October 17, 2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association | Senior Men’s League 2003-04

Irish Olympic Handball Association Banner 2004 [3]

Table

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2nd Half Division 1
*DCU	8	4	2	2	224	221	10
Pelekas	8	4	1	3	261	230	9
Lughnasa	8	4	1	3	229	207	9
UCD	8	3	2	3	218	231	8
DIT	8	2	0	6	228	271	4
2nd Half Division 2
Dagda	4	2	0	2	74	64	4
Astra	4	2	0	2	45	48	4
St. Pat’s	4	2	0	2	90	97	4
Sligo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st Half Group A
UCD	4	4	0	0	192	77	8
Pelekas	3	2	0	1	70	64	4
DIT	2	0	0	2	9	61	0
Dagda	3	0	0	3	44	96	0
Sligo	2	1	0	1	22	39	2
1st Half Group B
Lughnasa	4	4	0	0	138	72	8
DCU	2	0	0	2	48	62	0
Astra	2	0	0	2	20	72	0
St. Pat’s	2	1	0	1	50	50	2

Reference: 2nd Half Tables: [1] 1st Half Tables compiled from: [4-11]

Results 1st Half

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
19.10.2003	St. Pat’s	36	Astra	10
19.10.2003	UCD	61	DIT	9
	Week 2
	DCU	20	Lughnasa	30
	Week 3
	St. Pat’s	10	Lughnasa	44
	Week 4
09.11.2003	Pelekas	47	Dagda	21
09.11.2003	UCD	39	Sligo	22
	Week 5
16.11.2003	Lughnasa	36	Astra	10
16.11.2003	UCD	49	Dagda	23
	Week 6
23.11.2003	Lughnasa	32	DCU	28
23.11.2003	Pelekas	W	Dagda	L
	Week 7
30.11.2003	UCD		Dagda
30.11.2003	Pelekas		Sligo
30.11.2003	Lughnasa	40	St. Pat’s	14
30.11.2003	DCU		Astra
	Week 8
07.12.2003	Sligo		DIT
	Week 9
11.01.2004	UCD	43	Pelekas	23
11.01.2004	Sligo	W	DIT	L
	Week 10
18.01.2004	Pelakas		DIT

Reference: [4-11]

Results 2nd Half Division 1

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 11
01.02.2004	DCU	26	Pelekas	21
	Week 12
08.02.2004	Pelekas	30	UCD	29
	Week 13
15.02.2004	DCU	22	UCD	22
	Week 14
18.02.2004	DCU	29	Lughnasa	29
22.02.2004	Lughnasa	39	Pelekas	24
	Week 15
29.02.2004	Lughnasa	42	UCD	27
29.02.2004	DCU	39	DIT	30
	Week 16
04.03.2004	UCD	38	DIT	40
	Week 17
07.03.2004	Lughnasa	28	DCU	32
07.03.2004	UCD	26	Pelakas	26
	Week 18
14.03.2004	Pelekas	29	Lughnasa	28
14.03.2004	DIT	27	DCU	35
	Week 19
21.03.2004	DIT	30	UCD	35
21.03.2004	Pelekas		DCU
	Week 20
28.03.2004	DIT	W	Pelekas	L
	Week 21
04.04.2004	UCD		DCU
04.04.2004	DIT	W	Lughnasa	L
	TBA
	Lughnasa		DIT
	Pelekas		DIT
	Week 24
25.04.2004	DCU	25	Pelekas	42

Reference: [2][12-20]

Results 2nd Half Division 2

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 11
31.01.2004	Sligo	27	Dagda	25
01.02.2004	St. Pat’s	24	Astra	9
	Week 12
08.02.2004	Astra	10	Dagda	0 #
	Week 14
22.02.2004	St. Pat’s	31	Dagda	27
22.02.2004	Sligo	16	Astra	20
	Week 15
29.02.2004	Dagda	35	St. Pat’s	23
29.02.2004	Dagda	12	Sligo	0 #
	Week 17
07.03.2004	Sligo	–	St. Pat’s	–
	Week 19
21.03.2004	Astra	–	Sligo	–
	Week 20
28.03.2004	Astra	26	St. Pat’s	12
28.03.2004	Sligo	–	Dagda	–
	TBA
	St. Pat’s	–	Sligo	–

Reference: [2][12-20]

References

Internet Archive

[1] Irish Olympic Handball Association | Wayback Machine (2004) League Tables 2003/2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041225080722/http://www.olympichandball.org/seniors/0304sec/leagtab0304.htm [Accessed 5 September 2017]

[2] Irish Olympic Handball Association | Wayback Machine (2004) League Tables 2003/2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040328224104/http://www.olympichandball.org/seniors/0304sec/leagres0304.htm [Accessed 5 September 2017 ]

Images

[3] Irish Olympic Handball Association | Wayback Machine (2017) Logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041225080722im_/http://www.olympichandball.org/assets/iohanew2.jpg [Accessed 17 October 2019]

Sources

[4] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “St. Pat’s off to a flying start” Evening Herald. Thursday, October 23, 2003 P. 76.

