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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