European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2001

Final Standings

PlaceCountryPWDLFAPts
1Latvia550018110510
2Estonia53021391226
3Moldova53021501226
4Cyprus53021721076
5Luxembourg5302171996
6Armenia52031131834
7Malta5104921822
8Ireland5005802120

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group Stage Results

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Group A
26.12.200115:30Luxembourg49Malta12
26.12.200119:00Latvia35Estonia23
27.12.200113:00Estonia24Luxembourg19
27.12.200119:00Malta13Latvia43
28.12.200115:00Estonia43Malta13
28.12.200119:00Latvia37Luxembourg27
Group B
26.12.200113:30Cyprus43Armenia13
26.12.200120:45Moldova35Ireland13
27.12.200115:00Ireland15Cyprus53
27.12.200117:00Armenia22Moldova43
28.12.200113:00Cyprus27Moldova25
28.12.200117:00Armenia35Ireland22

Reference: [1]

Group Stage Tables

PWDLFAPts
Group A
*Latvia3300115636
*Estonia320190674
Luxembourg310295732
Malta3003381350
Group B
*Cyprus3300123536
*Moldova3201103624
Armenia3102701082
Ireland3003501230

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
Cross Matches
29.12.200113:00Luxembourg57Ireland9
29.12.200115:00Armenia26Malta22
Semi-Finals
29.12.200117:00Latvia35Moldova20
29.12.200119:00Cyprus24Estonia27
7th-8th Place
30.12.200109:30Ireland21Malta32
5th-6th Place
30.12.200111:30Luxembourg53Armenia17
3rd-4th Place
30.12.200113:30Moldova27Cyprus25
Final
30.12.200115:30Latvia31Estonia22

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.

In Ireland’s second time entering the competition in 2001, they found the task even harder than in 1999, with newly independent countries like Estonia & Latvia, where the sport has been played for decades, dominating.

Ireland and Malta (the only team they beat in 1999) were outclassed by the more established emerging nations, and again met in the last placement match, where this tome Malta won 32-21, leaving Ireland with a record of 5 losses from 5 matches.

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) 2001 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2001/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

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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