2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup

2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup
Tournament details
Host country Russia
CityMoscau
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25 – 29 June
Teams5
Final positions
Champions Russia
Runner-up Sweden
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Attendance490 (49 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Elhadi Biloum (23 goals)

The 2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Russia from 25 to 29 June 2002.

Qualification

Qualified teams are:

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances
 Russia Host 0 (debut)
 Argentina Winner of 2000 Pan American Championship 28 May 2000 0 (debut)
 Sweden Winner of 2002 European Championship 3 February 2002 1 (2000)
 Saudi Arabia Third of 2002 Asian Championship 19 February 2002 1 (2000)
 Algeria Runners-up of 2002 African Championship 28 April 2002 1 (1998)

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia (H) 4 4 0 0 117 88 +29 8
2  Sweden 4 3 0 1 103 90 +13 6
3  Argentina 4 2 0 2 91 88 +3 4
4  Algeria 4 1 0 3 94 105 −11 2
5  Saudi Arabia 4 0 0 4 85 119 −34 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

Games

All times are local (UTC+3)

25 June 2002
17:00 		Sweden  21-20  Argentina Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(10-11)
25 June 2002
19:30 		Russia  34-19  Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(20-10)
26 June 2002
17:00 		Argentina  22-20  Algeria Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-17)
26 June 2002
19:00 		Saudi Arabia  20-32  Sweden Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(10-16)
27 June 2002
17:00 		Argentina  24-20  Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(13-9)
27 June 2002
19:00 		Algeria  20-31  Russia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-13)
28 June 2002
17:00 		Algeria  29-26  Saudi Arabia Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-14)
28 June 2002
19:00 		Russia  25-24  Sweden Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
Attendance: 1050
Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL)
Lavrov, Ojered - Ivanov (3), Koksharov (4, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Egorov (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Krivoshlykov (8, Yellow card), Ignatov (1, Yellow card), Gritsenko, Torgovanov (3, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Kamanin (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Rastvortsev (3), Miagkov (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Gorpishin, Safonov (number 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded square) (15-13) Ohlander, M. Andersson - Johansson (3), Larholm (1, Yellow card), Arrhenius (1, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Lindberg, Svensson, Hansen, Hammarstrand (2), Ahlm (4 number 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded squareRed card), K. Andersson (4), Doder, Källman (4, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Lennartsson (5, number 2 in light blue rounded square)
3×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card
29 June 2002
15:00 		Sweden  26-25  Algeria Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(14-11)
29 June 2002
17:00 		Russia  27-25  Argentina Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
(11-9)

All-star Team

Position Player
Goalkeeper Argentina Christian Canzoniero
Left wing Saudi Arabia Hussain Alakwan
Left back Russia Alexey Rastvortsev
Centre back Russia Vitali Ivanov
Right back Argentina Eric Gull [fr]
Right wing Sweden Jan Lennartsson
Pivot Russia Dmitri Torgovanov

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "2002 H.R.H. Prince Faisal Bin Fahad INTERCONTINENTAL CUP". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 11 January 2003.