[5] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “Terenure make handball history ” Evening Herald. Thursday, October 30, 2003 P. 74.

[6] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “Torkovsky hits high note for Pelekas” Evening Herald. Thursday, November 13, 2003 P. 96.

[7] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “Too easy for Lughnasa” Evening Herald. Thursday, November 20, 2003 P. 79.

[8] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “Dancing at Lughnasa” Evening Herald. Thursday, November 27, 2003 P. 79.

[9] Naughton, Lindie (2003) “Lughnasa still on a roll” Evening Herald. Thursday, December 4, 2003 P. 79.

[10] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “UCD stay top after battling display” Evening Herald. Thursday, January 15, 2004. P. 76.

[11] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Lughnasa and DCU make cut” Evening Herald. Thursday, January 29, 2004. P. 77.

[12] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Brave Sligo’s thrilling victory” Evening Herald. Thursday, February 5, 2004. P. 71.

[13] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “UCD fight back to claim draw” Evening Herald. Thursday, February 19, 2004. P. 73.

[14] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Lughnasa dance to top of table” Evening Herald. Thursday, February 26, 2004. P. 73.

[15] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Easy win for Meath women” Evening Herald. Thursday, March 4, 2004. P. 73.

[16] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Sefroun steers DIT to victory” Evening Herald. Thursday, March 11, 2004. P. 85.

[17] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “DCU start charge for league title” Evening Herald. Thursday, March 25, 2004. P. 73.

[18] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Waiting game for Lughnasa” Evening Herald. Thursday, April 22, 2004. P. 83.

[19] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Odds swing in favour of Pelekas” Evening Herald. Thursday, April 29, 2004. P. 75.

[20] Naughton, Lindie (2004) “Top honours for DCU again” Evening Herald. Thursday, May 6, 2004. P. 83.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

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Last Updated: 17 October 2019

October 16, 2019

Ireland Water Polo | Men’s National League | Division 3 2019-20

Ireland Water Polo Logo [3]

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	3	2	0	1	45	17	6
Clonard	3	2	0	1	45	30	6
North Dublin	2	2	0	0	23	17	6
Cu Chulainn	2	1	0	1	25	27	3
Sandycove	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cathal Brugha	3	0	0	3	26	39	0
Athlone	1	0	0	1	0	24	0

Reference: [1]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Round 1		Lisburn
21.09.2019	18:30	Cathal Brugha	8	St. Vincent’s	14
22.09.2019	18:30	Cathal Brugha	8	North Dublin	11
22.09.2019	20:30	Clonard	17	Cu Chulainn	11
		Round 2		Lisburn
12.10.2019	18:30	Clonard	19	St. Vincent’s	7
12.10.2019	19:30	Cu Chualinn	14	Cathal Brugha	10
		Round 2		NAC
13.10.2019	16:30	North Dublin	12	Clonard	9
13.10.2019	17:30	St. Vincent’s	24	Athlone	0
		Round 3		NUIG
26.10.2019	19:30	Athlone		Clonard

Reference: [2]

References

Websites

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Fixtures 2019/20 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

Images

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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October 16, 2019

Ireland Water Polo | Women’s National League | Division 2 2019-20

Ireland Water Polo Logo [3]

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Tribes	1	1	0	0	15	4	3
Bangor	2	1	0	1	17	25	3
North Dublin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Vincent’s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diamonds	1	0	0	1	10	13	0

Reference: [1]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Round 2		NUIG
05.10.2019	20:00	Tribes	15	Bangor	4
		Round 1		Lisburn
21.09.2019	20:30	Bangor	13	Diamonds	10
		Round 3		NAC
09.11.2019	17:50	St. Vincent’s		Bangor

Reference: [2]

References

Websites

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Fixtures 2019/20 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

Images

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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Last Updated: 16 October 2019

October 16, 2019

Ireland Water Polo | Men’s National League | Division 2 2019-20

Ireland Water Polo Logo [3]

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Corrib	1	1	0	0	15	6	3
Clontarf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drogheda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Vincent’s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinity	1	0	0	1	6	15	0

Reference: [1]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Round 1		NUIG
05.10.2019	19:00	Corrib	15	Trinity	6
		Round 2		NAC
12.10.2019	–	St. Vincent’s	p	Trinity	p
		Round 3		NAC
19.10.2019	16:30	St. Vincent’s		Drogheda
20.10.2019	18:30	Clontarf		Trinity
		Round 4		NAC
27.10.2019	15:00	Trinity		Drogheda

