019
		Chinese Taipei	26
United States	36

Chinese Taipei	41
		Third place

		14 April 2019

		Paraguay	34

		United States (OT)	36

Semifinals

13 April 2019 15:00	United States	36–41	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Bengozi, Amitovic 10	(14–21)	Jou 9
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

13 April 2019 19:00	Kosovo	36–27	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 350 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
	Shabani 7	(19–14)	Melgarejo 10
	1× 4×	Report	3×

Fifth place game

13 April 2019 16:00	Nigeria	37–21	Australia	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 45 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Ataboh 8	(20–9)	Ljunberg 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Third place game

14 April 2019 14:00	Paraguay	34–36 (ET)	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Giménez 7	(12–17)	Bengozi 11
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 4–6

Final

14 April 2019 18:00	Kosovo	30–26	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 900 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Tahirukaj 9	(12–10)	Chen S., Li 7
	2× 7×	Report	2×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Kosovo
2	Chinese Taipei
3	United States
4	Paraguay
5	Nigeria
6	Australia

	Team qualified to the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Youth tournament

Qualified teams

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Oceania (OCHF)^[2]	10–15 June 2018	Païta	1	New Zealand
Africa (CAHB)^[3]	8–12 August 2018	Kigali	1	Nigeria
Europe (EHF)^[8]	23–28 October 2018	Pristina	1	Kosovo
South and Central America (SCAHC)^[5]	31 October – 4 November 2018	Asunción	1	Paraguay
Asia (AHF)^[6]	5–9 November 2018	Ubon Ratchathani	1	Chinese Taipei
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC)^[7]	17–20 November 2018	West Dundee	1	Canada

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	74	40	+34	4	Semifinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	1	49	54	−5	2	Semifinals
3	Paraguay	2	0	2	40	69	−29	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

10 April 2019 17:00	Paraguay	22–38	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 30 Referees: Magalhães, Da Silva (BRA)
	Zalazar 8	(11–21)	Yang 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

11 April 2019 19:00	Chinese Taipei	36–18	Nigeria	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Tseng 9	(18–8)	Salami 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 10× 1×

12 April 2019 13:00	Nigeria	31–18	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 40 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	three players 7	(18–7)	Céspedes 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	72	41	+31	4	Semifinals
2	Kosovo (H)	2	1	1	72	49	+23	2	Semifinals
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	24	78	−54	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 April 2019 14:00	New Zealand	10–37	Canada	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Shawky, Moussa (EGY)
	Ireland 4	(4–20)	Barri 9
	2× 6×	Report	4×

11 April 2019 13:00	Kosovo	41–14	New Zealand	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Liu, Xu (China)
	Isufi 8	(18–5)	Ireland, Smith 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

12 April 2019 17:00	Canada	35–31	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Ouallouche 8	(16–9)	Muqoli 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 9×

Knockout round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

13 April

Chinese Taipei	35
		14 April
Kosovo	26
		Chinese Taipei	27
13 April
		Nigeria	26
Canada	25

Nigeria	32
		Third place

		14 April

		Kosovo	32

		Canada	26

Semifinals

13 April 2019 13:00	Canada	25–32	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Ouallouche 8	(10–18)	Salami 11
	1× 3×	Report	2× 8×

13 April 2019 17:00	Chinese Taipei	35–26	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Yang 9	(17–13)	Muqoli 10
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 7×

Fifth place game

13 April 2019 13:00	Paraguay	23–20	New Zealand	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 25 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Céspedes, Greco 5	(14–9)	Brookes 8
	2× 1×	Report	1×

Third place game

14 April 2019 12:00	Kosovo	32–26	Canada	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Muqoli 8	(16–9)	Ouallouche 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Final

14 April 2019 16:00	Chinese Taipei	27–26	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 400 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhaes (BRA)
	Lin 10	(14–11)	Yusuf 12
	2× 3×	Report	1× 8×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Chinese Taipei
2	Nigeria
3	Kosovo
4	Canada
5	Paraguay
6	New Zealand

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v t e International men's youth handball
IHF Youth Olympic Games Summer Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Africa	CAHB Under-20 Under-18
North America & Caribbean	NACHC None (IHF Trophies for Under-20 and Under-18)
South & Central America	SCAHC Under-20 Under-18
Asia	AHF Under-20 Under-18
Europe	EHF Under-20 Under-18
Oceania	OCHF Under-20 Under-18
Discontinued	PATHF Under-21 Under-19 Under-17 South America Under-21 Under-19 Under-17 Under-14

v t e International handball
IAHF IHF Olympic Games World Championships Men Women National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach handball World Championships World Games
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth University Wheelchair Men's Field Handball Women's Field Handball Youth Olympics Summer Universiade Emerging Nations IHF Inter-Continental Trophy Arab Games Mediterranean Games
Africa	African Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games
North America and Caribbean	North American and Caribbean Championship Men Women Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games
South & Central America	South & Central American Championships Men Women Pan American Games South American Games Bolivarian Games
Asia	Asian Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Asian Games
Europe	European Championships Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach Men Beach Women Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championships Senior Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup French Pacific Championship
Defunct	Goodwill Games Intercontinental Cup Pan American Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth

2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Contents

Junior tournament

Qualified teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Bracket

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Youth tournament

Qualified teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Bracket

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Related Research Articles

References

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