European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2007

Final Round

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Final
20.01.200815:00Luxembourg27Georgia28

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

PWDLFAPts
Group G
*Georgia3300100686
Moldova320191734
Azerbaijan310292622
Armenia3003491090
Group L
*Luxembourg55001999510
Faroe Islands54012011068
England53021071326
Ireland51131121683
Scotland51041071732
Malta5014931451

Reference: [2]

Main round Results

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Group G
25.10.200716:30Moldova33Armenia17
25.10.200718:30Georgia36Azerbaijan24
26.10.200716:30Azerbaijan27Moldova31
26.10.200718:30Armenia17Georgia35
27.10.200712:00Azerbaijan41Armenia15
27.10.200714:00Georgia29Moldova27
Group L
24.10.200716:00Scotland20England31
24.10.200718:00Faroe Islands37Malta18
24.10.200720:00Luxembourg50Ireland22
25.10.200716:00Ireland21Faroe Islands46
25.10.200718:00Malta20Scotland21
25.10.200720:00England13Luxembourg41
26.10.200716:00Faroe Islands58Scotland19
26.10.200718:00Ireland17England24
26.10.200720:00Luxembourg40Malta11
27.10.200714:00Malta25Ireland25
27.10.200716:00Faroe Islands35England17
27.10.200718:00Scotland24Luxembourg37
28.10.200709:30England22Malta19
28.10.200711:30Scotland23Ireland27
28.10.200713:30Luxembourg31Faroe Islands25

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 fifth time entering the competition in 2007, they eventually finished off the bottom, with a win over Scotland and a draw with Malta in their five matches

The Tournament was doubled in size for 2007, with a separate tournament in Eastern & Western Europe, with the two winners meeting in the final.

The Western Tournament started off like the four previous Challenge Trophy’s for Ireland with three straight defeats, although a much better display was put on by Ireland, with a draw with Malta in their fourth match (25-25) and victory over Scotland in their last match by a score of 27-23 giving Ireland their first points since 1999 in the tournament. Ireland finished off bottom for the first time ever, with fourth place of six in the Western Tournament.

Newcomers Georgia defeated two-time defending Champions Moldova on the way to a narrow 28-27 victory over Luxembourg 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) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/2/Main+Round [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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