Reference: [2]

References

Websites

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Fixtures 2019/20 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 16 October 2019]

Images

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 16 October 2019

October 16, 2019

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 2019-20

Ireland Water Polo Logo [3]

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	9	8	0	1	133	56	24
Cathal Brugha	9	5	1	3	89	85	16
Clontarf	6	4	0	2	47	39	12
Trinity	8	3	1	4	55	69	10
Diamonds	10	0	0	10	59	134	0

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 Table 2019-20 [Ref: 1]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1		Lisburn
22.09.2019	Cathal Brugha	14	Diamonds	10
	Week 2		NAC
12.10.2019	Trinity	5	St. Vincent’s	13
	Week 2		Lisburn
12.10.2019	Cathal Brugha	10	Clontarf	8
	Week 3		Lisburn
26.10.2019	Diamonds	3	St. Vincent’s	17
	Week 4		Lisburn
10.11.2019	Cathal Brugha	14	St. Vincent’s	18
10.11.2019	Diamonds	6	Trinity	10
	Week 5		NAC
17.11.2019	Trinity	8	Cathal Brugha	12
17.11.2019	St. Vincent’s		Clontarf
	Week 6		NAC
30.11.2019	Trinity	10	Diamonds	8
	Week 7		NAC
07.12.2019	Clontarf	5	Trinity	3
08.12.2019	Clontarf	10	Diamonds	3
08.12.2019	St. Vincent’s	14	Trinity	6
	Week 11		NAC
04.01.2020	St. Vincent’s	9	Clontarf	10
05.01.2020	Clontarf		Cathal Brugha
05.01.2020	St. Vincent’s	24	Diamonds	4
	Week 12		Lisnasharragh
12.01.2020	Diamonds	9	Clontarf	10
	Week 13		NAC
26.01.2020	St. Vincent’s	18	Cathal Brugha	4
	Week 15		Lisnasharragh
15.02.2020	Diamonds	1	Cathal Brugha	9
	Week 15		NAC
16.02.2020	Clontarf	4	St. Vincent’s	5
	Week 15		Lisnasharragh
16.02.2020	Cathal Brugha	7	Trinity	7
	Week 17		Lisnasharragh
07.03.2020	Cathal Brugha	15	Diamonds	9
08.03.2020	Cathal Brugha	4	Trinity	6
	Week 18		NAC
15.03.2020	Clontarf		Diamonds
15.03.2020	Trinity		St. Vincent’s
	Week 19		NAC
20.03.2020	Trinity		Clontarf
21.03.2020	Clontarf		Cathal Brugha
22.03.2020	Trinity		Clontarf
	Week 21		Lisnasharragh
04.04.2020	Diamonds		Trinity
05.04.2020	Cathal Brugha		St. Vincent’s
	Week 22		NAC
18.04.2020	St. Vincent’s		Clontarf
19.04.2020	Clontarf		Cathal Brugha

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 Results 2019-20 [Ref: 2]

Report

St. Vincent’s were 12 points ahead of Clontarf, although Clontarf had three games in hand in the Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 in 2019-20. The League was suspended after the games on the 7 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Cathal Brugha were in second place on 16 points, 8 behind St. Vincent’s, although they had played the same amount of matches.

Home Pools

Team	Home Pool *
Cathal Brugha	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh
Clontarf	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
Diamonds	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh
St. Vincent’s	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
Trinity	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown

Ireland Water Polo Women’s National League Division 1 Home Pools 2019-20 [Ref: 2; 4]

Note: * Home Pools for Matches. Training venues vary from pools listed above.

References

Websites

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 28 April 2020]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Fixtures 2019/20 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 28 April 2020]

[4] Swim Ireland (2020) Water Polo | Affilated Water Polo Clubs [Internet] Available from: https://www.swimireland.ie/water-polo [Accessed 18 May 2020]

Images

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney.

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Last Updated: 18 May 2020

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Standings 1999-2012

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.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2012

Final

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

Reference: [1]

Group Phase Tables

	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: [2]

Group Phase Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group A
04.11.2011	17:15	Georgia	31	England	25
04.11.2011	20:00	Faroe Islands	30	Ireland	20
05.11.2011	14:00	England	22	Faroe Islands	40
05.11.2011	16:00	Ireland	21	Georgia	37
06.11.2011	14:00	Georgia	21	Faroe Islands	23
06.11.2011	16:00	England	29	Ireland	24
		Group B
04.11.2011	17:30	Moldova	47	Scotland	30
04.11.2011	20:00	Azerbaijan	29	Malta	23
05.11.2011	17:00	Scotland	19	Azerbaijan	36
05.11.2011	19:00	Malta	20	Moldova	41
06.11.2011	16:00	Moldova	34	Azerbaijan	31
06.11.2011	18:00	Scotland	32	Malta	27

Reference: [2]

Report

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 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.

