2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup

The 2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Russia from 25 to 29 June 2002.

2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25 – 29 June
Teams5
Final positions
Champions Russia
Runner-up Sweden
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Attendance490 (49 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Elhadi Biloum (23 goals)

Qualification edit

Qualified teams are:

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
  Russia Host 0 (debut)
  Argentina Winner of 2000 Pan American Championship 28 May 2000 0 (debut)
  Sweden Winner of 2002 European Championship 3 February 2002 1 (2000)
  Saudi Arabia Third of 2002 Asian Championship 19 February 2002 1 (2000)
  Algeria Runners-up of 2002 African Championship 28 April 2002 1 (1998)

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Russia (H) 4 4 0 0 117 88 +29 8
2   Sweden 4 3 0 1 103 90 +13 6
3   Argentina 4 2 0 2 91 88 +3 4
4   Algeria 4 1 0 3 94 105 −11 2
5   Saudi Arabia 4 0 0 4 85 119 −34 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

Games edit

All times are local (UTC+3)

25 June 2002
17:00
Sweden   21-20   Argentina Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(10-11)
25 June 2002
19:30
Russia   34-19   Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(20-10)
26 June 2002
17:00
Argentina   22-20   Algeria Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-17)
26 June 2002
19:00
Saudi Arabia   20-32   Sweden Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(10-16)
27 June 2002
17:00
Argentina   24-20   Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(13-9)
27 June 2002
19:00
Algeria   20-31   Russia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-13)
28 June 2002
17:00
Algeria   29-26   Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-14)
28 June 2002
19:00
Russia   25-24   Sweden Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
Attendance: 1050
Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL)
Lavrov, Ojered - Ivanov (3), Koksharov (4,  ), Egorov (1,  ), Krivoshlykov (8,  ), Ignatov (1,  ), Gritsenko, Torgovanov (3,   ), Kamanin (1,  ), Rastvortsev (3), Miagkov (1,  ), Gorpishin, Safonov (  ) (15-13) Ohlander, M. Andersson - Johansson (3), Larholm (1,  ), Arrhenius (1,   ), Lindberg, Svensson, Hansen, Hammarstrand (2), Ahlm (4     ), K. Andersson (4), Doder, Källman (4,   ), Lennartsson (5,  )
  7×  Report   6×  1× 
29 June 2002
15:00
Sweden   26-25   Algeria Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(14-11)
29 June 2002
17:00
Russia   27-25   Argentina Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-9)

All-star Team edit

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Christian Canzoniero
Left wing   Hussain Alakwan
Left back   Alexey Rastvortsev
Centre back   Vitali Ivanov
Right back   Eric Gull [fr]
Right wing   Jan Lennartsson
Pivot   Dmitri Torgovanov

Source:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "2002 H.R.H. Prince Faisal Bin Fahad INTERCONTINENTAL CUP". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 11 January 2003.

External links edit