Current season, competition or edition: 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 2011 |
First season | 2011 |
Countries | 6 |
Confederation | 6 |
Most recent champion(s) | Men's Junior Cuba Men's Youth Guadeloupe Women's Junior Uzbekistan Women's Youth Kosovo |
Official website | IHF.info |
The IHF Inter-Continental Trophy has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 2011. It is a biennial tournament played among emerging nations in under-21 (junior) and under-19 (youth) categories.
Men's junior tournament
Summary
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2011 Details |
Jaipur[1] |
Finland |
No playoffs | Venezuela |
Benin |
No playoffs | India | ||
2013 Details |
Monterrey[2] |
Moldova |
No playoffs | Mexico |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
2015 Details |
Gabrovo[3] |
Faroe Islands |
No playoffs | Cape Verde |
Colombia |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
2019 Details |
Pristina[4] |
Kosovo |
30–26 | Chinese Taipei |
United States |
36–34 (OT) | Paraguay | ||
2023 Details |
San José |
Cuba |
No playoffs | Guinea |
Great Britain |
No playoffs | Costa Rica | ||
2025 Details |
Pristina |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Faroe Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Benin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Participating nations
Nation | 2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4 | ||
Benin | 3rd | 1 | |||||
Bulgaria | Q | 1 | |||||
Cape Verde | 2nd | 1 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 2nd | 1 | |||||
Colombia | 3rd | 1 | |||||
Costa Rica | 4th | 1 | |||||
Cuba | 1st | 1 | |||||
Faroe Islands | 1st | 1 | |||||
Finland | 1st | 1 | |||||
Great Britain | 3rd | 1 | |||||
Guinea | 2nd | 1 | |||||
India | 4th | 1 | |||||
Kosovo | 1st | 1 | |||||
Mexico | 2nd | 1 | |||||
Moldova | 1st | 1 | |||||
New Caledonia | Q | 1 | |||||
Nicaragua | Q | 1 | |||||
Nigeria | 3rd | 5th | 2 | ||||
Paraguay | 4th | 1 | |||||
Rwanda | Q | 1 | |||||
Tahiti | 5th | 1 | |||||
United States | 3rd | Q | 2 | ||||
Uzbekistan | 5th | 4th | Q | 3 | |||
Venezuela | 2nd | 1 | |||||
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Men's youth tournament
Summary
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2019 Details |
Pristina |
Chinese Taipei |
27–26 | Nigeria |
Kosovo |
32–26 | Canada | ||
2023 Details |
San José |
Guadeloupe |
No playoffs | Georgia |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Nicaragua | ||
2025 Details |
Pristina |
Participating nations
Nation | 2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 4th | 1 | ||
Chinese Taipei | 1st | 1 | ||
Georgia | 2nd | 1 | ||
Guadeloupe | 1st | 1 | ||
Kosovo | 3rd | Q | 2 | |
New Caledonia | Q | 1 | ||
New Zealand | 6th | 1 | ||
Nicaragua | 4th | Q | 2 | |
Nigeria | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 3 |
Paraguay | 5th | 1 | ||
Tahiti | 5th | 1 | ||
United States | Q | 1 | ||
Uzbekistan | Q | 1 | ||
Total | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Women's junior tournament
Summary
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2011 Details |
Almaty |
Finland |
No playoffs | Kazakhstan |
Congo |
No playoffs | Cuba | ||
2013 Details |
Monterrey |
Bulgaria |
No playoffs | DR Congo |
Canada |
No playoffs | Thailand | ||
2015 Details |
Gabrovo |
Guadeloupe |
No playoffs | Bulgaria |
Uzbekistan |
No playoffs | Senegal | ||
2024 Details |
Tashkent |
Uzbekistan |
33–23 | Great Britain |
Guinea |
27–17 | Mexico |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guadeloupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Participating nations
Nation | 2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2024 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 5th | 1 | |||
Bulgaria | 1st | 2nd | 2 | ||
Canada | 3rd | 1 | |||
Congo | 3rd | 1 | |||
Cuba | 4th | 1 | |||
DR Congo | 2nd | 1 | |||
Finland | 1st | 1 | |||
Great Britain | 2nd | 1 | |||
Guadeloupe | 1st | 1 | |||
Guinea | 3rd | 1 | |||
Kazakhstan | 2nd | 1 | |||
Mexico | 4th | 1 | |||
New Caledonia | 5th | 1 | |||
New Zealand | 5th | 1 | |||
Peru | 6th | 1 | |||
Senegal | 4th | 1 | |||
Thailand | 4th | 1 | |||
Uzbekistan | 3rd | 1st | 2 | ||
Total | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Women's youth tournament
Summary
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2024 Details |
Tashkent |
Kosovo |
22–16 | Nigeria |
Uzbekistan |
24–18 | New Caledonia |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Participating nations
Nation | 2024 |
Years |
---|---|---|
Guadeloupe | 5th | 1 |
Guatemala | 6th | 1 |
Kosovo | 1st | 1 |
New Caledonia | 4th | 1 |
Nigeria | 2nd | 1 |
Uzbekistan | 3rd | 1 |
Total | 6 |