EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 1999

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cyprus	6	5	0	1	199	88	10
2	Moldova	6	5	0	1	216	97	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	159	118	8
4	Armenia	6	2	0	4	148	178	4
5	Ireland	6	1	0	5	75	197	2
6	Malta	6	1	0	5	88	207	2

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2001

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Latvia	5	5	0	0	181	105	10
2	Estonia	5	3	0	2	139	122	6
3	Moldova	5	3	0	2	150	122	6
4	Cyprus	5	3	0	2	172	107	6
5	Luxembourg	5	3	0	2	171	99	6
6	Armenia	5	2	0	3	113	183	4
7	Malta	5	1	0	4	92	182	2
8	Ireland	5	0	0	5	80	212	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [2]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2003

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	5	0	1	223	85	10
2	Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	179	104	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	114	134	8
4	Malta	6	2	0	4	107	158	4
5	Liechtenstein	6	2	0	4	126	160	4
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	84	188	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [3]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2005

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	6	0	0	214	109	12
2	Azerbaijan	6	4	0	2	185	111	8
3	Scotland	6	3	0	3	111	128	6
4	England	6	2	0	4	116	145	4
5	Malta	6	3	0	3	113	153	6
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	105	196	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [4]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2007

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	100	68	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	91	73	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	92	62	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	49	109	0
Group L
*Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	199	95	10
Faroe Islands	5	4	0	1	201	106	8
England	5	3	0	2	107	132	6
Ireland	5	1	1	3	112	168	3
Scotland	5	1	0	4	107	173	2
Malta	5	0	1	4	93	145	1

Reference: [6]

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Final
20.01.2008	15:00	Luxembourg	27	Georgia	28

Reference: [5]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2009

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G1
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	123	76	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	116	81	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	84	93	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	50	123	0
Group G2
*Finland	3	3	0	0	113	53	6
Malta	3	2	0	1	90	76	4
Ireland	3	1	0	2	74	103	2
Scotland	3	0	0	3	64	107	0

Reference: [8]

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Final
23.01.2010	15:30	Georgia	28	Finland	30

Reference: [7]

EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy 2012

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Faroe Islands	3	3	0	0	93	63	6
Georgia	3	2	0	1	89	69	4
England	3	1	0	2	76	95	2
Ireland	3	0	0	3	65	96	0
Group B
*Moldova	3	3	0	0	122	71	6
Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	96	76	4
Scotland	3	1	0	2	71	110	2
Malta	3	0	0	3	70	102	0

Reference: [10]

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Final
21.01.2012	14:00	Faroe Islands	28	Moldova	30

Reference: [9]

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.

Ireland found the going tough winning only 3 matches over the course of seven trophys – once against Malta (1999) and twice against Scotland (2007 & 2009).

Ireland’s Total Record in the Competitions from 1999 to 2012 reads: Played 34 Won 3 Lost 30 Drew 1.

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) 1999 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/1999/round/1/Finals [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2001 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2001/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[3] European Handball Federation (2018) 2003 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2003/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[4] European Handball Federation (2018) 2005 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2005/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[5] 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]

[6] 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]

[7] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[8] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/2/Group+Matches [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[9] 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]

[10] 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.

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