European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 1999

Final Standings

PlaceCountryPWDLFAPts
1Cyprus65011998810
2Moldova65012169710
3Great Britain64021591188
4Armenia62041481784
5Ireland6105751972
6Malta6105882072

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
14.09.199915:00Moldova47Malta13
14.09.199916:30Great Britain34Ireland11
14.09.199919:40Cyprus41Armenia20
15.09.199916:00Armenia18Moldova47
15.09.199918:00Ireland6Cyprus43
15.09.199920:00Malta8Great Britain34
16.09.199916:00Moldova47Ireland7
16.09.199918:00Great Britain10Cyprus27
16.09.199920:00Malta18Armenia37
17.09.199916:00Moldova33Great Britain22
17.09.199917:50Cyprus51Malta10
17.09.199920:00Armenia34Ireland13
18.09.199916:00Ireland15Malta20
18.09.199918:00Great Britain29Armenia19
18.09.199920:00Cyprus16Moldova22

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

PWDLFAPts
*Moldova55001967610
*Cyprus5401178688
^Great Britain5302129986
^Armenia52031281484
+Malta5104691842
+Ireland5005521780

Reference: [1] Note: * Qualify for Final / ^ Qualify for 3rd-4th Place Playoff / + Qualify for 5th-6th Place Playoff

Finals & Placement Matches

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
5th-6th Place
19.09.199909:30Ireland23Malta19
3rd-4th Place
19.09.199911:30Great Britain30Armenia20
Final
19.09.199917:30Moldova20Cyprus21

Reference: [1]

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.

They found the level hard-going at first, losing all five group games, before winning their final placement match 23-19 over Malta.

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]

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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