2019 Gjensidige Cup

The 2019 Gjensidige Cup held in Oslo at the Oslo Spektrum and the Nordstrand Arena between 3–6 January was a friendly handball tournament organised by the Norwegian Handball Federation as a preparation of the host nation to the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2][3]

2019 Gjensidige Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–6 January
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway
Runners-up	Iceland
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	356 (59.33 per match)
Attendance	11,049 (1,842 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kay Smits (20 goals)

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	97	80	+17	6
Iceland	3	2	0	1	85	83	+2	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	90	95	–5	2
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	84	98	–14	0

Round robin

All times are local (UTC+01:00).

January 3 18:15	Norway	31–25	Iceland	Oslo Spektrum, Oslo Attendance: 5400
	Sagosen 8	(16–14)	Gudmundsson, Kristjansson 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

January 3 20:30	Netherlands	32–35	Brazil	Oslo Spektrum, Oslo Attendance: 200
	Schagen 7	(14–18)	Borges 5
	2×	Report	1× 2×

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January 5 15:30	Brazil	29–33	Iceland	Nordstrand Arena, Oslo Attendance: 1000
	Chiuffa 6	(13–17)	Sigurðsson 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

January 5 18:15	Norway	36–29	Netherlands	Nordstrand Arena, Oslo Attendance: 1900
	Blonz 7	(16–15)	Smits 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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January 6 15:30	Iceland	27–23	Netherlands	Nordstrand Arena, Oslo Attendance: 649
	Gunnarsson 7	(14–12)	Smits 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

January 6 18:15	Norway	30–26	Brazil	Nordstrand Arena, Oslo Attendance: 1900
	Sagosen, Myrhol 7	(19–16)	Teixeira 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Norway
2	Iceland
3	Brazil
4	Netherlands