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2009

Final Round

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

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	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: [2]

Main Round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G1
30.10.2009	16:00	Georgia	41	Azerbaijan	23
30.10.2009	18:30	Moldova	46	Armenia	15
31.10.2009	16:00	Armenia	19	Georgia	44
31.10.2009	18:00	Azerbaijan	28	Moldova	36
01.11.2009	11:00	Azerbaijan	33	Armenia	16
01.11.2009	13:00	Georgia	38	Moldova	34
		Group G2
30.10.2009	17:00	Scotland	14	Finland	38
30.10.2009	20:00	Malta	36	Ireland	20
31.10.2009	17:00	Finland	38	Ireland	19
31.10.2009	19:00	Malta	34	Scotland	21
01.11.2009	16:00	Ireland	35	Scotland	29
01.11.2019	18:00	Finland	37	Malta	20

Reference: [2]

Report

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2009, they were placed in a Western Group involving Finland, who were hardly an emerging Nation at Olympic Handball, Malta & Scotland.

Ireland had a disappointing opening loss to Malta, before defeat to eventual Champions Finland. They won their last match 35-29 to finish off bottom for the second Challenge Trophy in a row, although more could have been expected following their showing in 2007.

Finland went on to win the Trophy, 30-28 in the Final against defending Champions Georgia.

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 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) 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]

[2] 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]

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

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2007

Final Round

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

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	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: [2]

Main round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G
25.10.2007	16:30	Moldova	33	Armenia	17
25.10.2007	18:30	Georgia	36	Azerbaijan	24
26.10.2007	16:30	Azerbaijan	27	Moldova	31
26.10.2007	18:30	Armenia	17	Georgia	35
27.10.2007	12:00	Azerbaijan	41	Armenia	15
27.10.2007	14:00	Georgia	29	Moldova	27
		Group L
24.10.2007	16:00	Scotland	20	England	31
24.10.2007	18:00	Faroe Islands	37	Malta	18
24.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	50	Ireland	22
25.10.2007	16:00	Ireland	21	Faroe Islands	46
25.10.2007	18:00	Malta	20	Scotland	21
25.10.2007	20:00	England	13	Luxembourg	41
26.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	58	Scotland	19
26.10.2007	18:00	Ireland	17	England	24
26.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	40	Malta	11
27.10.2007	14:00	Malta	25	Ireland	25
27.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	35	England	17
27.10.2007	18:00	Scotland	24	Luxembourg	37
28.10.2007	09:30	England	22	Malta	19
28.10.2007	11:30	Scotland	23	Ireland	27
28.10.2007	13:30	Luxembourg	31	Faroe Islands	25

Reference: [2]

Report

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 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

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2005

Final Standings

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 [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
25.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	30	Scotland	14
25.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Malta	27
25.10.2005	15:00	Azerbaijan	30	England	13
26.10.2005	10:00	Scotland	16	Azerbaijan	27
26.10.2005	12:00	England	25	Ireland	17
26.10.2005	15:00	Malta	14	Moldova	41
27.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	34	England	18
27.10.2005	12:00	Azerbaijan	43	Ireland	13
27.10.2005	15:00	Scotland	16	Malta	12
28.10.2005	10:00	Azerbaijan	37	Malta	14
28.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Moldova	54
28.10.2005	15:00	England	20	Scotland	17
29.10.2005	10:00	Malta	23	England	22
29.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	21	Scotland	24
29.10.2005	15:00	Moldova	26	Azerbaijan	19

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Moldova	5	5	0	0	185	82	10
*Azerbaijan	5	4	0	1	156	82	8
^England	5	2	0	3	98	121	4
^Scotland	5	2	0	3	87	110	4
+Malta	5	2	0	3	90	133	4
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	85	173	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
30.10.2005	11:00	Malta	23	Ireland	20
		3rd-4th Place
30.10.2005	13:30	Scotland	24	England	18
		Final
30.10.2005	16:00	Moldova	29	Azerbaijan	27

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s fourth time entering the competition in 2005, they lost all their matches for the third time in a row, although this time they only lost 24-21 to Scotland in their final group game, and 23-20 to Malta in the 5th-6th place match. Malta had previously beaten England.

Moldova won the Tournament for the second time in a row, again defeating Azerbaijan in the Final, although this encounter was closer (29-27). Scotland defeated England 24-18 to take bronze.

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 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) 2005 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2005/round/1/Final+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

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.