The BIG Guide to the IHF Trophy 2023

Are you a handball fan from a nation not included in the World Championships? Lets dig deep into the enthustiastic IHF Trophy.

The IHF Trophy is a youth and junior tournament for emerging nations all over the world. There are three stages in the IHF Trophy, first the zones, next step is continental phase and the final is the inter-continental phase.

Here is an overview of the IHF Trophy 2023 which is for women’s youth (U17) and junior (U19) teams. In 2024 it’s the men teams to compete again.

Europe
Location: Prishtina, Kosovo
Date: 11-15 October 2023

Youth (U17)
1. Kosovo
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Bulgaria
4. Georgia 5. Great Britain 6. Azerbaijan 7. Albania

Junior (U19)
1. Great Britain
2. Kosovo
3. Bulgaria
4. Malta

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Central America
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Date: 9-13 May 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Guatemala
2. Nicaragua
3. Costa Rica
4. El Salvador, 5. Panama

Junior (U19)
1. Guatemala
2. Costa Rica
3. Nicaragua
4. Honduras, 5. El Salvador, 6. Panama

South and Central America
Location: Lima, Peru
Date: 6-10 June 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Venezuela
2. Colombia
3. Peru
4. Bolivia

Junior (U19)
1. Colombia
2. Peru
3. Venezuela
4. Ecuador, 5. Bolivia

Continental Phase South and Central America
Location: ?
Date: ?

Continental Phase North America and Caribbean
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Date: 9-13 December

Final ranking
Junior (U19)

Location: Salinas, Puerto Rico
Date: 2-6 December 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Guadeloupe
2. Canada
3. Martinique
4. Greenland. 5. Puerto Rico. 6. Mexico

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Zone 1 Africa
Morocco played in Zone 2.

Zone 2 Africa
Location: Bamako, Mali
Date: 19-23 April 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Guinea
2. Senegal
3. Morocco
4. Sierra Leone. 5. Guinea-Bissau. 6. Cape Verde. 7. Mali. 8. Gambia. 9. Mauritania

Junior (U19)
1. Guinea
2. Senegal
3. Cape Verde
4. Morocco. 5. Mali. 6. Sierra Leone 7. Guinea-Bissau 8. Mauritania

Zone 3 Africa
Location: Accra, Ghana
Date: 11-15 April 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Nigeria
2. Ivory Coast
3. Benin
4. Ghana 5. Liberia

Junior (U19)
1. Ivory Coast
2. Benin
3. Ghana
4. Liberia

Zone 5 Africa
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Date: 25-30 April 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Rwanda
2. Ethiopia
3. South Sudan
4. Djibouti, 5. Somalia, 6. Burundi, 7. Kenya, 8. Tanzania

Junior (U19)
1. Tanzania
2. Ethiopia
3. South Sudan
4. Djibouti, 5. Somalia, 6. Kenya, 7. Burundi

Zone 6 Africa
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 23-27 May 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Madagascar
2. Malawi
3. South Africa
4. Mozambique, 5.Seychelles, 6. Namibia, 7. Zambia (disqualified)

Junior (U19)
1. Madagascar
2. South Africa
3. Malawi
4. Zimbabwe, 5. Mozambique, 6. Seychelles, 7. Zambia (disqualified)

Continental Phase Africa
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date: 8-12 August 2023

Youth (U17)
1. Nigeria
2. Guinea
3. Rwanda
4. Madagascar

Junior (U19)
1. Guinea
2. Ivory Coast
3. Tanzania
4. Madagascar


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Zone 1A Asia
Location: Hong Kong
Date: 10-14 July 2023

Youth (U17)
1. Hong Kong
2. Vietnam
3. Mongolia
4. Macao

Junior (U19)
1. Hong Kong
2. Vietnam
3. Mongolia
4. Macao

Zone 2 Asia
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 13-17 May 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Bangladesh
2. India
3. Maldives
4. Nepal

Junior (U19)
1. India
2. Bangladesh
3. Maldives
4. Nepal

Zone 3 Asia
Location: Faisalabad, Pakistan
Date: 2-6 March 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Uzbekistan
2. Pakistan
3. Tajikistan

Junior (U19)
1. Uzbekistan
2. Pakistan
3. Tajikistan
4. Kyrgyzstan

Continental Phase Asia
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Date: 6-11 November 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. Uzbekistan
2. Hong Kong
3. Bangladesh

Junior (U19)
1. Uzbekistan
2. India
3. Hong Kong

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Oceania
Location: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Date: 16-20 October 2023

Final ranking
Youth (U17)
1. New Caledonia
2. Tahiti
3. New Zealand

Junior (U19)
1. New Caledonia
2. Tahiti
3. New Zealand
4. Australia
5. Cook Islands

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Intercontinental Phase
Location: ?
Date: ?

Qualified teams

Youth (U17)
New Caledonia, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, Kosovo, Guadeloupe

Junior (U19)
New Caledonia, Uzbekistan, Guinea, Great Britain

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