Intercontinental Handball Cup

Intercontinental Handball Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Intercontinental Handball Cup
Sport	handball
First season	1998
No. of teams	5
Most recent champion	Russia (1st title)
Most titles	Algeria   Sweden   Russia (each 1 title)

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.

History

The 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

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

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

1. Fascination for Thousands of Years Handball (PDF) (2 ed.). Basle: International Handball Federation. 2013. pp. 71 & 191.
2. "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.