2025 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

2025 Men's IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–16 March
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The 2025 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy was held in Pristina, Kosovo from 12 to 16 March 2025. It featured a men's youth (U-19) tournament and a men's junior (U-21) tournament.

Junior tournament

Qualification

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
South and Central America (SCAHC)	29 October – 2 November 2024	Managua	1	Nicaragua
Africa (CAHB) [1]	2–6 November 2024	Addis Ababa	1	Rwanda
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC) [2]	4–8 December 2024	Mexico City	1	United States
Oceania (OCHF) [3]	16–20 December 2024	Papeete	1	New Caledonia
Asia (AHF) [4]	3–7 January 2025	Lucknow	1	Uzbekistan
Europe (EHF)	14–18 January 2025	Pristina	1	Bulgaria

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	60	46	+14	4	Semifinals
2	United States	2	1	0	1	55	45	+10	2
3	New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	46	70	−24	0	Fifth place game

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.

12 March 2025 11:00	New Caledonia	25–36	Bulgaria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Nygren, Borge (NOR)
	three players 4	(7–17)	Nikolov 7
	6× 1×	Report	5×

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13 March 2025 11:00	Bulgaria	24–21	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Picard, Vauchez (FRA)
	Marev 10	(9–10)	Campos Menendez 6
	4×	Report	10× 1×

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14 March 2025 13:00	United States	34–21	New Caledonia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Al-Suqufi, Al-Saqer (KSA)
	Campos Menendez, Darvas 6	(18–9)	Waheo 4
	2×	Report	1× 7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rwanda	2	2	0	0	90	59	+31	4	Semifinals
2	Uzbekistan	2	1	0	1	71	70	+1	2
3	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	57	89	−32	0	Fifth place game

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.

12 March 2025 13:00	Uzbekistan	39–30	Nicaragua	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Picard, Vauchez (FRA)
	Zokirov 10	(19–15)	Romero 7
	4× 1× 1×	Report	4×

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13 March 2025 13:00	Nicaragua	27–50	Rwanda	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Z. Pérez 6	(10–28)	Kayijamahe 11
	1×	Report	5×

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14 March 2025 15:00	Rwanda	40–32	Uzbekistan	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Nygren, Borge (NOR)
	Ndayishimiye 12	(20–18)	Joldasbaev 11
	1× 8×	Report	1× 2×

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 March
	Bulgaria	33
					16 March
	Uzbekistan	41
					Uzbekistan	32
	15 March
					United States	33
	Rwanda	28
	United States	32
					Third place
					16 March
					Bulgaria	31
					Rwanda	48

Semifinals

15 March 2025 11:00	Bulgaria	33–41	Uzbekistan	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Nikolov 13	(16–19)	Zokirov 9
	4× 1×	Report	1× 6×

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15 March 2025 13:30	Rwanda	28–32	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
	Mbesutunguwe, Ndayishimiye 8	(13–14)	Campos Menendez, Trummer 9
	4×	Report	4×

Fifth place game

16 March 2025 09:00	New Caledonia	29–44	Nicaragua	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
	four players 4	(18–22)	Romero 11
	8×	Report

Third place game

16 March 2025 11:00	Bulgaria	31–48	Rwanda	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Nygren, Borge (NOR)
	Dimitrov 8	(18–21)	Kayijamahe 14
	4×	Report	6×

Final

16 March 2025 15:00	Uzbekistan	32–33	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Eshonkulov 10	(13–18)	Campos Menendez 12
	1× 2×		1× 8×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Uzbekistan
3	Rwanda
4	Bulgaria
5	Nicaragua
6	New Caledonia

Youth tournament

Qualification

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Africa (CAHB) [1]	2–6 November 2024	Addis Ababa	1	Nigeria
South and Central America (SCAHC)	5–9 November 2024	Managua	1	Nicaragua
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC) [5]	20–24 November 2024	San Juan	1	United States
Oceania (OCHF) [3]	16–20 December 2024	Papeete	1	New Caledonia
Asia (AHF) [4]	3–7 January 2025	Lucknow	1	Uzbekistan
Europe (EHF)	14–18 January 2025	Pristina	1	Kosovo

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	69	55	+14	4	Semifinals
2	United States	2	1	0	1	66	64	+2	2
3	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	54	70	−16	0	Fifth place game

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.

12 March 2025 15:00	Uzbekistan	36–23	Nicaragua	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
	Bozorboev 8	(14–12)	López 5
	4× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

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13 March 2025 15:00	United States	34–31	Nicaragua	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Al-Suqufi, Al-Saqer (KSA)
	Gomez de Santiago 7	(18–13)	Meza 9
	6×	Report	1×

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14 March 2025 17:00	United States	32–33	Uzbekistan	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Neumaier 9	(15–15)	Abdukarimov 9
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo (H)	2	2	0	0	66	42	+24	4	Semifinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	64	59	+5	2
3	New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	44	73	−29	0	Fifth place game

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

12 March 2025 17:00	New Caledonia	29–37	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Alakiletoa 13	(15–19)	Must. Mohammed 14
		Report	4×

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13 March 2025 17:00	Nigeria	27–30	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Nygren, Borge (NOR)
	Foloki 8	(16–12)	Muqolli 8
	4× 2×	Report	1× 9× 2×

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14 March 2025 19:00	Kosovo	36–15	New Caledonia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
	Kadiri 14	(20–6)	Alakiletoa 4
	3×	Report	6×

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 March
	Uzbekistan	29
					16 March
	Nigeria	43
					Nigeria	30
	15 March
					Kosovo (ET)	34
	Kosovo	27
	United States	26
					Third place
					16 March
					Uzbekistan	36
					United States	38

Semifinals

15 March 2025 16:00	Uzbekistan	29–43	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Nygren, Borge (NOR)
	Turgunov 10	(13–24)	Must. Mohammed 17
	1× 5×	Report	3×

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15 March 2025 18:30	Kosovo	27–26	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Picard, Vauchez (FRA)
	Mulaj, Muqolli 9	(13–11)	Long 7
	1× 2×		3×

Fifth place game

15 March 2025 09:00	Nicaragua	30–28	New Caledonia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
	Silva 6	(14–12)	Mauligalo 7
	2×	Report

Third place game

16 March 2025 13:00	Uzbekistan	36–38	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Picard, Vauchez (FRA)
	Abdukarimov 9	(12–20)	Long 10
	1× 7× 1×	Report	2×

Final

16 March 2025 17:30	Nigeria	30–34 (ET)	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Al-Suqufi, Al-Saqer (KSA)
	Foloki 7	(13–13)	Muqolli 9
	6×	Report	4×
	FT: 26–26  ET: 4–8

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Kosovo
2	Nigeria
3	United States
4	Uzbekistan
5	Nicaragua
6	New Caledonia

Team qualified to the 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

References

1. "Nigeria and Rwanda triumph at Men's IHF Trophy Continental Phase Africa". IHF . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
2. "IHF Trophy U19 – North America and the Caribbean – Continental Phase". IHF . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
3. "New Caledonia hit gold twice at the 2024 IHF Trophy Oceania". IHF. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
4. "Uzbekistan seal gold at both the Junior and Youth 2025 Men's IHF Trophy Men's Asia". IHF. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
5. "United States of America triumph at Men's IHF Trophy North America and the Caribbean". IHF. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.