European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2012

Final

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Final
21.01.201214:00Faroe Islands28Moldova30

Reference: [1]

Group Phase Tables

PWDLFAPts
Group A
*Faroe Islands330093636
Georgia320189694
England310276952
Ireland300365960
Group B
*Moldova3300122716
Azerbaijan320196764
Scotland3102711102
Malta3003701020

Reference: [2]

Group Phase Results

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Group A
04.11.201117:15Georgia31England25
04.11.201120:00Faroe Islands30Ireland20
05.11.201114:00England22Faroe Islands40
05.11.201116:00Ireland21Georgia37
06.11.201114:00Georgia21Faroe Islands23
06.11.201116:00England29Ireland24
Group B
04.11.201117:30Moldova47Scotland30
04.11.201120:00Azerbaijan29Malta23
05.11.201117:00Scotland19Azerbaijan36
05.11.201119:00Malta20Moldova41
06.11.201116:00Moldova34Azerbaijan31
06.11.201118:00Scotland32Malta27

Reference: [2]

Report

The Men’s Challenge Trophy was the European Handball Federations competition for emerging Nations. Having competed with club sides & countries like Greenland in the mid-1990s, Ireland entered this competition for the first time in 1999.

In Ireland’s seventh time entering the competition in 2012, they were placed in the tougher Group with previous winners Georgia, Faroe Islands & England.

Ireland lost all three group games, finishing last, which was a disappointment following the promise shown in the two previous Challenge Cups.

Moldova won the tournament for the third time, beating Faroe Islands 30-28 in a close encounter in the Final.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The object of the sport is to pass the ball using only the hands in order to get into a semi-circle around the opposing teams goal, where a shot may be taken. Each score counts as one goal, and the court is the exact same as a Futsal court indeed Futsal was invented as an Indoor version of Soccer, using the Olympic Handball court.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2012 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2012/round/1/Final [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2012 Men’s Challenge Trophy Group Phase[Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2012/round/2/Group+Phase [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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