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| Association | Irish Olympic Handball Association | ||
| Coach | Roman Abramenko[ citation needed ][ when? ] | ||
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The Ireland national handball team is controlled by the Irish Olympic Handball Association (IOHA) and represents Ireland in international handball matches.
In 1984 the team played a 4-Nations Championship in Liverpool. They lost the first game against England 1 to 12, the game against Scotland was lost by 5 to 20 and the final game against Wales they lost 14 to 16. They finished last place in the tournament. [1]
The Irish Men's team finished in 3rd place of the group G2 in the EHF Challenge Cup trophy in Malta. [2] The 3rd place finish was the best result an Irish team achieved in the prior 10 years of the competition.[ citation needed ]
Ireland played the hosts Malta in the first match at the University Sports Hall. In front of a home Maltese crowd, the Irish were down at half time by 20:7. In the second half, Ireland ended up being beaten by a 36 to 20 score line. [3] During the game, a foul on Sligo's Brian Campion resulted in a straight red card for a Maltese player.[ citation needed ]
The second game of the tournament for the Irish saw them taking on the eventual winners Finland. The Finns won by 38 goals to 19. [3]
Ireland's third game was against Scotland. The Scottish team, which had 4 players from the Great Britain Olympic Program, led 15:14 at halftime. However, the Irish ultimately won by 35:29. [3]
In addition to winning the bronze medal at the tournament, middle-back player Oisin O'Brannagain was voted onto the tournament's all-star team. [4]
The 2011 edition of the EHF Challenge Trophy took place at the University of Limerick.[ citation needed ] The first game with eventual champions, the Faroe Islands, ended in a 30–20 defeat.[ citation needed ] In the second match, Georgia defeated Ireland by 37–21.[ citation needed ] The final game was against England and, while Ireland took a 15–11 lead in the first half, the game ended 29–24 to England.[ citation needed ]
The team competed in the 2014 European qualifiers for the first time in June 2012. All three matches, however, resulted in significant losses.[ citation needed ]
